It pains me to know that an artist like Brook Benton is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He had so many hit records in the 1950's and 1960s. He wrote hits for other artists. Hope there is an old timers committee for people like Brook Benton. The man was Phenomenal!
Great discussion and topics! Beck appears to have lost some momentum and steam since his first nomination. Will probably take Beck a few Nominations before he earns induction. He makes a good inductee for the Los Angeles ceremony. I believe Lenny Kravitz is in a perfect position to be nominated and inducted in 2027. Kravitz has been receiving awards similar to Billy Idol. Should be Lenny Kravitz time in 2027. Alice In Chains and The Smiths finish the Quartet...Seattle Scene 90's early Grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden inducted) and 80's British groups (Depeche Mode, Joy Division/NO, The Cure inducted). Both Alice In Chains and The Smiths will be on my Final 20 Nomination list in October. Mariah Carey is an important induction as the RRHOF then can discuss and evaluate the many popular and successful 1990's into 2000's women music artists. This is needed to breakup the logjam of the women singer/songwriting types and other deserving women music artists. Shakira will be pushed again for the Latin and International candidate. She's very deserving. I might hold off on Gloria Estefan for another year or two. Cleveland is known as a blue collar type city. Meat and potatoes hard-working city. It might help some of the 70's and 80's rock acts who toured the Midwest and Rust Belt. Many of these cities became tour stop staples and assisted in success of the bands. KISS Detroit Rock City is 1 that jumps to mind. Styx could benefit as they had an impressive string of platinum albums in the late 1970's and early 1980's. Definitely a talented band. Tommy Shaw can do just about everything. Singer/Guitarist plus working the synthesizers and a mandolin. Some have brought up Motorhead which is smart discussion. Lemmy is an iconic figure and there are so many excellent stories about him out there. Motorhead is known for "Ace Of Spades" but similar to Deep Purple "Smoke On The Water"....There are other great songs in their discography. Lemmy has passed away some years now as several of the band. They could be a perfect fit for 1 of the Special Awards down the line. It's probably DEVO time as an inductee or Special Award in 2027. Will also have Smashing Pumpkins on my Final 20 Nomination list. Should have been a 1st ballot inductee.
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