First posted 12/25/2011, updated 12/22/2018.
![]() These are the top 50 Christmas songs according to Dave’s Music Database, which compiles multiple lists as well as chart performances, sales figures, and awards for songs. Only the version with the highest point total is listed. The top 11 are also in the DMDB list of the top 1000 songs of all time.
1. Bing Crosby “White Christmas” (1942)
11. George Hall “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” (1952)
21. Perry Como “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays” (1954)
31. John Lennon & Yoko Ono “Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)” (1971)
41. Eagles “Please Come Home for Christmas” (1978)
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Saturday, December 22, 2018
The Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Song of the Year, 1900-2018












These are the year-end awards noted on the pages above:
- AG: American Greatest Hits by Year (1840-2013)
- AMA: American Music Awards: Single of the Year (2013-2015)/Pop/Rock Song of the Year (1974-1995, 2016-2017)
- BB: Billboard magazine (1958-2018)
- BMI: BMI Pop Song of the Year (1990-2017)
- CB: Cashbox (1950-1996)
- DD: Digital Dream Door (1920-2017)
- DM: Dave’s Music Database (1900-2018)
- EG: Gardner, Edward Foote. Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century (book) (1900-1949)
- G-R: Grammy for Record of the Year (1959-2017)
- G-S: Grammy for Song of the Year (1959-2017)
- HP: Hit Parade (1935-1959)
- MJ: Mojo magazine (1955-2005). Based on aggregated Mojo lists.
- VF: MusicVF.com (1900-2018)
- NME: NME magazine (1953-2017). Based on aggregation of NME lists and year-end lists.
- PCA: Peoples’ Choice Award (1976-2017 – not given every year).
- PCM: PopCultureMadness.com (1898-2017)
- Q: Q magazine (1954-2013). Determined by year-end polls and highest-ranked song on aggregate of Q lists.
- RS: Rolling Stone magazine (1949-2018). Determined by year-end polls and highest-ranked song on aggregate of RS lists.
- SS: Sullivan, Steve. Traditional Pop: The All-Time Top 200 + Classic Song Performances, (1900-2011)
- TS: TSORT (1900-1949)
- JW: Whitburn, Joel. A Century of Pop Music, 1900-1999 (book)
Friday, December 14, 2018
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Ranked

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With every year’s announcement of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, there are two guarantees – there will be a slew of complaints about who hasn’t been inducted and who has been inducted who shouldn’t have been. This challenged me to come up with an objective rating of the inductees to determine just who has earned it most and who hasn’t. These rankings consolidate multiple best-artists-of-all-time lists along with sales figures, chart statistics, and other awards and honors. In the event of ties, earliest inductees are listed first. Here are the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees (through the class of 2019) ranked.
