}}| mapframe-width= 250| mapframe-marker-color= #DD21261100 Rock and Roll Boulevard}}(East 9th Street at Lake Erie)Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. 44114 URL=HTTPS://WWW.ROCKHALL.COM/FILE/3576/DOWNLOAD?TOKEN=DZKG2Z7K ACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 27, 2019 FORMAT=PDF ARCHIVE-DATE=FEBRUARY 27, 2019, Greg S. Harris>Greg Harriscleveland}} {{stn|East 9thâ€“North Coast}}rockhall.com}}}}The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), also simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the shore of Lake Erie. The museum documents the history of rock music and the artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures and personnel who have influenced its development.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established on April 20, 1983, by Ahmet Ertegun, founder and chairman of Atlantic Records. After a long search for the right city, Cleveland was chosen in 1986 as the Hall of Fame’s permanent home. Architect I. M. Pei designed the new museum, and it was dedicated on September 1, 1995.

Foundation

The RRHOF Foundation was established in 1983 by Ahmet Ertegun, who assembled a team that included publisher of Rolling Stone magazine Jann S. Wenner, record executives Seymour Stein, Bob Krasnow, and Noreen Woods, and attorneys Allen Grubman and Suzan Evans. The Foundation began inducting artists in 1986, but the Hall of Fame still had no home. The search committee considered several cities, including Philadelphia (home of rock pioneer Bill Haley and American Bandstand), Memphis (home of Sun Studios and Stax Records), Detroit (home of Motown Records), Cincinnati (home of King Records), New York City, and Cleveland.NEWS, Swindell, Howard, May 8, 1986, Rock ‘N’ Roll Finds Home in Cleveland,www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-05-06-8602010888-story.html, Chicago Tribune, February 17, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190217082953/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-05-06-8602010888-story.html, February 17, 2019, Cleveland lobbied for the museum, with civic leaders in Cleveland pledging $65 million in public money to fund the construction, and citing that WJW disc jockey Alan Freed both coined the term “rock and roll” and heavily promoted the new genreâ€”and that Cleveland was the location of Freed’s Moondog Coronation Ball, often credited as the first major rock and roll concert. Freed was also a member of the hall of fame’s inaugural class of inductees in 1986.WEB, April 8, 2016, A Look Back at the First Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 1986,www.wksu.org/post/look-back-first-rock-and-roll-hall-fame-induction-ceremony-1986#stream/0, WKSU News, Bhatia, Kabia, August 22, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20160409120552/https://www.wksu.org/post/look-back-first-rock-and-roll-hall-fame-induction-ceremony-1986#stream/0, April 9, 2016, In addition, Cleveland cited radio station WMMS, which played a key role in breaking several major acts in the U.S. during the 1970s and 1980s, including David Bowie, who began his first U.S. tour in the city, Bruce Springsteen, Roxy Music, and Rush among many others.WEB,rockhall.com/exhibits/wmms--a-cleveland-legend-turns-40/, Exhibits, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, August 23, 2018, June 29, 2016,rockhall.com/exhibits/wmms--a-cleveland-legend-turns-40/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160629123746rockhall.com/exhibits/wmms--a-cleveland-legend-turns-40/,">web.archive.org/web/20160629123746rockhall.com/exhibits/wmms--a-cleveland-legend-turns-40/, dead, Cleveland business leaders and media companies organized a petition demonstrating the city’s support that was signed by 600,000 Northeast Ohio residents, and Cleveland ranked first in a 1986 USA Today poll asking where the Hall of Fame should be located. On May 5, 1986, the Hall of Fame Foundation chose Cleveland as the permanent home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Cleveland may also have been chosen as the organization’s site because the city offered the best financial package. As The Plain Dealer music critic Michael Norman noted, “It was $65 million{{nbsp}}... Cleveland wanted it here and put up the money.“During early discussions on where to build the Hall of Fame and Museum, the Foundation’s board considered a site along the Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland. Ultimately, the chosen location was along East Ninth Street in downtown by Lake Erie, east of Cleveland Stadium. At one point in the planning phase, when a financing gap existed, planners proposed locating the Rock Hall in the then-vacant May Company Building but finally decided to commission architect I. M. Pei to design a new building. Initial CEO Larry R. Thompson facilitated I. M. Pei in designs for the site. Pei came up with the idea of a tower with a glass pyramid protruding from it. Pei initially planned the tower to be {{convert|200|ft|m}} high, but was forced to reduce it to {{convert|162|ft|m}} due to the structure’s proximity to Burke Lakefront Airport. The building’s base is approximately {{convert|150,000|sqft|m2}}.

Building

The groundbreaking ceremony for the building took place on June 7, 1993, with Pete Townshend, Chuck Berry, and Billy Joel in attendance.WEB, Kosich, John, 30 years ago, ground was broken for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/30-years-ago-ground-was-broken-for-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame, News 5 Cleveland WEWS, 13 March 2024, en, 7 June 2023, The museum was dedicated on September 1, 1995, with the ribbon being cut by an ensemble that included Yoko Ono and Little Richard, before a crowd of more than 10,000 people. The following night an all-star concert was held at Cleveland Stadium.WEB, Norman, Michael, A firsthand account of the 1995 ‘Concert for the Hall of Fame,’ with complete setlist,www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2015/09/a_firsthand_account_of_the_199.html, The Plain Dealer, September 2015, June 11, 2019, It featured Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Al Green, Jerry Lee Lewis, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Iggy Pop, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, and many others.WEB, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Timeline: 1995â€“2010,www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2010/08/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_and_3.html, The Plain Dealer, August 29, 2010, Cleveland, March 1, 2013, In addition to the Hall of Fame inductees, the museum documents the entire history of rock and roll, regardless of induction status. Hall of Fame inductees are honored in a special exhibit located in a wing that juts out over Lake Erie. The exhibit space and inaugural exhibits were designed by Bruce Burdick’s San Francisco design firm The Burdick Group.NEWS, Harrington, Richard, Rock Carves a Brand New Niche in America, Washington Post, September 2, 1995,www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/09/02/rock-carves-a-brand-new-niche-in-america/024865ee-767d-4f24-a9a1-d9558a1691bd/, Since 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has selected new inductees. The formal induction ceremony has been held in New York City 28 times (1986â€“92, 1994â€“96, 1998â€“2008, 2010â€“11, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2023); three times in Los Angeles (1993, 2013 and 2022); and six times in the hall of fame’s home in Cleveland (1997, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2021). As of 2018, the induction ceremonies alternate each year between New York and Cleveland.WEB, Grzegorek, Vince, April 8, 2016, Rock Hall President: Induction to Take Place in Cleveland Every Other Year Beginning in 2018,clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/04/08/rock-hall-president-induction-to-take-place-in-cleveland-every-other-year-beginning-in-2018, Cleveland Scene, April 6, 2016, The 2009 and 2012 induction weeks were made possible by a publicâ€“private partnership between the City of Cleveland, the State of Ohio, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and local foundations, corporations, civic organizations and individuals. Collectively these entities invested $5.8 million in 2009 and $7.9 million in 2012 to produce a week of events including free concerts, a gospel celebration, exhibition openings, free admission to the museum, and induction ceremonies at Public Hall.NEWS, Soeder, John, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is going strong, 15 years after opening,www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2010/08/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_and_4.html, The Plain Dealer, March 4, 2013, Millions viewed the television broadcast of the Cleveland inductions; tens of thousands traveled to Ohio during induction week to participate in the events. The economic impact of the 2009 induction week activities was more than $13 million, and it provided an additional $20 million in media exposure for the region. The 2012 induction week yielded similar results.NEWS, Soeder, John, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions, done ‘the Cleveland way,’ are a hit,www.cleveland.com/rockhall/index.ssf/2012/04/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_ind_17.html, The Plain Dealer, March 4, 2013,

