Rock and Roll 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees

Announced December 13, 2018:

Zombies
Stevie Nicks

Janet Jackson
Roxy Music

Cure
Def Leppard

Radiohead

Induction is later this month, March 29 in Brooklyn, N.Y..

Congrats.  --RoadDog

TOP TEN TRIVIA:  Pound for Pound, hamburgers cost more than a new car.

My Picks for 2018 Inductees for the Rock and Roll Music Hall of Fame

On December 14, I listed the nominated artists for the Class of 2018.

My five picks:

**  Todd Rundgren   Quite a talented and varied career. Of course, there is his "Bang On the Drum" song.

**  Zombies    One of the better 1960s groups.

**  Stevie Nicks    Just something about her fairy quality and that voice.

**  Def Leppard    Hit after hit.

**  John Prine   A personal favorite.  Part of that great Chicago folk scene.

--RoadDog

POLITICALLY INCORRECT CHRISTMAS SONGS:  "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas"  Forced gender specific gifts.

Nominees for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announced

Announced on October 9.

Todd Rundgren
Zombies
Stevie Nicks
Kraftwerk
Chaka Khan & Rufus
Def Leppard
Devo
Janet Jackson
LL Cool J
MC5
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Roxy Music
Cure
John Prine

Winners announced in December  Induction March 29, 2019, in New York.  My five picks for inductees next week.

Some Long Overdue Ones Here.  --RoadDog

POLITICALLY INCORRECT CHRISTMAS SONGS:  "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"  Sees you when you're sleeping?  Knows when you're awake?  Peeping Tom?  Stalker?

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2018 Induction Class

The Class of 2018 was announced December 13, 2017.

Moody Blues
Dire Straits
Cars
Bon Jovi
Nina Simone
Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Induction will be April 14, 2018, in Cleveland.

--RoadDog

ACCIDENT REPORTS:  "I had been driving for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident."

My Picks for the Class of 2016 Rock Hall of Fame Inductees

All the groups listed are good, but if it were my pick for five, this is it:

Moody Blues--    Those spaced-out albums

Dire Straits--  Money for Nothing if necessary.

Zombies--  It's the Time of the Season to be inducted

J. Geils Band--  You had the R&B and then "Centerfield" era.

Cars--  With that many hit songs, how could they not be?

--RoadDog

Nominees for 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

October 5, 2017

First-time nominees:  Moody Blues,  Dire Straits, Eurythmics, Judas Priest, Kate Bush, Nina Simone, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Nominated two or more times:  Zombies, Rufus (Chaka Khan), Link Wray, J. Geils Band, meters, Cars, Bon Jovi, Depeche Mode, L.L. Cool J., MC5.

My Five Picks In Next Post.  --RoadDog

Music Deaths: Glen Campbell-- Part 3: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

I just took it for granted that Glen Campbell must be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  But, NO!!!  He isn't.

Just for his playing with the "Wrecking Crew" alone should earn him a place, not to mention his playing with the Beach Boys.

Then, how about a primarily country artist having 36 songs in the Pop Top 100, including two #1s, three other Top Tens and twenty-one Top 40s.  These all came between 1961 and 1981.

I checked Google to see if he was in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and there were sure a lot of people saying that he should be there.  Maybe those who pick who is going to be in it wake up and do the right thing.

--RoadDog

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2017

December 20, 2014.

These performers will be entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:

Joan Baez
Electric Light Orchestra
Yes
Journey--  Finally
Tupac Shakur
Pearl Jam

Induction will be April 7, 2017, in New York City.

Tupac Shakur ... Rock and Roll?  --RoadDog

My Picks for the Next Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class

Personally, I would only rarely ever pick a first time group or individual.  There are too many that deserve to be there and haven't yet gotten there.  I have never even heard of Bad Brain.

My Five:

ZOMBIES--  As fine of 60s rock as you can get.

JOAN BAEZ--  highly influential folkie.

STEPPENWOLF--  Just "Born to Be Wild" should be enough to get them in, not to mention all those others.

JOURNEY--  You forget how many hits they had.  What is left of Journey, one guy, played at Carb Daythis past Indy 500 and it was amazing how many people were just singing along.