1. The Beatles
2. Elvis Presley
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Michael Jackson
5. Elton John
6. Stevie Wonder
7. Louis Armstrong
8. Bob Dylan
9. Bruce Springsteen
10. David Bowie
11. Madonna
12. U2
13. Prince
14. Eric Clapton
15. Ray Charles
16. Aretha Franklin
17. Led Zeppelin
18. The Beach Boys
19. Paul McCartney
20. Marvin Gaye
21. James Brown
22. Nat “King” Cole
23. Queen
24. Rod Stewart
25. The Who
26. Jimi Hendrix
27. Johnny Cash
28. Billy Joel
29. The Bee Gees
30. Pink Floyd
31. Neil Young
32. Billie Holiday
33. Fleetwood Mac
34. Chuck Berry
35. John Lennon
36. Eagles
37. R.E.M.
38. Fats Domino
39. The Temptations
40. Aerosmith
41. Bob Marley
42. The Doors
43. Roy Orbison
44. The Supremes
45. The Kinks
46. Simon & Garfunkel
47. Ike & Tina Turner
48. Sam Cooke
49. Little Richard
50. The Police
51. Hank Williams
52. AC/DC
53. Chicago
54. Creedence Clearwater Revival
55. Neil Diamond
56. Van Morrison
57. Nirvana
58. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
59. Santana
60. Buddy Holly
61. Otis Redding
62. Pearl Jam
63. Van Halen
64. Genesis
65. Janet Jackson
66. Elvis Costello
67. Four Tops
68. Bon Jovi
69. The Jackson 5
70. Black Sabbath
71. Journey
72. The Everly Brothers
73. Paul Simon
74. Al Green
75. Crosby, Stills & Nash
76. Guns N’ Roses
77. Smokey Robinson
78. B.B. King
79. Miles Davis
80. Robert Johnson
81. Daryl Hall & John Oates
82. Cream
83. Earth, Wind & Fire
84. Gladys Knight & the Pips
85. Linda Ronstadt
86. The Clash
87. Kiss
88. Muddy Waters
89. Brenda Lee
90. Janis Joplin
91. Metallica
92. Carole King
93. The Isley Brothers
94. Velvet Underground
95. James Taylor
96. The Miracles
97. Sly & the Family Stone
98. Grateful Dead
99. Donna Summer
100. Joni Mitchell
101. Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship
102. Frank Zappa
103. The Drifters
104. Ramones
105. The Band
106. Lynyrd Skynyrd
107. The Byrds
108. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
109. Ricky Nelson
110. Rush
111. Louis Jordan
112. Etta James
113. Sex Pistols
114. Bob Seger
115. Curtis Mayfield
116. The Allman Brothers Band
117. George Harrison
118. Deep Purple
119. Bessie Smith
120. The Four Seasons
121. Radiohead
122. Jerry Lee Lewis
123. Yes
124. Electric Light Orchestra
125. Jackie Wilson
126. Abba
127. Tupac Shakur
128. Blondie
129. ZZ Top
130. Bobby Darin
131. Steely Dan
132. Dire Straits
133. John Lee Hooker
134. Parliament/Funkadelic
135. The Platters
136. Peter Gabriel
137. Herb Alpert
138. Red Hot Chili Peppers
139. Les Paul
140. Dinah Washington
141. Green Day
142. Beastie Boys
143. The Cure
144. The Impressions
145. Quincy Jones
146. Bobby “Blue” Bland
147. Wilson Pickett
148. Talking Heads
149. Heart
150. Lou Reed
151. Ringo Starr
152. Pretenders
153. Berry Gordy Jr.
154. John Mellencamp
155. Jimmie Rodgers
156. Roxy Music
157. Steve Miller
158. Buddy Guy
159. The Moody Blues
160. Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland
161. Phil Spector
162. Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton
163. Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter
164. Alice Cooper
165. Howlin’ Wolf
166. Tom Waits
167. Cat Stevens
168. The Ink Spots
169. Bo Diddley
170. Ruth Brown
171. Public Enemy
172. Woody Guthrie
173. Traffic
174. Bonnie Raitt
175. The Cars
176. The O’Jays
177. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
178. Dion
179. Chet Atkins
180. Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
181. Def Leppard
182. The Yardbirds
183. Patti Smith
184. Jackson Browne
185. Bill Monroe
186. Bob Wills
187. The Hollies
188. Dusty Springfield
189. Run-D.M.C.
190. The Stooges
191. T-Bone Walker
192. The (Young) Rascals
193. Isaac Hayes
194. Stevie Nicks
195. Bill Haley & the Comets
196. Dave Clark Five
197. The Animals
198. Sam Phillips
199. Duane Eddy
200. Ma Rainey
201. The Dells
202. George Martin
203. Charlie Christian
204. Albert King
205. Buffalo Springfield
206. Donovan
207. Jerry Wexler
208. Big Joe Turner
209. Pete Seeger
210. Freddy King
211. The Mamas & the Papas
212. Wilie Dixon
213. The Righteous Brothers
214. The Shirelles
215. Cheap Trick
216. Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
217. Dave Bartholomew
218. N.W.A.
219. Elmore James
220. Charles Brown
221. Leonard Cohen
222. Martha & the Vandellas
223. The Coasters
224. Booker T. & the MGs
225. Clive Davis
226. Mahalia Jackson
227. Clyde McPhatter
228. Doc Pomus
229. Jimmy Reed
230. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
231. John H. Hammond
232. Bobby Womack
233. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
234. Jeff Beck
235. Ahmet Ertegun
236. Gerry Goffin
237. Bill Withers
238. Randy Newman
239. Gene Pitney
240. Tom Dowd
241. Nina Simone
242. Solomon Burke
243. Joan Jett
244. Professor Longhair
245. Little Anthony & the Imperials
246. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
247. The Staple Singers
248. Little Walter
249. Leonard Chess
250. Gene Vincent
251. Lovin’ Spoonful
252. The Ventures
253. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
254. Joan Baez
255. The Faces
256. Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