Layout

{{wide image|North Coast.jpg|550px|The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (left) sits on the Lake Erie shore next to the Great Lakes Science Center (right) in Cleveland’s North Coast Harbor.|350px|right}}The building contains seven levels. On the lower level is the Ahmet M. Ertegun Exhibition Hall, the museum’s main gallery. It includes exhibits on the roots of rock and roll (gospel, blues, rhythm & blues and folk, country and bluegrass). It also features exhibits on cities that have had a major impact on rock and roll: Memphis, Detroit, London, Liverpool, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle. There are exhibits about soul music, the Fifties, Sun Records, hip hop music, Cleveland’s rock and roll legacy, the music of the Midwest, rock and roll radio and dee-jays, and the many protests against rock and roll. This gallery also has exhibits that focus on individual artists, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and others. Finally, the Ahmet M. Ertegun Exhibition Hall includes a theatre that features films on various subjects such as American Bandstand.NEWS, A look inside the redesign of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Interactive Graphic,www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2012/03/a_look_inside_the_redesign_of.html, The Plain Dealer, March 4, 2013, The first floor of the museum is the entrance level. It includes a cafÃ©, a stage that the museum uses for various special performances and events throughout the year, and a section called “Backstage Stories”. The second floor includes several interactive kiosks that feature programs on one-hit wonders and the Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. This level also includes a gallery with artifact-filled exhibits about Les Paul, Alan Freed, Sam Phillips and the evolution of audio technology.JOURNAL, Swank, Niki, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: the heart of rock and roll,www.bxmagazine.com/article.asp?ID=1274, Builders Exchange Magazine, March 4, 2013, October 16, 2019,www.bxmagazine.com/article.asp%3FID%3D1274," title="web.archive.org/web/20191016184608www.bxmagazine.com/article.asp%3FID%3D1274,">web.archive.org/web/20191016184608www.bxmagazine.com/article.asp%3FID%3D1274, dead, Visitors enter the Hall of Fame section of the museum on the third floor. This section includes “The Power of Rock Experience”, which includes one of Jonathan Demme’s final works, a film shown in the Connor Theater. The film includes musical highlights from some of the Hall’s induction ceremonies.NEWS, Smith, Troy L., Rock Hall premieres its spellbinding ‘The Power of Rock Experience’,www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/06/the_power_of_rock_experience_g.html, The Plain Dealer, September 10, 2017, June 29, 2017, Visitors exit the Hall of Fame section on the fourth floor. That level features the Foster Theater, a state-of-the-art 3-D theater that is used for special events and programs.WEB, McGregor, Ellen, First Major redesign of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum nears completion,www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/first-major-redesign-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-and-museum-nears-completion, WEWS-TV, WEWS News, March 4, 2013, June 8, 2011,www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/first-major-redesign-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-and-museum-nears-completion," title="web.archive.org/web/20150223062710www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/first-major-redesign-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-and-museum-nears-completion,">web.archive.org/web/20150223062710www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/first-major-redesign-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-and-museum-nears-completion, February 23, 2015, dead, NEWS, Redesigned Rock Hall opens exhibit on The Beatles,www.nbcnews.com/id/43326599/ns/travel-destination_travel/#.UTS1mKVBCME, NBC News, Associated Press, June 8, 2011, August 22, 2020, Finally, the top two levels of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame feature large, temporary exhibits. Over the years, numerous exhibits have been installed on these two levels, including exhibits about Elvis Presley, hip-hop, the Supremes, the Who, U2, John Lennon, the Clash, the Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Women Who Rock, and the Rolling Stones.

Architecture

File:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.jpg|thumb|The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, showing Lake Erie Lake ErieDesigned by I. M. Pei and structurally engineered by Leslie E. Robertson Associates, the building rises above the shores of Lake Erie. It is a combination of geometric forms and cantilevered spaces that are anchored by a 162-foot tower. The tower supports a dual-triangular-shaped glass “tent” that extends (at its base) onto a 65,000-square-foot plaza that provides a main entry facade.WEB, Wright, Nathalie, October 19, 2021, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum,sah-archipedia.org/buildings/OH-01-035-0095, sah-archipedia.org, The building houses more than 55,000 square feet of exhibition space, as well as administrative offices, a store, and a cafÃ©.WEB, October 19, 2021, Exhibit Guide,www.rockhall.com/exhibit-guide, rockhall.com, “In designing this building,” Pei said, “it was my intention to echo the energy of rock and roll. I have consciously used an architectural vocabulary that is bold and new, and I hope the building will become a dramatic landmark for the city of Cleveland and for fans of rock and roll around the world.“WEB, The House That Steel Built: A Showcase of Interesting and Aesthetic Projects,www.lera.com/files/rock%26roll_AISC.pdf, American Institute of Steel Construction, March 4, 2013,www.lera.com/files/rock%26roll_AISC.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20130615041331www.lera.com/files/rock%26roll_AISC.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20130615041331www.lera.com/files/rock%26roll_AISC.pdf, June 15, 2013, dead,

