Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2023 nominees

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2023 Nominees

On February 1, 2023, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced 14 nominees for the class of 2023. The Hall of Fame was established in 1983 and inducted its first class in 1986. 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. The nominees are sent to more than 1000 music experts who then vote on who should be inducted. Reports differ on whether only those nominees on more than 50% of the ballots are inducted or if just the top vote getters (no set number) are inducted. Inductees will be decided in May and inducted in the fall. Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2023 Nominees. Premiere: February 3, 2023. Check out new episodes every Tuesday at 7pm CST. Fans can vote for their top 5 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The nominees are listed below based on how they ranked in fan voting as of the morning of February 2. Click on the act’s name to see its entry in the Dave’s Music Database encyclopedia. The numbers beside the act are the odds, according to Billboard magazine, of the act being inducted. Cyndi Lauper, 8:1 odds George Michael, 2:1 odds Willie Nelson, 3:2 odds Soundgarden, 3:1 odds Iron Maiden, 10:1 odds Rage Against the Machine, 4:1 odds Warren Zevon, 5:1 odds Sheryl Crow, 1:1 odds Joy Division/New Order, 10:1 odds The Spinners, 12:1 odds Kate Bush, 3:2 odds The White Stripes, 1:1 odds Missy Elliott, 3:1 odds A Tribe Called Quest, 5:1 odds See current results of fan voting here. Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “Hall of Fames” Dave’s Music Database: “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, 1986-2022” Billboard (2/1/2023). “2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Odds from Least to Most Likely” by Andrew Unterberger Rock and Roll Hall of Fame official website First posted 2/3/2023.

Hooters and Eric Bazilian: Top 50 Songs

The Hooters/ Eric Bazilian Top 50 Songs

The Hooters were a rock group formed in Philadelphia in 1980. The two consistent members through the years have been Eric Bazilian (vocals/guitar) and Rob Hyman (vocals/keyboards). The group released five studio albums from 1983 to 1993 and a sixth in 2007. The two also collaborated on the 1998 Largo project which featured various artists including Taj Mahal, Levon Helm, Cyndi Lauper, and Joan Osborne. Bazilian and Hyman were arrangers and performers on Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 She’s So Unusual album, which included the #1 song “Time After Time,” written by Hyman. The pair also performed on Joan Osborne’s 1995 Relish album, which included the top 5 hit “One of Us” written by Bazilian. Bazilian also co-wrote “Kiss the Rain” (#15, 1997) for Billie Myers and wrote or co-wrote songs for Bon Jovi, Journey, Cyndi Lauper, Amanda Marshall, Ricky Martin, the Scorpions, Patty Smyth, Ronnie Spector, Robbie Williams, and others. Bazilian has released three solo albums – The Optimist (2000), A Very Dull Boy (2002), and Bazilian (2021). In 2012, he released an album with Mats Wester called What Shall Become of the Baby? Click here to see other best-of lists from performers and here to see other best-of lists from songwriters and/or producers. Spotify Podcast: Check out Dave’s Music Database podcast: The Best of Eric Bazilian and the Hooters based on this list. It debuts October 19, 2021 at 7pm CST. Tune in every Tuesday at 7pm for a new episode based on the lists at Dave’s Music Database.

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Top 50 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. (Click for codes to singles charts.) DMDB Top 1%: 1. Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper, 1983) DMDB Top 2%: 2. One of Us (Joan Osborne, 1995) DMDB Top 20%: 3. And We Danced (1985) 4. Day by Day (1985) 5. All You Zombies (1983) 6. Where Do the Children Go (Hooters with Patty Smyth, 1985) 7. Kiss the Rain (Billie Myers, 1997) 8. Johnny B (1987) 9. Satellite (1987) 10. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (live, 1986) Beyond the DMDB Top 20%: 11. 500 Miles (1989) 12. Karla with a “K” (1987) 13. Blowin’ in the Wind (live, 1994) 14. Brother Don’t You Walk Away (1989) 15. Morning Buzz (2007) 16. Private Emotion (Ricky Martin, cover of Hooters’ song, 1999) 17. White Jeans (2007) 18. Hanging on a Heartbeat (1983) 19. I’m Alive (2007) 20. The Boys of Summer (2007) 21. Nervous Night (1985) 22. Twenty-Five Hours a Day (1993) 23. Give the Music Back (1989) 24. Bitter Sweet Symphony (Bazilian with Greg Gould & Tania Doko, 2020) 25. Graveyard Waltz (1987) 26. Private Emotion (1993) 27. Good Thing (Bazilian & Wester, 2012) 28. Help! (Bazilian, 2020) 29. Time Stand Still (2007) 30. Ella Fitzgerald (Bazilian, 2002) 31. U.G.L.Y. (Bazilian, 2000) 32. One Light in a Dark Valley (live, 1987) 33. A Very Dull Boy (Bazilian, 2002) 34. Bigger Than the Bossa Nova (Bazilian & Wester, 2011) 35. One Way Home (1987) 36. Freedom Ride (Largo, 1998) 37. Gimme a Stone (Largo, 1998) 38. Washington’s Day (1987) 39. Fightin’ on the Same Side (1981) 40. Until You Dare (Bazilian, 2000) 41. What Shall Become of the Baby? (Bazilian & Wester, 2011) 42. All I Really Want to Do (live, 1994) 43. One Light (Bazilian, 2011) 44. Back in the 80s (Bazilian, 2021) 45. South Ferry Road (1985) 46. Man in the Street (1980) 47. Blood from a Stone (1983) 48. Don’t Knock It ‘Til You Try It (1989) 49. Boys Will Be Boys (1993) 50. These Three Chords (Bazilian & Wester, 2011) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Hooters DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Eric Bazilian DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Rob Hyman DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Largo Dave’s Music Database: “Best-of Lists for Performers” Dave’s Music Database: “Best-of Lists for Songwriters and/or Producers First posted 6/16/2021; last updated 10/19/2021.

