… the lyricist did join the band during their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, making him the only non-performer to ever receive such an honor.
One of — if not THE — greatest lyricists in rock history.
Source: Happy Birthday Robert Hunter: Performing Live
He’s #40 on Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time and #72 on their list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
He’s a member of the RRHOF and a national treasure.
Happy birthday, John Fogerty.
“If there were no Carl Perkins, there’d be no Beatles.”
Paul McCartney
Carl Perkins. b. April 9, 1932.
“The King of Rockabilly” was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
April 8, 2016 ~ Steve Miller, while waiting backstage for his Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame induction, goes off on the organizers calling them ” … a bunch of jackasses and jerks, fucking gangsters and crooks” and the RRHOF a “private boys club.”He pretty much nailed it.
Source: Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time … – You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
March 13, 2006 ~ Black Sabbath, Blondie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Miles Davis and The Sex Pistols are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The Sex Pistols refuse to attend the ceremony and turn down the induction.
In Sex Pistols style with a hand-written note to the RRHOF.
March 10, 2008 ~ Leonard Cohen appears on stage in New York for his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and paraphrases a famous quote by record producer and then current chairman of the Hall’s nominating committee, Jon Landau: “I have seen the future of rock & roll, and it is not Leonard Cohen.”
March 6, 2000 ~ Clapton is the first person to be inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame three times.
He’s a member by virtue of this solo work and and his time with The Yardbirds and Cream.I’m one of those still waiting for his induction as a member of Derek and The Dominos.
Heart releases another of their classics on Valentine’s Day … this one in 1980. It’s their first without orginal axeman Roger Fisher and doesn’t perform as well as their earlier albums, but it still ranks up there for me. “Rockin’ Heaven Down” is damn righteous.
Released the previous summer in Canada, Heart’s debut album is released in the USA on February 14, 1976.
It was my freshman year in college and my part-time job was driving school bus. One of my fondest memories is that of watching the back seat inhabitants doing air guitar to “Magic Man.”
Yes. Hell, yes.
Dolly Parton, Carla Thomas, Fanny, The Runaways and Salt n Pepa are just some of the women who should be in the Hall by now.
Source: 41 Women Who Should Be In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame : NPR