New York City Annex

File:Rock-roll-annex-76-Mercer.jpg|thumb|upright|The museum’s New York City Annex (2008â€“2010) on Mercer Street, Soho ]]In 2006 the RRHOF partnered with three entertainment production companies to create a branch museum in New York City.NEWS, Sisario, Ben, November 20, 2008, A Piece of Cleveland with a New York Accent,www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/arts/music/21rock.html, The New York Times, C5, On November 18, 2008, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC opened in Manhattan’s SoHo district. Located at 76 Mercer Street just west of Broadway, the Annex occupied an underground space of {{convert|25,000|sqft|m2}}. The branch museum operated in much the same way as its Cleveland parent, featuring archetypal display pieces like Prince’s coat from Purple Rain, David Byrne’s “big suit” from Stop Making Sense, and Elvis Presley’s motorcycle jacket and his Bible. But from its start the Annex also had a distinct New York area focus that made plenty of space for big items like the phone booth from CBGB, layered thick with band stickers over the decades; Bruce Springsteen’s own 1957 Chevrolet; a special gallery reserved for the city’s musicians; and an intricate {{convert|26|ft|m|adj=on}} scale model of Manhattan highlighting sites of rock history.Jann Wenner served as chairman of the board of the Annex.WEB,www.cleveland.com/popmusic/2008/12/jann_wenner_says_remarks_about_1.html, Jann Wenner says remarks about wishing Rock Hall were in New York were ‘misconstrued’, Soeder, John, December 5, 2008, The Plain Dealer, November 3, 2019, At its opening night gala, he inadvertently created a controversy after he told a reporter, “One of the small sad things is we didn’t do it in New York in the first place.” He later expressed regret for his remark which he said had been misconstrued and clarified that “I am absolutely delighted that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is in Cleveland.“The Annex closed on January 3, 2010, its quick demise reportedly due to the global financial crisis of 2007â€“2008 and a subsequent downturn in the city’s tourism.NEWS,www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-city-rock-roll-hall-fame-annex-closes-doors-year-opening-article-1.457194, New York City’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex closes its doors just a year after opening, Durkin, Erin, January 3, 2010, New York Daily News, The museum’s final major exhibition was about John Lennon and his years in New York City.

Exhibits and features

Since 1997, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has featured numerous temporary exhibits that range in size from major exhibits that fill the top two floors of the museum to smaller exhibits that are often installed in the main exhibition hall on the lower level.The museum’s first major exhibit opened on May 10, 1997. It was called I Want to Take You Higher: The Psychedelic Era, 1965â€“1969. It included memorabilia from numerous artists including John Lennon, Eric Clapton, John Sebastian, Jefferson Airplane, and Janis Joplin, as well as items related to the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and 1969’s Woodstock.NEWS,edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9705/06/rock.hall.fame/index.html, Rock-and-Roll Hall pays tribute to ‘psychedelic’ era, May 6, 1997, CNN, August 22, 2020, That exhibit was followed by Elvis is in the Building, which ran from August 8, 1998, to September 5, 1999. This year-long tribute was the first exhibit devoted to a single artist, Elvis Presleyâ€”the “King of Rock and Roll” and the first inductee into the RRHOF, in 1986. Graceland supplied a significant selection of representative artifacts for this special tribute spanning Elvis’ life and legendary career.Keeter, Larry G. Elvis Is In the Building, “Elvis International Forum,” Summer 2000, pp.{{nbsp}}28â€“29. Next, the museum curated Roots, Rhymes and Rage: The Hip-Hop Story.WEB,www.mtv.com/news/972006/hip-hop-exhibit-features-run-dmc-tupac-shakur-artifacts/, Hip-Hop Exhibit Features Run-D.M.C., Tupac Shakur Artifacts, June 13, 2000, Hawthorne, Daniel, MTV, That was the first major museum exhibit to focus on hip-hop. It ran from November 11, 1999, to August 6, 2000. It was followed by Rock Style, an exhibit that focused on rock and roll and fashion. It featured clothing from Buddy Holly to Alice Cooper, from Ray Charles to David Bowie and from Smokey Robinson to Sly Stone. After it closed in Cleveland, Rock Style traveled to other museums in the U.S.Other temporary exhibits have included Lennon: His Life and Work, which ran from October 20, 2000, to January 1, 2003. It was followed by In the Name of Love: Two Decades of U2 and then Reflections: The Mary Wilson Supreme Legacy Collection. A major exhibition titled Louder than Words: Rock, Power, Politics was on display during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.NEWS, Smith, Troy, Rock Hall announces ‘Rock, Power and Politics’ exhibit to coincide with Republican National Convention,www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/12/rock_halls_rock_power_and_poli.html, December 10, 2015, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, October 19, 2019, NEWS,www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/08/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fames-rock-on-tv-exhibit-headed-to-chicago.html, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s ‘Rock on TV’ exhibit headed to Chicago, Troy, Smith, August 14, 2019, The Plain Dealer, Other large temporary exhibits have focused on the Clash (Revolution Rock: The Story of the Clash), the Doors (Break on Through: The Lasting Legacy of the Doors), the Who’s Tommy (Tommy: The Amazing Journey), and Bruce Springsteen (From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen). Another thematic temporary exhibit focused on the role of women in rock and roll (Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power). Many of these exhibits travel to other museums after closing in Cleveland. A major temporary exhibit in 2017 told the story and impact of Rolling Stone magazine.NEWS, Smith, Troy, Rock Hall exhibit lays out Rolling Stone magazine’s remarkable impact,www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/05/rock_halls_new_rolling_stone_e.html, May 4, 2017, The Plain Dealer, October 19, 2019, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame also curates many smaller temporary exhibits. Over the years, these exhibits have focused on such topics as the Vans Warped Tour, the Concert for Bangladesh, Woodstock’s 40th and 50th anniversaries, Austin City Limits, the Monterey International Pop Festival, Roy Orbison, Motown’s 50th anniversary, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Marty Stuart, Paul Simon, Graham Nash, John Mellencamp, and Geddy Lee’s basses.The museum also devotes exhibits to photography and artwork related to rock and roll. Among the photographers whose work has been featured at the Hall of Fame are George Kalinsky, Alfred Wertheimer, Tommy Edwards, Kevin Mazur, Janet Macoska, Lynn Goldsmith, Linda McCartney, Mike McCartney, Robert Alford,NEWS, Yarborough, Chuck, “Just Can’t Get Enough: The Photography of Robert Alford” opens Sept. 19 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum,www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2012/09/just_cant_get_enough_the_photo.html, The Plain Dealer, June 21, 2013, and George Shuba. The museum also featured the artwork of Philip Burke in one of its temporary exhibits, and a later exhibit featured Herb Ritts.WEB,library.rockhall.com/exhibition_history, Libibrary and Archives, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum produces numerous public programs, including concerts, interviews, lectures, film screenings, and other events that help tell the story of rock and roll.Every February, the museum celebrates Black History Month by hosting concerts, film screenings and lectures that illustrate the important role African-Americans have played in the history of rock and roll.NEWS, Niesel, Jeff, Rock Hall Announces Events for Black History Month,www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/01/27/rock-hall-announces-events-for-black-history-month, Cleveland Scene, January 27, 2015, August 22, 2020, Since the program began in 1996, such artists as Robert Lockwood, Jr., the Temptations, Charles Brown, Ruth Brown, the Ohio Players, Lloyd Price, Little Anthony and the Imperials, and Al Green have appeared at the museum during Black History Month.Another program is the Hall of Fame Series. This series began in April 1996 and features interviews with Hall of Fame inductees in rare and intimate settings, most often in the Museum’s Foster Theater. The interviews are usually followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience and, often, a performance by the inductee. Among the inductees who have taken part in this series are Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run-D.M.C., Lloyd Price, Martha Reeves, Marky Ramone, Seymour Stein, Ray Manzarek of the Doors, Mary Wilson of the Supremes, Ronnie Spector, Bootsy Collins, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Dennis Edwards of the Temptations, and Jorma Kaukonen of the Jefferson Airplane.A similar program is the Legends Series. The only real difference between this program and the Hall of Fame Series is that it features artists who have not yet been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Peter Hook of Joy Division, Spinderella of Salt n Pepa, Tommy James, and the Chi-Lites are among the artists who have participated in the Legends Series.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s most acclaimed program is the annual American Music Masters series. Each year the museum celebrates one of the Hall’s inductees with a week-long series of programs that include interviews, film screenings, and, often, a special exhibit. The celebration ends with an all-star concert held at a Cleveland theater. The concerts include a diverse mix of artists, from Hall of Fame inductees to contemporary musicians.The American Music Masters series began in 1996 with Hard Travelin’: The Life and Legacy of Pete Seeger. Since then, the programs have honored the following inductees: Jimmie Rodgers (1997), Robert Johnson (1998), Louis Jordan (1999), Muddy Waters (2000), Bessie Smith (2001), Hank Williams (2002), Buddy Holly (2003), Lead Belly (2004), Sam Cooke (2005), Roy Orbison (2006), Jerry Lee Lewis (2007), Les Paul (2008),MAGAZINE, D.X., Ferris, Slash, Billy Gibbons Jam for Les Paul at Rock Hall’s American Music Master’s Concert,www.rollingstone.com/music/news/slash-billy-gibbons-jam-for-les-paul-at-rock-halls-american-music-masters-concert-20081117, Rolling Stone, November 17, 2008, March 5, 2013, Janis Joplin (2009),NEWS, DeMarco, Laura, Rock Hall to honor Janis Joplin in American Music Masters series,www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2009/08/rock_hall_to_honor_janis_jopli.html, The Plain Dealer, March 5, 2013, Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew (2010), Aretha Franklin (2011),NEWS, Soeder, John, Aretha Franklin Honored in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame American Music Masters Tribute,www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2011/11/aretha_franklin_honored_in_roc.html, The Plain Dealer, March 2, 2013, Chuck Berry (2012),MAGAZINE, Doyle, Patrick, Chuck Berry Praises Obama, Laments Fading Health,www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chuck-berry-praises-obama-laments-fading-voice-20121027, Rolling Stone, October 27, 2012, March 2, 2013, The Everly Brothers (2014) and Johnny Cash (2017).NEWS, Yarborough, Chuck, Rock Hall Honors: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame reimagines Music Masters with the honoree as the star performer,www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/01/rock-hall-honors-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-reimagines-music-masters-with-the-honoree-is-the-star-performer.html, The Plain Dealer, October 20, 2019, en, January 13, 2019, In 2019 the concert series’ format was retooled and the event was renamed the Rock Hall Honors, in which the honored performer is joined in concert by guests of their choice. The first Rock Hall Honors concert, featuring Mavis Staples, was performed in Cleveland in September 2019.NEWS, Yarborough, Chuck, Rock Hall Honors celebrates Hall of Famer Mavis Staples in revamped Music Masters program,www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/08/rock-hall-honors-celebrates-hall-of-famer-mavis-staples-in-revamped-music-masters-program.html, The Plain Dealer, October 20, 2019, en, August 1, 2019, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame won the 2020 Webby People’s Voice Award for Cultural Institution in the category Web.JOURNAL, Kastrenakes, Jacob, Jay Peters, Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards,www.theverge.com/2020/5/20/21263445/2020-webby-awards-winners-lil-nas-x-nasa-jon-krasinski, The Verge, August 22, 2020, en, May 20, 2020,

