As legends go, John Mellencamp’s is more in tune with the Little Engine That Could than the gods of those pantheons from Olympus to Cleveland. Three of the five artists being enshrined in the main performer category are very well deserving, including one of the most dominant artists in rock history. 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 third time has indeed proven to be the charm for Yes with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.. Rocker Iggy Pop performs punk rock versions of two of Madonna's songs, "Burning Up" and "Ray Of Light" in tribute to her during her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame on March 10, 2008. Everybody else does it."

Following one of rock 'n' roll's lowest points in the scandal-ridden year of 1959 as a host of bland teen idols ruled the airwaves, the Ventures turned the tide in 1960 when their smash single "Walk - Don't Run" ignited a wave of guitar based instrumental records, as well as planted the early seeds of surf-rock and helped to spawn the entire garage rock movement. There is a specific time when the votes have to be in, and then they are counted. Waters reunited with his former bandmates for a single performance at the Live 8 benefit concert in 2005. Inexplicably inducted as a sideman, presumably since he backed Muddy Waters in the 1950's, despite Little Walter's own career as a solo artist being just as prolific on the charts as Waters (each having 15 hits in the decade), showing yet another example of the Hall's vague and undefined boundaries for the category qualifications that makes the induction process lack cohesiveness.
A new set of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers were inducted on March 10 at New York's Waldorf-Astoria. On the lower level is the The first floor of the museum is the entrance level. Along the way her outspokenness earned her nearly as many critics as fans, but that too is a rock 'n' roll hallmark dating back to the genre's very beginnings. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's most acclaimed program is the annual American Music Masters series. While they weren't musically groundbreaking in any way they were consistently popular during a key transitional era of rock and though their place in the Hall Of Fame comes at the expense of more significant artists on the ballot this year, it is not without some justification that the Dave Clark Five should be inducted. Rock Hall is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit in the United States. John Mellencamp - Authority Song - Rock Hall of Fame - YouTube

Among the inductees who have taken part in this series are Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of A similar program is the Legends Series.

... Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. Janet Morrissey of With fame and money at stake, it's no surprise that a lot of backstage lobbying goes on. Ultimately, the chosen location was along East Ninth Street in downtown by The groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 7, 1993. In fifteen years, 97 different artists were inducted.On March 14, 2007, two days after that year's induction ceremony, Roger Friedman of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation responded "There is a format and rules and procedure. Nobody ever manipulated the media more than she did, in the process establishing the modern publicity machine that has all but taken over rock 'n' roll ever since. Cohen is certainly worth being remembered in the annals of rock, but not worthy of being inducted as a Hall Of Fame artist based on his rather negligible career achievements.
Pink Floyd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. 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 way.Another criticism is that too many artists are inducted. The celebration ends with an all-star concert held at a Cleveland theater. 2008 Nominee Satellite Award: Best Original Song The Wrestler (2008) Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1100 Rock and Roll Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44114 216.781.ROCK (7625)