257. Mort Shuman
258. Eddie Cochran
259. Otis Blackwell
260. Allen Toussaint
261. Dick Clark
262. Alan Freed
263. Chis Blackwell
264. Lloyd Price
265. Del Shannon
266. James Jamerson
267. Bill Black
268. LaVern Baker
269. Glyn Johns
270. Little Willie John
271. The Moonglows
272. Sam & Dave
273. The Flamingos
274. Carl Perkins
275. Andrew Loog Oldham
276. Ritchie Valens
277. Floyd Cramer
278. Brian Epstein
279. Nesuhi Ertegun
280. Jac Holzman
281. Jerry Moss
282. Milt Gabler
283. Bill Graham
284. Art Rupe
285. Wanda Jackson
286. Earl Palmer
287. Nile Rodgers
288. The Ronettes
289. The Orioles
290. Lou Adler
291. Scotty Moore
292. James Burton
293. Percy Sledge
294. Johnny Otis
295. Leon Russell
296. Johnnie Johnson
297. Cosimo Matassa
298. Paul Butterfield
299. David Geffen
300. Don Kirshner
301. Jim Stewart
302. Mo Ostin
303. Seymour Stein
304. Syd Nathan
305. Dr. John
306. The Small Faces
307. The Soul Stirrers
308. The Zombies
309. Hal Blaine
310. Darlene Love
311. DJ Fontana
312. Ralph Bass
313. King Curtis
314. Bennie Benjamin
315. Steve Douglas
316. Spooner Oldham
317. Jesse Stone
318. The E Street Band
319. Leo Fender
320. Paul Ackerman
321. Jimmy Yancey
322. Tom Donahue
323. Jann Wenner
324. Frank Barsalona
325. Jimmy Cliff
326. Laura Nyro
327. The Five Royales
328. Bert Berns
Resources/Related Links:
- DMDB blog: The Top 100 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees (alphabetical order)
- DMDB blog: The Top 100 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hopefuls
The Top 100 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hopefuls

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Bashing the Rock Hall has become the quite vogue thing to do. Of course, they have inducted hundreds of deserving artists alongside those who raise many music fans eyebrows. However, fans get outraged this time every year when their favorites get snubbed…yet again.
In the true spirit of Dave’s Music Database, the occasion for a list presented itself. Just who are the biggest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snubs, those acts which fans most think have been overlooked? More than 60 lists were consolidated to create the DMDB list of 100 deserving acts. Here we go:
1. Iron Maiden
2. The Smiths
3. Motorhead
4. Judas Priest
5. Depeche Mode
6. T-Rex
7. Kraftwerk
8. Warren Zevon
9. Chic
10. The Replacements
11. Todd Rundgren
12. Pixies
13. Pat Benatar
14. The Doobie Brothers
15. Jethro Tull
16. Joy Division
17. Nine Inch Nails
18. Bad Company
19. King Crimson
20. Devo
21. MC5
22. New York Dolls
23. Soundgarden
24. Joe Cocker
25. Thin Lizzy
26. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
27. Kate Bush
28. The Monkees
29. Gram Parsons
30. Peter Frampton
31. Sonic Youth
32. Slayer
33. Duran Duran
34. The Guess Who
35. Boston
36. Big Star
37. LL Cool J
38. Whitney Houston
39. Steppenwolf
40. J. Geils Band
41. Motley Crue
42. Dick Dale
43. Jane’s Addiction
44. War
45. Foreigner
46. Link Wray
47. Three Dog Night
48. Spinners
49. Styx
50. The Scorpions
51. The B-52’s
52. Carole King (as a performer)
53. Los Lobos
54. Ozzy Osbourne
55. Pantera
56. Procol Harum
57. Afrika Bambaataa
58. Tina Turner (as a solo performer)
59. Rufus/Chaka Khan
60. Ben E. King
61. Ted Nugent
62. New Order
63. Eurythmics
64. Blue Öyster Cult
65. Smashing Pumpkins
66. Captain Beefheart
67. Megadeth
68. Willie Nelson
69. The Meters
70. Brian Eno
71. Eric B. & Rakim
72. Joe Tex
73. Weird Al Yankovic
74. Nick Drake
75. Black Flag
76. Grand Funk Railroad
77. Tommy James & the Shondells
78. Chuck Willis
79. Sting
80. Television
81. Barry White
82. Little Feat
83. Sir Douglas Quintet
84. Jimmy Buffett
85. Love
86. Mary Wells
87. The Marvelettes
88. Harry Nilsson
89. The Runaways
90. Kool & the Gang
91. Chubby Checker
92. Alice in Chains
94. The Dominoes
95. John Conltrane
96. Bjork
97. Dead Kennedys
98. X
99. The Shangri-La’s
100. Rage Against the Machine
Resources and Related Links:
- FutureRockLegends.com
- Notinhalloffame.com
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, 1986-2019

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Congratulations to the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees – The Cure, Def Leppard, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Roxy Music, and The Zombies. Click on the name of the acts to see their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bios.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was established in 1983 to, as the website says, “recognize the contributions of those who have had a significant impact on the evolution, development, and perpetuation of rock and roll.” As the site says, “to be eligible for induction as an artist (as a performer, composer, or musician)…the artist must have released a record, in the generally accepted sense of that phrase, at least 25 years prior to the year of induction and have demonstrated unquestionable musical excellence.” Among considerations are the artist’s influence on other artists, length and depth of career, body of work, and innovation and superiority in style and technique.