List of “The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll”

{{anchor|The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll}}Hall of Fame museum curator James Henke, along with “the museum’s curatorial staff and numerous rock critics and music experts”, created an unordered list of “500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll”.WEB,www.rockhall.com/site/faq/, FAQ, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, March 24, 2015, March 22, 2015,rockhall.com/site/faq/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150322185411rockhall.com/site/faq/,">web.archive.org/web/20150322185411rockhall.com/site/faq/, dead, WEB,www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0150472.html, 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Infoplease.com, February 11, 2017, October 24, 2016, The list is part of a permanent exhibit at the museum, and was envisioned as part of the museum from its opening in 1995.WEB,www.artcom.com/Museums/nv/mr/44114-10.htm, Artcom Museums Tour, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, August 22, 2020, It contains songs recorded from the 1920s through the 1990s. The oldest song on the list is “Wabash Cannonball” (in particular Roy Acuff’s 1936 version), written {{Circa|1882}} and credited to J. A. Roff.WEB, Loewe, Jim, June 23, 2013, Wabash Cannonball,historynewsnetwork.org/blog/152354#sdfootnote1sym, March 30, 2023, History News Network, Since then, however, an additional 160 songs have been added, and the list is now simply referred to as “The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll”. The most recent songs on the list are Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” and My Chemical Romance’s “Welcome to the Black Parade”, both released in 2006. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones are the most represented on the 660-song list, with eight songs each.WEB,rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/, Experience The Music: One Hit Wonders and The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/," title="web.archive.org/web/20110628094517rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/,">web.archive.org/web/20110628094517rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/, June 28, 2011, January 6, 2017,

25th anniversary concert

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrated its 25th anniversary with a concert series over two days on October 29 and 30, 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The celebration included performances by Jerry Lee Lewis, U2, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Simon & Garfunkel, Dion DiMucci, Metallica, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Fergie, Mick Jagger, Lou Reed, Ray Davies, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul Simon, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Little Anthony & the Imperials, and Crosby, Stills and Nash. The first night ran almost six hours with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band closing the concert with special guests John Fogerty, Darlene Love, Tom Morello, Sam Moore, Jackson Browne, Peter Wolf, and Billy Joel.NEWS,www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2009/10/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_ann.html, Billy Joel is surprise guest at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert, Jay, Lustig, October 30, 2009, The Star-Ledger, Newark, NEWS, Henry Ray, Abrams,www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2009/10/jagger_springsteen_black_eyed.html, Jagger, Springsteen, Black Eyed Peas jam with U2 at rock hall concert, The Star-Ledger, June 12, 2011, NEWS, Henry Ray, Abrams,www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2009/11/songs_for_hbos_rock_and_roll_h.html, Songs for HBO’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame special announced, The Star-Ledger, June 12, 2011,