CARS--  Another group with so many hits.

Well, My picks Anyway.  --RoadDog

Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Released October 16, 2016.

Zombies
Joe Tex
Joan Baez
Steppenwolf
J. Geils Band
Kraftwerk
Electric Light Orchestra
Journey
Chaka Khan
Chic
Yes Cars

First-Time Nominees:

Pearl Jam
Tupac Shakur
Bad Brain
Jane's Addiction
Janet Jackson
MC5

Next Post, I Will Pick the Five I Think Need to Go In.  --RoadDog

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2016

These groups were inducted:

N.W.A.
Chicago
Cheap Trick
Deep Purple
Steve Miller

They will be inducted during ceremonies on April 8, 2016, in Cleveland.

Chic failed to get inducted for the tenth time.

Eight hundred members of the Rock and Roll Foundation do the voting.

I picked two of them:  Cheap Trick and Chicago.

--RoadDog

MEMORY LANE:  Did you ever wait for your dad to come home so you could ride  the "running board" home.

My Five Picks for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2015 Inductees

Not that anybody asked or cares, but these are my five picks for inclusion:

Spinners
Chic
Los Lobos
Chicago
Cheap Trick

--RoadDog

15 Nominees for 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announced

October 8, 2015.

First-Time Nominees:

Chicago
Deep Purple
Yes
Steve Miller Band

Previously Nominated:

Spinners
Chic
Cheap Trick
Chaka Khan
James Brown's JBs

Janet Jackson
Nine Inch Nails
Smiths
NWA
Los Lobos

Winners should be announced some time this month.  Induction will occur in April.

--RoadDog

NEWSPAPER ERRORS:  Just to keep the record straight, it was the famous Whistler's Mother, not Hitler's, that was exhibited.  there is nothing to be gained in trying to explain how this error occurred.

Music Deaths: Allen Toussaint, 77

Died November 9, 2015.

Influential New Orleans composer, producer, arranger and artist while on tour in Spain.

Wrote "Mother-In-Law" (#1-1961 for Ernie K. Doe) and produced it as well.  Other songs were "Southern Nights" (#1-1977) for Glen Campbell, "Working in the Coal Mine" (#8-1966) for Lee Dorsey, "Java" (#4-1964) for Al Hirt, "Whipped Cream (#68-1965) for Herb Alpert which later became more famous as the theme song to the game show "The Dating Game."

Produced for B.J. Thomas, Dr. John and the Meters.  Produced "Lady Marmalade" (#1-1975) for LaBelle and worked with Paul McCartney & Wings on Venus and Mars album in 1975.  Chosen for the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2011, the Blues Hall of Fame in 2011, Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

A Favorite of Mine.

Creedence Clearwater Revival-- Part 3: Internal and Legal Problems

The group broke up in 1972, but still owed 8 albums to Fantasy records.  John Fogerty refused to honor the contract and had to pay Fantasy owner Saul Zaentz performance rights to play his own songs and stopped performing them for many years.

In 1985, John Fogerty had a comeback album with Centerfield.  Zaentz sued for copyright infringement for "Old Man Down the Road" saying that it plagiarized "Run Through the Jungle."  In other words, Fogerty was sued for copying his own song.  The courts decided in favor of Fogerty.

But, Zaentz was able to get an out-of-court settlement for defamation on Fogerty's "Zanz Kant Danz."

Tom Fogerty died of AIDs complica from a transfusion after having not spoken with his brother John for years.

At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 1993. CCR members Stu Cook and Doug Clifford were not allowed on the stage.  Tom Fogerty's wife had his ashes on the stage.

John Fogerty, inspired by a visit to bluesman Robert Johnson's grave, started playing his Creedence songs again.

--RoadDog


REDNECK COMPUTER TERMS: ROM--  Where the pope lives.

2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Congratulations to Bill Withers, Lou reed, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Green Day, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joan Jett.The 5 Royales will also be enshrined as an early influence.  Ringo Starr, already in as a member of the Beatles, will be honored for his musical excellence.  But I believe he should also be in the Hall on his own.  He certainly had some great tunes in the 1970s.

