Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Artists Who Deserve Rock and Roll Hall of Fame consideration

ARTISTS

SHOULD BE IN BUT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED
Pat Benatar
Patsy Cline
Genesis / Peter Gabriel / Phil Collins
John Cougar Mellencamp
Ventures

INDUCTION ISN'T MANDATORY BUT WOULD BE NICE
ABBA
B-52s
Cars
Chubby Checker
Chic
Joe Cocker
Commodores / Lionel Richie
Cure
Dire Straits
Doobie Brothers
Go-Gos
Heart
Tommy James and the Shondells
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Ben E. King
Carole King (already in as a non-performer)
Kiss
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Moody Blues
Willie Nelson
Gram Parsons
Pointer Sisters
Billy Preston
Rush
Small Faces
Cat Stevens
Donna Summer
T. Rex
Three Dog Night
Tokens
War
Mary Wells
Larry Williams
Weird Al Yankovic
Yes

A LONGSHOT AT BEST, BUT IT WOULD BE AWFULLY NICE
Bad Company
Badfinger
Chicago
Donovan
Electric Light Orchestra
Guess Who
Herman's Hermits
Huey Lewis and the News
Monkees
REO Speedwagon
Sonny and Cher
Split Enz
Squeeze
Ringo Starr
Pete Townshend
The Turtles
XTC
Zombies

NOT ELIGIBLE YET, BUT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
Bangles
Beastie Boys
Crowded House
Culture Club
Guns n'Roses
INXS
Jane's Addiction
Lenny Kravitz
Cyndi Lauper
Madonna
Metallica
George Michael / Wham!
Nirvana
Sinead O'Connor
Pearl Jam
Public Enemy
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Run-DMC
Sting
Traveling Wilburys
Stevie Ray Vaughn


NON-PERFORMERS

Neil Diamond
Brian Epstein
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
Quincy Jones
Casey Kasem
Col. Tom Parker
Bernie Taupin
Wolfman Jack


EARLY INFLUENCES

Lonnie Donegan
Frank Sinatra


SIDEMEN
Glen Campbell
Comets
Crickets
Dick Dale
E Street Band
Jordanaires
Carol Kaye
Jim Keltner
Billy Preston
Revolution
Leon Russell
Tommy Tedesco
Toto
Wings

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You missed a lot, but glaringly omitted, as sidemen, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the JB's, the Wailers, and the I-Three's.

Keith H. McIlwain said...

...the Jimi Hendrix Experience were inducted in 1992...

...the JBs and the Wailers would be nice...

...the I-Threes are a longshot at best...

...the Rayettes are a possibility, too.

Who else did I miss?