Inductees

{{See also|List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees}}File:Eric-Clapton 1975.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|English guitarist, singer, and songwriter Eric Clapton Eric ClaptonArtists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at an annual induction ceremony. Over the years, the majority of the ceremonies have been held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. However, on January 12, 1993, the ceremony was held in Los Angeles and was held there again in 2013. On May 6, 1997, about a year and a half after the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the ceremony was held in Cleveland. It returned to Cleveland in 2009 and again in 2012. Current plans call for the ceremony to be in Cleveland every three years.Generally, the number of inductees each year ranges from about a half-dozen to a dozen. Virtually all living inductees have attended the ceremonies, and they are presented with their Hall of Fame award by an artist who was influenced by that inductee’s music. Both the presenter and the inductee speak at the ceremonies, which also include numerous musical performances, by both the inductees and the presenters. {{as of|2021|2}}, there were 338 inductees.WEB, Inductees A to Z,www.rockhall.com/inductees/a-z, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, February 21, 2021, The first group of inductees, inducted on January 23, 1986, included Elvis Presley,NEWS,www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/music/rock-hall/list-of-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-inductees/95-125896462, Who’s inducted the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? See the full list, WKYC News, James Brown, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry,EPISODE,www.npr.org/2020/01/14/796012607/women-make-up-less-than-8-of-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-inductees, Women Make Up Less Than 8% Of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees, January 14, 2020, Morning Edition, NPR, Sam Cooke, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Robert Johnson, Jimmie Rodgers, and Jimmy Yancey were inducted as Early Influences, John Hammond received the Lifetime Achievement Award and Alan Freed and Sam Phillips were inducted as Non-Performers.NEWS,www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/music/rock-hall/should-mtv-original-vjs-be-inducted-into-rock-hall-you-can-sign-a-petition/95-63a4a20e-5093-48e5-98ce-3c2ebf64fa5a, Should MTV’s original VJs be inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? You can sign a petition, WKYC News,

Performers

A nominating committee composed of rock and roll historians selects names for the “Performers” category (singers, vocal groups, bands, and instrumentalists of all kinds), which are then voted on by roughly 500 experts across the world. Those selected to vote include academics, journalists, producers, and others with music industry experience. Artists become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record. Criteria include the influence and significance of the artists’ contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll. Block approval voting is used, with those nominees who receive the most votes being inducted, subject to a minimum of 50% approval. Around five to seven performers are inducted each year.WEB,rockhall.com/inductees/induction-process/, Induction Process, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, August 23, 2018, In 2012, six additional groups, the Miracles, the Famous Flames, the Comets, the Blue Caps, the Midnighters, and the Crickets, were inducted as performers by a special committee due to the controversial exclusions when their lead singer was inducted. “There was a lot of discussion about this,” said Terry Stewart, a member of the nominating committee. “There had always been conversations about why the groups weren’t included when the lead singers were inducted. Very honestly, nobody could really answer that question â€“ it was so long ago ... We decided we’d sit down as an organization and look at that. This is the result.“NEWS,www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2012/02/crickets_famous_flames_comets.html, Crickets, Famous Flames, Comets, Miracles, Midnighters and Blue Caps added to Rock Hall induction ceremony, Soeder, John, The Plain Dealer, February 9, 2012, February 26, 2012,

Early Influences

Early Influences includes artists from earlier eras, primarily country, folk, jazz, and blues, whose music inspired and influenced rock and roll artists. Other notable artists that have been inducted as Early Influences include Bill Kenny & The Ink Spots, country musicians Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams, blues musician Howlin’ Wolf, and jazz musicians Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. After Nat King Cole and Billie Holiday in 2000, no one was inducted in this category until 2009, when rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson was selected. Unlike earlier inductees in this category, Jackson’s career almost entirely took place after the traditional 1955 start of the “rock era”.

Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement

Formerly the “Non-Performers” award, this category encompasses those who primarily work behind the scenes in the music industry, including record label executives, songwriters, record producers, disc jockeys, concert promoters and music journalists. This category has had at least one inductee every year except 2007 and 2009. Following the death of the Hall of Fame’s co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, this award was renamed in his honor in 2008.JOURNAL,www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/late-ertegun-honoured-with-new-hall-of-fame-award_1062079, Late Ertegun Honoured With New Hall Of Fame Award, March 11, 2008, Contactmusic.com,

Award for Musical Excellence

Formerly the “Sidemen” award, this category was introduced in 2000 and honors veteran session and concert players who are selected by a committee composed primarily of producers. The category was dormant from 2004 through 2007 and re-activated in 2008. This honor was renamed the “Award for Musical Excellence” in 2010. According to Joel Peresman, the president of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, “This award gives us flexibility to dive into some things and recognize some people who might not ordinarily get recognized.“NEWS,www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2010/12/neil_diamond_alice_cooper_dr_j.html, Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Dr. John, Darlene Love and Tom Waits headed into Rock Hall, December 15, 2010, December 20, 2010, The Plain Dealer, Soeder, John,

Library and archives

(File: RocknRollHall 2015 LHCollins 600.jpg|thumb|right|350px |The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, November 2015)The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s Library and Archives is the world’s most comprehensive repository of materials related to the history of rock and roll. The library and archives are located in a new building on the Metro Campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland’s Campus District.The library and archives’ mission is to collect, preserve and provide access to these materials. The library and archives operates on two levels: people may come into the library and read books and magazines, listen to music and other recordings, and watch videos and films. More serious scholars, historians and journalists may also make an appointment for access to the archival collections under the supervision of the staff archivists.The library is composed of books, academic dissertations, and other references. It also includes popular magazines, scholarly journals and trade publications; commercial audio and video recordings, and research databases.The archival collections include music-business records from record executives, artist managers, labels, historic venues, recording studios, specialists in stage design and lighting, and long-running concert tours. The collections also contain important individual items, such as personal letters penned by Aretha Franklin and Madonna, handwritten working lyrics by Jimi Hendrix and LL Cool J, papers from music journalists such as Sue Cassidy Clark, and rare concert recordings from CBGB in the 1970s.MAGAZINE, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Opens Archives to the Public, January 18, 2012,www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-opens-archives-to-the-public-20120118, Rolling Stone, March 1, 2013, MAGAZINE, Graff, Gary, Rock Hall Opening Library and Archives This Week,www.billboard.com/articles/news/511232/rock-hall-opening-library-and-archives-collection-this-week, Billboard (magazine), Billboard, January 17, 2012, August 22, 2020, NEWS, Soeder, John, Rock Hall Library and Archives set to open Tuesday,www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2012/01/rock_hall_library_and_archives.html, The Plain Dealer, January 15, 2012, March 1, 2013,