Here is an alphabetical listing of all inductees from 1986 to 2019. Click on the act’s name to go to the DMDB music maker encyclopedia entry. Click on “hall bio” to go to the act’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame page.
- Abba (2010) - hall bio -
- AC/DC (2003) - hall bio -
- Paul Ackerman (1995) - hall bio -
- Lou Adler (2013) - hall bio -
- Aerosmith (2001) - hall bio -
- The Allman Brothers Band (1995) - hall bio -
- Herb Alpert (2006) - hall bio -
- The Animals (1994) - hall bio -
- Louis Armstrong (1990) - hall bio -
- Chet Atkins (2002) - hall bio -
- Joan Baez (2017) - hall bio -
- LaVern Baker (1991) - hall bio -
- Hank Ballard (1990) - hall bio -
- The Band (1994) - hall bio -
- Jeff Barry (2010) - hall bio -
- Frank Barsalona (2005) - hall bio -
- Dave Bartholomew (1991) - hall bio -
- Ralph Bass (1991) - hall bio -
- The Beach Boys (1988) - hall bio -
- Beastie Boys (2012) - hall bio -
- The Beatles (1988) - hall bio -
- Jeff Beck (2009) - hall bio -
- The Bee Gees (1997) - hall bio -
- Bennie Benjamin (2003) - hall bio -
- Bert Berns (2016) - hall bio -
- Chuck Berry (1986) - hall bio -
- Black Sabbath (2006) - hall bio -
- Bill Black (2009) - hall bio -
- Chris Blackwell (2001) - hall bio -
- Otis Blackwell (2010) - hall bio -
- Hal Blaine (2000) - hall bio -
- Bobby “Blue” Bland (1992) - hall bio -
- Blondie (2006) - hall bio -
- Bon Jovi (2018) - hall bio -
- Booker T. & the MG’s (1992) - hall bio -
- David Bowie (1996) - hall bio -
- Charles Brown (1999) - hall bio -
- James Brown (1986) - hall bio -
- Ruth Brown (1993) - hall bio -
- Jackson Browne (2004) - hall bio -
- Buffalo Springfield (1997) - hall bio -
- Solomon Burke (2001) - hall bio -
- James Burton (2001) - hall bio -
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (2015) - hall bio -
- The Byrds (1991) - hall bio -
- The Cars (2018) - hall bio -
- Johnny Cash (1992) - hall bio -
- Ray Charles (1986) - hall bio -
- Cheap Trick (2016) - hall bio -
- Leonard Chess (1987) - hall bio -
- Chicago (2016) - hall bio -
- Charlie Christian (1990) - hall bio -
- Eric Clapton (2000) - hall bio -
- The Dave Clark Five (2008) - hall bio -
- Dick Clark (1993) - hall bio -
- The Clash (2003) - hall bio -
- Jimmy Cliff (2010) - hall bio -
- The Coasters (1987) - hall bio -
- Eddie Cochran (1987) - hall bio -
- Leonard Cohen (2008) - hall bio -
- Nat “King” Cole (2000) - hall bio -
- Sam Cooke (1986) - hall bio -
- Alice Cooper (2011) - hall bio -
- Elvis Costello & the Attractions (2003) - hall bio -
- Floyd Cramer (2003) - hall bio -
- Cream (1993) - hall bio -
- Creedence Clearwater Revival (1993) - hall bio -
- Crosby, Stills & Nash (1997) - hall bio -
- The Cure (2019) - hall bio -
- King Curtis (2000) - hall bio -
- Bobby Darin (1990) - hall bio -
- Clive Davis (2000) - hall bio -
- Miles Davis (2006) - hall bio -
- Deep Purple (2016) - hall bio -
- Def Leppard (2019) - hall bio -
- The Dells (2004) - hall bio -
- Neil Diamond (2011) - hall bio -
- Bo Diddley (1987) - hall bio -
- Dion (1989) - hall bio -
- Dire Straits (2018) - hall bio -
- Willie Dixon (1994) - hall bio -
- Fats Domino (1986) - hall bio -
- Tom Donahue (1996) - hall bio -
- Donovan (2012) - hall bio -
- The Doors (1993) - hall bio -
- Steve Douglas (2003) - hall bio -
