I was well-pleased with who got into the class of 2022 for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It turned out that the top eight on the fan poll were selected. * I voted for them
Duran Duran* (934,880 votes), who I voted for as soon as ADD asked; it was a tight race for a while, but DD ran away. I own but one DD album. And it’s the album that people who own only album own, Rio. Here are some videos.
Eminem (684,237). I own none of his music. But I did see the movie 8 Mile. His channel.
Pat Benatar* (631,299), and they rightly included her partner Neil Giraldo; she led early in the fan poll. I may own something on vinyl. The Benatar Giraldo channel.
Eurythmics* (442,271). I LOVE Eurythmics. I have two or three of their albums, plus the greatest hits. Also two Annie Lennox albums. One of my favorite MTV videos is Would I Lie To You. Their channel.
Dolly Parton (393,796); saying that she was undeserving may have been the most rock and roll thing she ever did. I have one of her solo albums, plus the complete Trio albums with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. Her channel.
ALSO
Judas Priest (365,999). I own none of their music. Their channel.
Carly Simon (335,489). I have three or four of her albums on vinyl, plus one and the greatest hits on CD. But the Simon Sisters show up on a couple of compilations I own. Her channel.
Lionel Richie* (302,877). maybe one LP. I have one Commodores greatest hits CD. His channel.
The others who got in:
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (YES!). Their channel.
Allen Grubman. If you don’t know him, and I didn’t, here’s a 75-minute video from the 1990s.
Jimmy Iovine (yes) – an 18-minute video of the record label owner and producer
Sylvia Robinson -watch the video of The God Mother & Pioneer Of Hip-Hop’s Big Business (R.I.P. Queen Sylvia Robinson)
I’m sorry I didn’t know Elizabeth Cotten, though I know all of her acolytes: Pete Seeger (for whom she was a nanny!); Joan Baez; Bob Dylan; the Grateful Dead; Taj Mahal; and Peter, Paul, and Mary, among many others. Surely I know her most famous song, Freight Train.
HARRY BELAFONTE – I’ve written about him here and here and probably a dozen other times
The also-rans on the fan ballot. Devo* (224,723), Kate Bush (207,523); Rage Against The Machine (190,063); Dionne Warwick (186,038); A Tribe Called Quest (145,287); New York Dolls (120,958); Beck (99,771); MC5 (93,666); and Fela Kuti (69,656), who was in the top two in the fan poll last year.
As I have said MANY times, they need to add Estelle Axton!