Fifteen singles and 12 albums are also now included on the Hall of Fame list which now numbers 987.  They include "Big Girls Don't Cry" from the Four Seasons, "I Fought the Law" by the Bobby Fuller Four, "Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass, that great old Beach Music and dirty song "Sixty Minute Man" by Billy Ward & the Dominoes, "Tell It Like It Is" by Aaron Neville, "School's Out" by Alice Cooper (where we got our boat name) and "Dancing Queen" by ABBA.

--Great Music.  --RoadDog

2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees-- Part 2

Half of the inductees will be posthumous.  Paul Butterfield died in 1987, Stevie Ray Vaughan in 1990 and Lou reed just last year.  he was already inducted, however, with his band, Velvet Underground in 1996.

Bill Withers, perhaps best-known for his songs "Lean On me," "Use Me," "Just the Two of Us" and "Ain't No Sunshine" told Rolling Stone Magazine that he would consider playing at the induction in April and couldn't remember the last time he'd done a concert.  The last album he released was in 1985.

Congratulations to All.  --RoadDog


DANGLING PARTICIPLES:  "The dog was hungry and made the mistake of nipping a 2-year-old that was trying to force feed it in his ear."

2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees-- Part 1

From the December 17, 2014, Chicago Tribune  "Rock Hall class includes Jett, Withers, Reed."

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Green Day, Bill Withers, Lou reed, Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band will make up the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of "15.

Ringo Starr will be honored with the Award of Excellence (he was also inducted with the Beatles in April). Personally, I think he should be inducted on his own as he certainly had some great songs after the Beatles broke up, plus his All-Star bands he tours with all these years.

 The North Carolina R&B "5" Royales will be honored with the Early Influence Award.  They combined gospel, doo-wop and jump blues in their music and were a big part of Beach Music.

Come On Ringo!!  --RoadDog

My Five Picks for the RnR Hall of Fame Class of '15

MARVELETTES--  Great Motown female soul group.  (23 Top 100s, 3 Top Tens)  "Please Mr. Postman" #1, "Playboy" #7, "Don'r mess With Bill" #7.  I also liked "Beechwood 4-5789" #17, "Too Many Fish in the Sea" #25 and "The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game" #13.

SPINNERS--  Another great soul group dating from 1961, but hit their peak in the70s and early 80s.  (29 Top 100s, 7 Top Tens)  I especially liked "I'll b Around" #3. "Could Be I'm Falling in Love" #4, "One of a Kind Love Affair" #11, "Mighty Love Pt.1" #20, "Then Came You" #1, "The Rubberband Man" #2, "Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl" #2 and "Cupid/I've Loved You For a Long Time" #4.

WAR--  (17 Top 100s, 7 Top Tens)  California band.  I especially liked their "Spill the Wine" #3, "Slippin' Into Darkness" #16, "The World Is a Ghetto" #7, "The Cisco Kid" #2, "Gypsey Man" #8,  "Why Can't We Be Friends?" ##6, "Low Rider" #7 and "Summer" #7.

BILL WITHERS--  From Slab Fork, West Virginia.  (13 Top 100s, 3 Top Tens)  "Ain't No Sunshine" #3, "Lean On Me" #1, "Use Me" #2 and "Lovely Day" #30.  he also sang with Grover Washington, Jr. on "Just the Two of Us" #2.

CHIC--  R&B, disco group from New York City  (10 Top 100s, 4 Top Tens)  "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) #6, "Le Freak" #1, "I Want Your Love" #7 and "Good Times" #1.

Well, Those Are My Picks.  --RoadDog

Nominees for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of '15

These groups and performers have been nominated for inclusion in this august group.

Marvelettes
Spinners
War
Bill Withers
Chic
Sting (already in with the Police)
Kraftwerk
Lou Reed
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Joan Jett
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Nine Inch Nails

Induction of the winners will April 18, 2015, in Cleveland, Ohio.

These Are Some Worthy Inductees   --RoadDog


YOU THINK ENGLISH IS EASY?    When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.