- Tom Dowd (2012) - hall bio -
- Lamont Dozier (1990) - hall bio -
- Dr. John (2011) - hall bio -
- The Drifters (1988) - hall bio -
- Bob Dylan (1988) - hall bio -
- Eagles (1998) - hall bio -
- Earth, Wind & Fire (2000) - hall bio -
- Duane Eddy (1994) - hall bio -
- Electric Light Orchestra (2017) - hall bio -
- Brian Epstein (2014) - hall bio -
- Ahmet Ertegun (1987) - hall bio -
- Nesuhi Ertegun (1991) - hall bio -
- The Everly Brothers (1986) - hall bio -
- The Faces (2012) - hall bio -
- Leo Fender (1992) - hall bio -
- The Five Royales (2015) - hall bio -
- The Flamingos (2001) - hall bio -
- Fleetwood Mac (1998) - hall bio -
- DJ Fontana (2009) - hall bio -
- The Four Seasons (1990) - hall bio -
- Four Tops (1990) - hall bio -
- Aretha Franklin (1987) - hall bio -
- Alan Freed 1986) - hall bio -
- Milt Gabler (1993) - hall bio -
- Peter Gabriel (2014) - hall bio -
- Kenneth Gamble (2008) - hall bio -
- Marvin Gaye (1987) - hall bio -
- David Geffen (2010) - hall bio -
- Genesis (2010) - hall bio -
- Gerry Goffin (1990) - hall bio -
- Berry Gordy Jr. (1988) - hall bio -
- Bill Graham (1992) - hall bio -
- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (2007) - hall bio -
- Grateful Dead (1994) - hall bio -
- Al Green (1995) - hall bio -
- Green Day (2015) - hall bio -
- Ellie Greenwich (2010) - hall bio -
- Guns N’ Roses (2012) - hall bio -
- Woody Guthrie (1988) - hall bio -
- Buddy Guy (2005) - hall bio -
- Bill Haley & the Comets (1987) - hall bio -
- Daryl Hall & John Oates (2014) - hall bio -
- John H. Hammond (1986) - hall bio -
- George Harrison (2004) - hall bio -
- Isaac Hayes (2002) - hall bio -
- Heart (2013) - hall bio -
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1992) - hall bio -
- Billie Holiday (2000) - hall bio -
- Brian Holland (1990) - hall bio -
- Eddie Holland (1990) - hall bio -
- The Hollies (2010) - hall bio -
- Buddy Holly (1986) - hall bio - (& the Crickets, 2012) - hall bio -
- Jac Holzman (2011) - hall bio -
- John Lee Hooker (1991) - hall bio -
- Howlin’ Wolf (1991) - hall bio -
- Leon Huff (2008) - hall bio -
- The Impressions (1991) - hall bio -
- The Ink Spots (1989) - hall bio -
- The Isley Brothers (1992) - hall bio -
- The Jackson 5 (1997) - hall bio -
- Janet Jackson (2019) - hall bio -
- Mahalia Jackson (1997) - hall bio -
- Michael Jackson (2001) - hall bio -
- Wanda Jackson (2009) - hall bio -
- Little Walter Jacobs (2008) - hall bio -
- James Jamerson (2000) - hall bio -
- Elmore James (1992) - hall bio -
- Etta James (1993) - hall bio -
- Jefferson Airplane (1996) - hall bio -
- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (2015) - hall bio -
- Billy Joel (1999) - hall bio -
- Elton John (1994) - hall bio -
- Little Willie John (1996) - hall bio -
- Glyn Johns (2012) - hall bio -
- Johnnie Johnson (2001) - hall bio -
- Robert Johnson (1986) - hall bio -
- Quincy Jones (2013) - hall bio -
- Janis Joplin (1995) - hall bio -
- Louis Jordan (1987) - hall bio -
- Journey (2017) - hall bio -
- Albert King (2013) - hall bio -
- B.B. King (1987) - hall bio -
- Carole King (1990) - hall bio -
- Freddie King (2012) - hall bio -
- The Kinks (1990) - hall bio -
- Don Kirshner (2012) - hall bio -
- Kiss (2014) - hall bio -
- Gladys Knight & the Pips (1996) - hall bio -