Criticism and controversy

One of the most common criticisms of the hall of fame is that the nomination process is controlled by a small number of individuals who are not themselves musicians, such as founders Jann Wenner and Suzan Evans, and writer Dave Marsh, reflecting their personal tastes rather than public opinion as a whole. A former member of the nominations board once commented that “At one point Suzan Evans lamented the choices being made because there weren’t enough big names that would sell tickets to the dinner. That was quickly remedied by dropping one of the doo-wop groups being considered in favor of a ‘name’ artist ... I saw how certain pioneering artists of the ‘50s and early ‘60s were shunned because there needed to be more name power on the list, resulting in ‘70s superstars getting in before the people who made it possible for them. Some of those pioneers still aren’t in today.“Fox 411: Hey Madonna: Girls Already Knew How to Commit Violence|Fox NewsNEWS,www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1966,00.html, Rock Hall of Fame Fallout: ‘There Is Resentment Building Up’, April 4, 2001, Friedman, Roger, April 4, 2001, Fox News, January 15, 2008,www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1966,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20080115080549www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1966,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20080115080549www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,1966,00.html, dead, Sister Rosetta Tharpe is often regarded as the godmother of rock and roll, but was not chosen for induction until 2017.WEB,www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00xf8k7/the-godmother-of-rock-roll-sister-rosetta-tharpe, The Godmother of Rock & Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, BBC Four, May 24, 2011, March 18, 2017, EPISODE,www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/rock-and-roll-rosetta-tharpe/, Godmother of Rock and Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, PBS, Black Culture Connection, March 18, 2017, February 8, 2013,web.archive.org/web/20130208060554/https://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/rock-and-roll-rosetta-tharpe/, dead, Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker has dismissed the hall of fame as the “Hall of Lame” despite the band being inducted a few years prior to the remark.WEB,olivier.landemaine.free.fr/dougyule/dystory.html, Doug Yule - Story, Olivier.landemaine.free.fr, Yule, Jennifer, October 26, 2008, There was also criticism of the opacity in the selection process. Janet Morrissey of The New York Times wrote:With fame and money at stake, it’s no surprise that a lot of backstage lobbying goes on. Why any particular act is chosen in any particular year is a mystery to performers as well as outsiders, and committee members say they want to keep it that wayNEWS,www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/business/in-rock-hall-of-fame-vote-a-battle-of-industry-egos.html, Battle of the Bands (and Egos) for the Rock Hall of Fame, Morrissey, Janet, December 3, 2011, December 5, 2011, The New York Times, The chairman of the nominating committee, Jon Landau, confirmed: “We’ve done a good job of keeping the proceedings nontransparent. It all dies in the room.“According to Fox News, petitions with tens of thousands of signatures have also been ignored, and some groups that were signed with certain labels or companies or were affiliated with various committee members have even been put up for nomination with no discussion at all. The committee has also been accused of largely ignoring certain genres.NEWS,latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/12/getting-progressive-the-rock-hall-voted-in-genesis-whos-still-missing.html, Getting progressive: The Rock Hall votes in Genesis. Is Yes or Procol Harum next?, Los Angeles Times, December 29, 2009, January 20, 2010, Boehm, Mike, According to author Brett Milano in 2007, “entire genres get passed over, particularly progressive rock, ‘60s Top 40, New Orleans funk and a whole lot of black music”.NEWS,www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-03-11-rock-hall-main_N.htm, Dispute rocks the hall, March 12, 2007, January 20, 2010, USA Today, Gundersen, Edna, At the time of Milano’s comment, Pink Floyd were the only progressive rock band in the hall, although bands such as Genesis, Rush, Yes, and the Moody Blues have since been inducted. In 2022 Steven Hyden, a music critic for Uproxx and a hall voter, wrote that he believed the hall had been ignoring alternative rock and indie rock artists.WEB, Hyden, Steven, The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s Weird Bias Against Alt And Indie Rock,uproxx.com/indie/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-bias-against-alt-indie-rock/, Uproxx, 29 April 2024, 5 May 2022, Hyden noted that none of the 13 influential American bands from the 1980s profiled in Michael Azerrad’s 2001 book Our Band Could Be Your Life had been inducted, and wrote “How in the hell can you tell the story of rock ‘n’ roll without including a single one of them?“WEB, Hyden, Steven, Ask A Music Critic: Will Oasis Be Voted Into The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame?,uproxx.com/indie/oasis-rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame-ask-a-music-critic/, Uproxx, 29 April 2024, 14 February 2024, Critics have pointed out a bias in favor of American and British acts, while Canadian rock bands, such as the Guess Who, are often ignored, with Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Rush, and the Band being the only Canadian acts in the hall.NEWS, Guess Who won’t make it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Globe and Mail, October 25, 2021,www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-guess-who-wont-make-it-into-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/, Wheeler, Brad, WEB, Winnipeg group wants The Guess Who in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, January 7, 2021, CTV News,winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/the-soundtrack-of-a-generation-group-wants-the-guess-who-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-1.5258093, Charles, Lefebvre, August 16, 2022, Another criticism is that too many artists are inducted. In one fifteen-year span, ninety-seven artists were inducted, averaging between six and seven inductees per year. A minimum of 50% of the vote is needed to be inducted, although the final percentages are not announced and a certain number of inductees (five in 2011) is set before the ballots are shipped.WEB,www.startribune.com/457/story/931216.html, Three strikes, they’re in, January 17, 2007, Friedman, Roger, January 12, 2007, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, {{dead link |date=March 2023 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*www.startribune.com/457/story/931216.html }} The committee usually nominates a small number of artists (12 in 2010) from an increasing number of different genres. Several voters, including Joel Selvin, himself a former member of the nominating committee, did not submit their ballots in 2007 because they did not feel that any of the candidates were truly worthy.NEWS,www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/14/DDBITBMBD.DTL, View: Rock and Roll Hall offers lackluster candidates, December 7, 2007, Selvin, Joel, Joel Selvin, November 14, 2007, San Francisco Chronicle, Members of the British punk rock band the Sex Pistols, inducted in 2006, refused to attend the ceremony, calling the museum “a piss stain” and “urine in wine”.WEB,www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/," title="web.archive.org/web/20080302091236www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/,">web.archive.org/web/20080302091236www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/,www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/, Official announcement from the Sex Pistols regarding the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, February 24, 2006, March 2, 2008, Sex Pistols â€“ The Filth and the Fury, In 2018, when British rock band Dire Straits were inducted, bandleader Mark Knopfler did not attend the ceremony and offered no official explanation, leaving bassist John Illsley to say, “He just didn’t feel like coming, it’s as simple as that. It just didn’t appeal to him, and I appealed to him on several occasions.