America’s Pop Music Hall of Fame

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America’s Pop Music Hall of Fame launched in 2012 with a list of 40 nominees for potential induction. To be eligible for the Hall, an act must have charted between 1946 and 1975. There’s no indication of what chart – the site simply says “national charts.” An actual structure for the Hall was supposed to open in a modest 3000-square foot space in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (just outside Pittsburgh) in time for the first ceremony, but as of this post, that had yet to happen. The city, which boasts native sons Perry Como and Bobby Vinton, calls itself the country’s “small town musical capital.” Here are the inductees from 2013 to 2017:

• Abba (2017)
• Paul Anka (2015)
• Louis Armstrong (2016)
• The Association (2016)
• The Beach Boys (2013)
• The Beatles (2013)
• The Bee Gees (2014)
• Tony Bennett (2014)
• Pat Boone (2017)
• Glen Campbell (2015)
• Carpenters (2014)
• Johnny Cash (2013)
• Ray Charles (2013)
• Chubby Checker (2015)
• Chicago (2014)
• Dave Clark Five (2017)
• Nat “King” Cole (2013)
• Perry Como (2013)
• Bing Crosby (2016)
• Bobby Darin (2013)
• Neil Diamond (2013)
• Dion (2016)
• Fats Domino (2017)
• The Drifters (2017)
• Eagles (2015)
• Earth, Wind & Fire (2017)
• The Everly Brothers (2015)
• Connie Francis (2017)
• The Four Seasons (2015)
• Marvin Gaye (2017)
• The Grass Roots (2016)
• Buddy Holly (2014)
• The Ink Spots (2016)
• The Jackson 5 (2017)
• Billy Joel (2017)
• Elton John (2014)
• Tom Jones (singer) (2015)
• Carole King (2014)
• Brenda Lee (2013)
• The Lettermen (2016)
• Barry Manilow (2016)
• Dean Martin (2014)
• Johnny Mathis (2013)
• Paul McCartney (2015)
• The Mills Brothers (2016)
• The Monkees (2014)
• Ricky Nelson (2015)
• Roy Orbison (2014)
• Patti Page (2014)
• Les Paul & Mary Ford (2015)
• The Platters (2014)
• Elvis Presley (2013)
• Paul Revere & the Raiders (2016)
• The Righteous Brothers (2015)
• Linda Ronstadt (2015)
• Diana Ross (2017)
• Neil Sedaka (2016)
• Simon & Garfunkel (2014)
• Frank Sinatra (2013)
• Rod Stewart (2017)
• Barbra Streisand (2016)
• The Supremes (2014)
• The Temptations (2016)
• Three Dog Night (2016)
• Johnny Tillotson (2015)
• Bobby Vee (2017)
• Bobby Vinton (2013)
• Andy Williams (2015)
• Stevie Wonder (2013)

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Resources:

• America’s Pop Music Hall of Fame
• spin.com: Tiny Pennsylvania Town Thinks Big with Pop Music Hall of Fame (19 September 2012)

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