- Leadbelly (1988) - hall bio -
- Led Zeppelin (1995) - hall bio -
- Brenda Lee (2002) - hall bio -
- Jerry Leiber (1987) - hall bio -
- John Lennon (1994) - hall bio -
- Jerry Lee Lewis (1986) - hall bio -
- Little Anthony & the Imperials (2009) - hall bio -
- Little Richard (1986) - hall bio -
- Darlene Love (2011) - hall bio -
- Lovin’ Spoonful (2000) - hall bio -
- Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers (1993) - hall bio -
- Lynyrd Skynyrd (2006) - hall bio -
- Madonna (2008) - hall bio -
- The Mamas & the Papas (1998) - hall bio -
- Barry Mann (2010) - hall bio -
- Bob Marley (1994) - hall bio -
- George Martin (1999) - hall bio -
- Cosimo Matassa (2012) - hall bio -
- Curtis Mayfield (1999) - hall bio -
- Paul McCartney (1999) - hall bio -
- Clyde McPhatter (1987) - hall bio -
- John Mellencamp (2008) - hall bio -
- Metallica (2009) - hall bio -
- Steve Miller (2016) - hall bio -
- The Miracles (2012) - hall bio -
- Joni Mitchell (1997) - hall bio -
- Bill Monroe (1997) - hall bio -
- The Moody Blues (2018) - hall bio -
- The Moonglows (2000) - hall bio -
- Scotty Moore (2000) - hall bio -
- Van Morrison (1993) - hall bio -
- Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton (1998) - hall bio -
- Jerry Moss (2006) - hall bio -
- Syd Nathan (1997) - hall bio -
- Ricky Nelson (1987) - hall bio -
- Randy Newman (2013) - hall bio -
- Stevie Nicks (2019) - hall bio -
- N.W.A. (2016) - hall bio -
- Laura Nyro (2012) - hall bio -
- The O’Jays (2005) - hall bio -
- Andrew Loog Oldham (2014) - hall bio -
- Spooner Oldham (2009) - hall bio -
- Roy Orbison (1987) - hall bio -
- The Orioles (1995) - hall bio -
- Mo Ostin (2003) - hall bio -
- Johnny Otis (1994) - hall bio -
- Earl Palmer (2000) - hall bio -
- Parliament/Funkadelic (1997) - hall bio -
- Les Paul (1988) - hall bio -
- Pearl Jam (2017) - hall bio -
- Carl Perkins (1987) - hall bio -
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (2002) - hall bio -
- Sam Phillips (1986) - hall bio -
- Wilson Pickett (1991) - hall bio -
- Pink Floyd (1996) - hall bio -
- Gene Pitney (2002) - hall bio -
- The Platters (1990) - hall bio -
- The Police (2003) - hall bio -
- Doc Pomus (1992) - hall bio -
- Elvis Presley (1986) - hall bio -
- Pretenders (2005) - hall bio -
- Lloyd Price (1998) - hall bio -
- Prince (2004) - hall bio -
- Professor Longhair (1992) - hall bio -
- Public Enemy (2013) - hall bio -
- Radiohead (2019) - hall bio -
- Ma Rainey (1990) - hall bio -
- Bonnie Raitt (2000) - hall bio -
- Ramones (2002) - hall bio -
- The (Young) Rascals (1997) - hall bio -
- Red Hot Chili Peppers (2012) - hall bio -
- Otis Redding (1989) - hall bio -
- Jimmy Reed (1991) - hall bio -
- Lou Reed (2015) - hall bio -
- Martha & the Vandellas (1995) - hall bio -
- R.E.M. (2007) - hall bio -
- The Righteous Brothers (2003) - hall bio -
- Smokey Robinson (1987) - hall bio -
- Jimmie Rodgers (1986) - hall bio -
- Nile Rodgers (2017) - hall bio -
- The Rolling Stones (1989) - hall bio -
- The Ronettes (2007) - hall bio -
- Linda Ronstadt (2014) - hall bio -
- Roxy Music (2019) - hall bio -
- Run-D.M.C. (2009) - hall bio -
- Art Rupe (2011) - hall bio -
- Rush (2013) - hall bio -
- Leon Russell (2011) - hall bio -
- Sam & Dave (1992) - hall bio -
- Santana (1998) - hall bio -
