NeverEndingWarrior wrote:
Who do you believe should be in the Museum?
More importantly, who shouldn't be there?
This is just a list of the performers, since I doubt many of us know jack about who contributed what behind the scenes to consider producers and non-artistic types.
1986
* Chuck Berry (1926 - )
* James Brown (1933 - 2006)
* Ray Charles (1930 - 2004)
* Sam Cooke (1931 - 1964)
* Fats Domino (1928 - )
* The Everly Brothers (formed 1956; disbanded 1973; reformed 1983)
* Buddy Holly (1936 - 1959)
* Jerry Lee Lewis (1935 - )
* Little Richard (1932 - )
* Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977)
[edit] 1987
* The Coasters (formed 1955)
* Eddie Cochran (1938 - 1960)
* Bo Diddley (1928 - )
* Aretha Franklin (1942 - )
* Marvin Gaye (1939 - 1984)
* Bill Haley (1925 - 1981)
* B. B. King (1925 - )
* Clyde McPhatter (1932 - 1972)
* Ricky Nelson (1940 - 1985)
* Roy Orbison (1936 - 1988)
* Carl Perkins (1932 - 1998)
* Smokey Robinson (1940 - )
* Big Joe Turner (1911 - 1985)
* Muddy Waters (1915 - 1983)
* Jackie Wilson (1934 - 1984)
[edit] 1988
* The Beach Boys (formed 1961; disbanded 1998)
* The Beatles (formed 1960; disbanded 1970)
* The Drifters
* Bob Dylan (1941 - )
* The Supremes
[edit] 1989
* Dion (1939 - )
* Otis Redding (1941 - 1967)
* The Rolling Stones (formed 1962)
* The Temptations
* Stevie Wonder (1950 - )
[edit] 1990
* Hank Ballard (1927 - 2003)
* Bobby Darin (1936 - 1973)
* The Four Seasons
* The Four Tops
* The Kinks (formed 1961; disbanded 1996)
* The Platters
* Simon & Garfunkel (formed 1964; disbanded 1970)
* The Who (formed 1964)
[edit] 1991
* LaVern Baker (1929 - 1997)
* The Byrds
* John Lee Hooker (1917 - 2001)
* The Impressions
* Wilson Pickett (1941 - 2006)
* Jimmy Reed (1925 - 1976)
* Ike and Tina Turner
[edit] 1992
* Bobby "Blue" Bland (1930 - )
* Booker T. & The M.G.'s
* Johnny Cash (1932 - 2003)
* The Isley Brothers
* The Jimi Hendrix Experience (formed 1966; disbanded 1969)
* Sam & Dave
* The Yardbirds (formed 1962; disbanded 1968; reformed 1992)
[edit] 1993
* Ruth Brown (1928 - 2006)
* Cream (formed 1966; disbanded 1968)
* Creedence Clearwater Revival (formed 1967; disbanded 1972)
* The Doors (formed 1965; disbanded 1973)
* Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
* Etta James (1938 - )
* Van Morrison (1945 - )
* Sly & The Family Stone (formed 1967; disbanded 1975)
[edit] 1994
* The Animals
* The Band (formed 1967; disbanded 1976; reformed 1983; disbanded again 1999)
* Duane Eddy (1938 - )
* Grateful Dead (formed 1965; disbanded 1995)
* Elton John (1947 - )
* John Lennon (1940 - 1980)
* Bob Marley (1945 - 1981)
* Rod Stewart (1945 - )
[edit] 1995
* The Allman Brothers Band
* Al Green (1946 - )
* Janis Joplin (1943 - 1970)
* Led Zeppelin (formed 1968; disbanded 1980)
* Martha & The Vandellas
* Neil Young (1945 - )
* Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
[edit] 1996
* David Bowie (1947 - )
* Gladys Knight & The Pips
* Jefferson Airplane (formed 1964; disbanded 1990)
* Little Willie John (1937 - 1968)
* Pink Floyd (formed 1965; on indefinite hiatus)
* The Shirelles
* The Velvet Underground (formed 1965; disbanded 1973)
[edit] 1997
* The Bee Gees
* Buffalo Springfield
* Crosby, Stills & Nash
* The Jackson Five
* Joni Mitchell (1943 - )
* Parliament/Funkadelic
* The Rascals (Young Rascals)
[edit] 1998
* The Eagles (formed 1971; disbanded 1982; reformed 1993)
* Fleetwood Mac
* The Mamas & The Papas
* Lloyd Price (1933 - )
* Santana (1947 - )
* Gene Vincent (1935 - 1971)
[edit] 1999
* Billy Joel (1949 - )
* Curtis Mayfield (1942 - 1999)
* Paul McCartney (1942 - )
* Del Shannon (1934 - 1990)
* Dusty Springfield (1939 - 1999)
* Bruce Springsteen (1949 - )
* The Staple Singers
[edit] 2000
* Eric Clapton (1945 - )
* Earth, Wind & Fire
* The Lovin' Spoonful (formed 1965; disbanded 1968)
* The Moonglows (formed 1952)
* Bonnie Raitt (1949 - )
* James Taylor (1948 - )
[edit] 2001
* Aerosmith (formed 1970)
* Solomon Burke (1940 - )
* The Flamingos (formed 1952)
* Michael Jackson (1958 - )
* Queen (formed 1970)
* Paul Simon (1941 - )
* Steely Dan (formed 1971; disbanded 1981; reformed 1993)
* Ritchie Valens (1941 - 1959)
[edit] 2002
* Isaac Hayes (1942 - )
* Brenda Lee (1944 - )
* Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (formed 1972)
* Gene Pitney (1940 - 2006)
* Ramones (formed 1974; disbanded 1996)
* Talking Heads (formed 1974; disbanded 1991)
[edit] 2003
* AC/DC (formed 1973)
* The Clash (formed 1976; disbanded 1986)
* Elvis Costello & the Attractions
* The Police (formed 1977; disbanded 1985; reformed 2007)
* The Righteous Brothers (formed 1953; disbanded 2003)
[edit] 2004
* Jackson Browne (1948 - )
* The Dells (formed 1952)
* George Harrison (1943 - 2001)
* Prince (1958 - )
* Bob Seger (1945 - )
* Traffic (formed 1967; disbanded 1975)
* ZZ Top (formed 1970)
[edit] 2005
* Buddy Guy (1936 - )
* The O'Jays (formed 1958)
* The Pretenders (formed 1978)
* Percy Sledge (1941 - )
* U2 (formed 1976)
[edit] 2006
* Black Sabbath (formed 1969)
* Blondie (formed 1974; disbanded 1982; reformed 1999)
* Miles Davis (1926 - 1991)
* Lynyrd Skynyrd (formed 1970; disbanded 1977; reformed in 1987)
* Sex Pistols (formed 1975; disbanded 1978; they declined, but were still inducted)
[edit] 2007
* Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (formed 1978; disbanded 1984)
* R.E.M. (formed 1980)
* The Ronettes (formed 1959; disbanded 1966)
* Patti Smith (1946 - )
* Van Halen (formed 1974)