“NEWS,www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/15/mark-knopfler-skips-dire-straits-rock-hall-of-fame-induction, Sultan of snub: Mark Knopfler skips Dire Straits’ rock hall of fame induction, The Guardian, London, April 15, 2018, Associated Press, August 22, 2020, In response to Oasis’ nomination for the Class of 2024, Liam Gallagher disparaged the hall on X, declaring that “there’s something very fishy about those awards”, “it’s all a load of bollox {{sic}}” and referring to its members as “bumbaclarts”.JOURNAL,www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/liam-gallagher-oasis-roll-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nomination-reaction-1234966803/, Liam Gallagher Slams Rock Hall of Fame After Oasis Nomination: “There’s Something Very Fishy About Those Awards”, Rolling Stone (magazine), Rolling Stone, Althea, Legaspi, February 12, 2024, March 15, 2024, In BBC Radio 6 Music’s Annual John Peel Lecture in 2013, singer Charlotte Church accused the museum of gender bias, stating, “Out of 295 acts and artists in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, 259 are entirely male, meaning that Tina Weymouth’s part in Talking Heads makes them one of the 36 female acts.“JOURNAL,www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/10/15/church, Transcript: Paul Resnikoff, ‘I’m Charlotte Church. And This Is How Women Are Routinely Demoralized by the Music Industry...,’, Digital Media News, October 15, 2013, August 22, 2020, JOURNAL,www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/jpl, BBC Radio 6 Music, The John Peel Lecture: Charlotte Church, October 15, 2013, In fact, the actual percentage of female inductees is 8.5%.WEB,www.scrollkit.com/s/GGR9Eju, Misogyny in Rock, Yuridia, Chapa, May 2, 2014, Scrollkit.com, August 22, 2020, September 18, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200918114932/https://www.scrollkit.com/s/GGR9Eju, dead, Combining all the categories, there have been 719 inductees, of whom 61 have been women.WEB,rockhall.com/inductees/, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Inductees, Courtney Love made similar criticisms of the hall in 2023, highlighting the length of time it had taken to induct artists such as Kate Bush, Nina Simone, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, and “most egregiously”, Tina Turner as a solo artist, as well as the failure to induct Chaka Khan despite seven nominations.WEB,www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/17/why-are-women-so-marginalised-by-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame, Why are women so marginalised by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?, Courtney, Love, The Guardian, March 17, 2023, April 29, 2024, Following Donna Summer’s death in 2012, Elton John had criticized the hall for failing to induct her during her lifetime, calling it “a total disgrace, especially when I see the second-rate talent that has been inducted.“WEB,www.digitalspy.com/music/a382316/elton-john-donna-summer-should-be-in-hall-of-fame/, Elton John: ‘Donna Summer should be in Hall of Fame’, Robert, Copsey, Digital Spy, May 18, 2012, March 27, 2023, Steve Miller, a 2016 inductee, directed a litany of complaints at the hall, both during his induction speech and especially in interviews after it. His criticisms included his opinions that there is a general lack of female inductees, that there is not enough support by the hall for music education, and that inductees are treated poorly at the award ceremony.JOURNAL,pitchfork.com/news/64693-steve-miller-rips-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/, Steve Miller Rips the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork, Evan, Minsker, April 9, 2016, August 22, 2020, At the same ceremony, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen commented on the hall’s ticket policy for inductees and their families as unnecessarily expensive, a sentiment echoed by Miller.WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjSyo4kUq5M&ab_channel=CheapTrick,ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/DjSyo4kUq5M, December 11, 2021, Cheap Trick - RnR Hall of Fame Acceptance Speeches - full, uncut, Cheap Trick, YouTube, May 3, 2016, July 22, 2021, live, {{cbignore}}WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=umI7MkgwS7M&ab_channel=ArtisanNewsService,ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/umI7MkgwS7M, December 11, 2021, Steve Miller Goes Off On Rock Hall After Induction, Cheap Trick During Speech, ArtisanNewsService, YouTube, April 9, 2016, July 21, 2021, live, {{cbignore}}In 2018, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden called the hall “an utter and complete load of bollocks ... run by a bunch of sanctimonious bloody Americans who wouldn’t know rock ‘n’ roll if it hit them in the face”.WEB,www.nme.com/news/music/iron-maidens-bruce-dickinson-brands-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-an-utter-and-complete-load-of-bollocks-2393652, Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson brands Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ‘an utter and complete load of bollocks’, NME, Rhian, Daly, October 25, 2018, August 22, 2020, Dickinson has also expressed an overall distaste for the hall’s entity, arguing that “if you put [music] in a museum, then it’s dead”. Iron Maiden had been eligible for induction since 2004.JOURNAL,ultimateclassicrock.com/rock-hall-of-fame-2020-forecast/, Rock Hall Of Fame 2020 Forecast: Who’s Newly Eligible, Who Gets In, Irwin, Corey, April 18, 2019, Townsquare Media, Ultimate Classic Rock, Hard rock and heavy metal website Blabbermouth.net observed how it had taken Kiss 15 years to be inducted [inducted in 2014, eligible since 1999] and Deep Purple 23 years [inducted in 2016, eligible since 1993]. Regarding his band’s non-induction into the hall, Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill stated in a 2019 interview, “I don’t think they like heavy metal music in general.“NEWS,www.blabbermouth.net/news/ian-hill-on-judas-priests-exclusion-from-rock-hall-i-dont-think-they-like-heavy-metal-music-in-general/, Ian Hill On Judas Priest’s Exclusion From Rock Hall: ‘I Don’t Think They Like Heavy Metal Music In General’, Blabbermouth.net, January 27, 2019, September 25, 2019, Several people criticized the 2020 inductions because the Dave Matthews Band was not part of the class despite them topping the fan vote.NEWS,www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/01/16/rock-hall-fame-dave-matthews-band-fans-slam-2020-induction-snub/4488124002/, ‘Dave Matthews Band got robbed,’ fans say of 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, Hannah, Yasharoff, USA Today,