- Pete Seeger (1996) - hall bio -
- Bob Seger (2004) - hall bio -
- Sex Pistols (2006) - hall bio -
- Tupac Shakur (2017) - hall bio -
- Del Shannon (1999) - hall bio -
- The Shirelles (1996) - hall bio -
- Mort Shuman (2010) - hall bio -
- Simon & Garfunkel (1990) - hall bio -
- Paul Simon (2001) - hall bio -
- Nina Simone (2018) - hall bio -
- Percy Sledge (2005) - hall bio -
- Sly & the Family Stone (1993) - hall bio -
- The Small Faces (2012) - hall bio -
- Bessie Smith (1989) - hall bio -
- Patti Smith (2007) - hall bio -
- The Soul Stirrers (1989) - hall bio -
- Phil Spector (1989) - hall bio -
- Dusty Springfield (1999) - hall bio -
- Bruce Springsteen (1999) - hall bio - (& the E Street Band, 2014) - hall bio -
- The Staple Singers (1999) - hall bio -
- Ringo Starr (2015) - hall bio -
- Steely Dan (2001) - hall bio -
- Seymour Stein (2005) - hall bio -
- Cat Stevens (2014) - hall bio -
- Jim Stewart (2002) - hall bio -
- Rod Stewart (1994) - hall bio -
- Mike Stoller (1997) - hall bio -
- Jesse Stone (2010) - hall bio -
- The Stooges (2010) - hall bio -
- Donna Summer (2013) - hall bio -
- The Supremes (1988) - hall bio -
- Talking Heads (2002) - hall bio -
- James Taylor (2000) - hall bio -
- The Temptations (1989) - hall bio -
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe (2018) - hall bio -
- Allen Toussaint (1998) - hall bio -
- Traffic (2004) - hall bio -
- Big Joe Turner (1987) - hall bio -
- Ike & Tina Turner (1991) - hall bio -
- Ritchie Valens (2001) - hall bio -
- Van Halen (2007) - hall bio -
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (2015) - hall bio -
- Velvet Underground (1996) - hall bio -
- The Ventures (2008) - hall bio -
- Gene Vincent (1998) - hall bio -
- Tom Waits (2011) - hall bio -
- T-Bone Walker (1987) - hall bio -
- Dinah Washington (1993) - hall bio -
- Muddy Waters (1987) - hall bio -
- Cynthia Weil (2010) - hall bio -
- Jann Wenner (2004) - hall bio -
- Jerry Wexler (1987) - hall bio -
- The Who (1990) - hall bio -
- Hank Williams (1987) - hall bio -
- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1999) - hall bio -
- Jackie Wilson (1987) - hall bio -
- Bill Withers (2015) - hall bio -
- Bobby Womack (2009) - hall bio -
- Stevie Wonder (1989) - hall bio -
- Jimmy Yancey (1986) - hall bio -
- The Yardbirds (1992) - hall bio -
- Yes (2017) - hall bio -
- Neil Young (1995) - hall bio -
- Frank Zappa (1995) - hall bio -
- The Zombies (2019) - hall bio -
- ZZ Top (2004) - hall bio -
Resources/Related Links:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame official website
- DMDB blog: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees ranked
- DMDB blog: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hopefuls – Top 100
- DMDB website: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame/NARM’s Definitive Albums
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll
- DMDB blog: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened its doors: September 2, 1995
- DMDB blog: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first class: January 23, 1986
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Kennedy Center Honors

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The Kennedy Center held its 41st annual celebration of the arts on December 2, 2018, honoring Cher, Philip Glass, Reba McEntire, and Wayne Shorter. As the site says, the Kennedy Center Honors have fulfilled “a tradition of recognizing the lifelong accomplishments and extraordinary talents of our nations' most-prestigious artists.” The Kennedy Center was established in 1971 and in 1978 the Honors program was created to recognize icons of the art in music, theater, dance, and film. Listed below are the music-related honorees and the years in which they received the honor, from 1978 to 2018:
- Roy Acuff (1991)
- Marian Anderson (1978)
- Julie Andrews (2001)
- Martina Arroyo (2013)
- Fred Astaire (1978)
- Count Basie (1981)
- Harry Belafonte (1989)
- Tony Bennett (2005)
- Leonard Bernstein (1980)
- Chuck Berry (2000)
- Victor Borge (1999)
- James Brown (2003)
- Dave Brubeck (2009)
- Grace Bumbry (2009)
- Benny Carter (1996)
- Johnny Cash (1996)
- Ray Charles (1986)
- Cher (2018)
- Van Cliburn (2001)
- Betty Comden (1991)
- Perry Como (1987)
- Barbara Cook (2011)
- Aaron Copland (1979)
- Roger Daltrey (2008)
- Sammy Davis Jr. (1987)
- Neil Diamond (2011)
- Placido Domingo (2000)
- Bob Dylan (1997)
- Eagles (2016)
- Fredd Ebb (1998)
- Gloria Estefan (2017)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1979)
- Leon Fleisher (2007)
- Aretha Franklin (1994)
- Dizzy Gillespie (1990)
- Philip Glass (2018)
- Benny Goodman (1982)
- Morton Gould (1994)
- Adolph Green (1991)
- Al Green (2014)
- Buddy Guy (2012)
- Merle Haggard (2010)
- Lionel Hampton (1992)
- Herbie Hancock (2013)
- Jerry Herman (2010)
- Lena Horne (1984)
- Marilyn Horne (1995)
- Billy Joel(2013)
- Elton John (2004)
- George Jones (2008)
- Quincy Jones (2001)
- John Kander (1998)
- Danny Kaye (1984)
- Gene Kelly (1982)
- B.B. King (1995)
- Carole King (2015)
- Led Zeppelin (2012)
- Alan Jay Lerner (1985)
- James Levine (2002)
- LL Cool J (2017)
- Frederick Loewe (1985)
- Loretta Lynn (2003)
- Yo-Yo Ma (2011)
- Paul McCartney (2010)
- Reba McEntire (2018)
- Zubin Mehta (2006)
- Gian Carlo Menotti (1984)
- Yehudi Menuhin (1986)
- Nathan Milstein (1987)
- Rita Moreno (2015)
- Willie Nelson (1998)
- Jessye Norman (1997)
- Eugene Ormandy (1982)
- Seiji Ozawa (2015)
- Dolly Parton (2006)
- Luciano Pavarotti (2001)
- Itzhak Perlman (2003)
- Andre Previn (1998)
- Leontyne Price (1980)
- Lionel Richie (2017)
- Smokey Robinson (2006)
- Richard Rodgers (1978)
- Ginger Rogers (1992)
- Sonny Rollins (2011)
- Diana Ross (2007)
- Mstislav Rostropovich (1992)
- Arthur Rubinstein (1978)
- Carlos Santana (2013)
- Alexander Schneider (1988)
- William Schuman (1989)
- Pete Seeger (1994)
- Rudolf Serkin (1981)
- Robert Shaw (1991)
- Wayne Shorter (2018)
- Beverly Sills (1985)
- Paul Simon (2002)
- Frank Sinatra (1983)
- George Solti (1993)
- Stephen Sondheim (1993)
- Bruce Springsteen (2009)
- Mavis Staples (2016)
- Isaac Stern (1984)
- Rise Stevens (1990)
- Sting (2014)
- Barbra Streisand (2008)
- Jule Styne (1990)
- James Taylor (2016)
- Virgil Thomson (1983)
- Pete Townshend (2008)
- Tina Turner (2005)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (2006)
- John Williams (2004)
- Marion Williams (1993)
- Brian Wilson (2007)
- Stevie Wonder (1999)
Resources:
- Kennedy Center Honors (lists all honorees by year, includes links to bios)