The Dave Clark Five

On March 14, 2007, two days after that year’s induction ceremony, Roger Friedman of Fox News published an article claiming that the Dave Clark Five should have been the fifth inductee, as they had more votes than inductee Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The article went on to say that Jann Wenner availed himself of a technicality on the day votes were due in. In reality, the Dave Clark Five received six more votes than Grandmaster Flash, but Wenner thought “we couldn’t go another year without a rap act”.NEWS,www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258664,00.html#2, Rock Hall Voting Scandal: Rock Group Actually Won, April 6, 2007, Friedman, Roger, March 14, 2007, Fox News, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation responded “There is a format and rules and procedure. There is a specific time when the votes have to be in, and then they are counted. The bands with the top five votes got in.“NEWS,www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1174136163185340.xml&coll=2, Rock Hall denies vote fix report, April 6, 2007, Heaton, Michael, March 17, 2007, The Plain Dealer, dead,www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fentertainment%2F1174136163185340.xml&coll=2," title="web.archive.org/web/20071129223135www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fentertainment%2F1174136163185340.xml&coll=2,">web.archive.org/web/20071129223135www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fentertainment%2F1174136163185340.xml&coll=2, November 29, 2007, The Dave Clark Five were subsequently nominated again and then inducted the following year.NEWS,www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/13/rockhall.inductees.ap/index.html, Madonna leads list of Rock Hall inductees, January 2, 2008, Associated Press, December 13, 2007, CNN,www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/13/rockhall.inductees.ap/index.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20071224161029www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/13/rockhall.inductees.ap/index.html,">web.archive.org/web/20071224161029www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/13/rockhall.inductees.ap/index.html, December 24, 2007,

The Monkees

In a Facebook post, Monkees member Michael Nesmith stated that he did not know if the Monkees belonged in the Hall of Fame because he could see the impact of the Monkees only from the inside and went on to say: “I can see the HOF (Hall of Fame) is a private enterprise. It seems to operate as a business, and the inductees are there by some action of the owners of the Enterprise. The inductees appear to be chosen at the owner’s pleasure. This seems proper to me. It is their business in any case. It does not seem to me that the HOF carries a public mandate, nor should it be compelled to conform to one.“WEB, Nesmith, Michael, ‘Should The Monkees be included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?’, you ask.,www.facebook.com/michaelnesmith/posts/400891016595629, Facebook, May 13, 2012, subscription, Some magazines and news outlets, such as Time,MAGAZINE, McCombs, Joseph, Hey, Hey Let Them In: 10 Reasons The Monkees Should Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,entertainment.time.com/2012/04/19/the-monkees-should-be-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-times-10-part-treatise/#their-chart-success, Time, May 20, 2012, April 19, 2012, NPR radio,NEWS, Hirsh, Marc, NOW Can We Induct the Monkees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?,www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/03/01/147736081/now-can-we-induct-the-monkees-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame, Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR, March 2012, May 20, 2012, The Christian Science Monitor,NEWS, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The top 5 biggest omissions,www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2010/1215/Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Fame-The-top-5-biggest-omissions/The-Monkees, The Christian Science Monitor, Jacob, Turcotte, May 20, 2012, Goldmine magazine,MAGAZINE, Marder, Phill, No Monkee business allowed in the Rock Hall of Fame?,www.goldminemag.com/blogs/no-monkee-business-allowed-in-the-rock-hall-of-fame, Goldmine, May 20, 2012, MAGAZINE, Marder, Phill, 10 more bands snubbed by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,www.goldminemag.com/blogs/10-more-bands-snubbed-by-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame, Goldmine, May 20, 2012, Yahoo! Music,WEB, Hoskyns, Barney, Why Aren’t the Monkees in the Rock and Roll of Fame?,music.yahoo.com/blogs/rocks-backpages/why-aren-t-monkees-rock-roll-fame-125232196.html, Yahoo! Music, May 20, 2012, and MSNBC have argued that the Monkees belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.WEB, Sclafani, Tony, Hey hey, it’s the fans who want the Monkees in the Rock Hall,entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/13/11182790-hey-hey-its-the-fans-who-want-the-monkees-in-the-rock-hall, dead,entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/13/11182790-hey-hey-its-the-fans-who-want-the-monkees-in-the-rock-hall?lite," title="web.archive.org/web/20120512022857entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/13/11182790-hey-hey-its-the-fans-who-want-the-monkees-in-the-rock-hall?lite,">web.archive.org/web/20120512022857entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/13/11182790-hey-hey-its-the-fans-who-want-the-monkees-in-the-rock-hall?lite, May 12, 2012, May 20, 2012, NBC News,

Dolly Parton

Country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton was announced as a nominee for the 2022 hall of fame ballot in February 2022.WEB, Del Barco, Mandalit, Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie among the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees,www.npr.org/2022/02/02/1077606888/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-nominees-2022, NPR, May 4, 2022, en, February 2, 2022, Parton requested to be removed from the ballot in March 2022, after the ballots had been sent to voters. In a statement, Parton wrote “Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don’t feel that I have earned that right. I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out.“WEB, Hussey, Allison, Dolly Parton Declines 2022 Rock Hall Nomination,pitchfork.com/news/dolly-parton-declines-2022-rock-hall-nomination/, Pitchfork, March 14, 2022, March 14, 2022, The hall replied days later that she would remain on the ballot, in part because the ballots for the 2022 class had already been sent to voters.WEB, Della Cava, Marco, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame won’t pull Dolly Parton from ballot: ‘We are in awe of Dolly’,www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/03/17/dolly-parton-remains-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-ballot/7076229001/, USA TODAY, March 17, 2022, Although Parton had asked to be removed from the ballot because she did not think of herself as a rock artist, the hall responded that “From its inception, rock and roll has had deep roots in rhythm & blues and country music. It is not defined by any one genre, rather a sound that moves youth culture. Dolly Parton’s music impacted a generation of young fans and influenced countless artists that followed. Her nomination to be considered for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame followed the same process as all other artists who have been considered.“WEB, Willman, Chris, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Responds to Dolly Parton, Says She’s Still on Ballot,variety.com/2022/music/news/rock-roll-hall-fame-responds-dolly-parton-ballot-1235208069/, Variety, March 17, 2022, March 17, 2022, In April 2022, Parton told Morning Edition that she would accept her induction if she were selected.WEB, ‘Dreams do still come true’ in a new novel by Dolly Parton and James Patterson,www.npr.org/2022/04/29/1095444447/dolly-parton-james-patterson-novel, NPR, April 29, 2022, en, Parton was announced as a 2022 inductee on May 4.WEB, Minsker, Evan, Dolly Parton and Eminem Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022,pitchfork.com/news/dolly-parton-and-eminem-inducted-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fames-class-of-2022/, Pitchfork, May 4, 2022, May 4, 2022,

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