Hooters released Five by Five EP

Five by Five Hooters

Released: July 9, 2010 Peak: -- Sales (in millions): -- Genre: rock

Tracks: Song Title [time] Pissing in the Rhine [2:37] Silver Lining [3:54] One of Us [4:52] Time After Time [3:46] Really Fine Wine [3:12] The Players: Eric Bazilian (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, saxophone) Rob Hyman (vocals, keyboards, accordion, melodica) John Lilley (guitar, mandolin, dobro, keyboards, backing vocals) Fran Smith Jr. (bass, backing vocals) David Uosikkinen (drums, percussion)

Rating: 3.767 out of 5.00 (average of 3 ratings)

About the Album: While this is only a five-song EP, it is a pretty important addition to the Hooters’ discography. The band achieved popularity in the 1980s after Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman both served as players and arrangers on Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 blockbuster She’s So Unusual. The album produced the #1 hit Time After Time, which was written by Hyman and Lauper. While the band have often performed the song and even included a live version on their Hooterization greatest-hits compilation, this is their first studio recording of the song. After gaining attention because of Lauper, the Hooters had three top-40 hits of their own from their 1985 Nervous Night album. Four of the five players from that album are featured in this, the 2010 lineup. The fifth player, Fran Smith, Jr., came on board in 1987. That lineup made three more studio albums with One Way Home (1987), Zig Zag (1989), and Out of Body (1993) before going on hiatus. Unlike so many reunions, however, when the band returned in 2007 for the Time Stand Still album, it was a genuine return of the same guys who’d made those aforementioned albums. That same quintet came back in 2010 to record this EP. In the interim, Bazilian released a pair of solo albums and wrote or co-wrote songs for a slew of artists. The most notable song from that era was One of Us, a song recorded by Joan Osborne for her 1995 album Relish. The clever lyrics mused about “what if God was one of us.” The song reached the top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and garnered three Grammy nominations. Like “Time After Time,” the Hooters have often performed the song live. Bazilian recorded it as an unlisted bonus track on his 2000 album The Optimist. It makes its first appearance as a studio recording by the Hooters on Five by Five. While EP’s are typically placeholders to keep fans happy while prepping a full-fledged studio album, that wasn’t the case here. The Hooters did come back in 2012 to record the song If I Should Fall Behind, but as of this writing, they had yet to return to the studio to record a full-fledged album. However, the inclusion of “Time After Time” and “One of Us” on this set makes this an essential part of a Hooters library.

Resources and Related Links: WK Wikipedia First posted 6/16/2021.

Roger Waters performed The Wall Live in Berlin

The Wall – Live in Berlin Roger Waters

Released: August 21, 1990 Recorded: July 21, 1990 Charted: September 22, 1990 Peak: 56 US, 27 UK, 12 CN, 10 AU, 13 DF Sales (in millions): -- Genre: classic rock veteran

Tracks, Disc 1: Click on a song titled for more details. In the Flesh? (with the Scorpions) The Thin Ice (with Ute Lemper & the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir) Another Brick in the Wall Part I (with Garth Hudson) The Happiest Days of Our Lives [1:52] Another Brick in the Wall Part II (with Cyndi Lauper, 9/10/90, 82 UK) Mother (with Sinéad O’Connor & The Band) Goodbye Blue Sky (with Joni Mitchell & the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir) Empty Spaces/Young Lust(with Bryan Adams, 9/8/90, 7 AR) Oh My God – What a Fabulous Room (with Jerry Hall) One of My Turns Don't Leave Me Now Another Brick in the Wall Part III (with Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir) The Last Few Bricks Goodbye Cruel World Tracks, Disc 2: Click on a song titled for more details. Hey You (with Paul Carrack) Is There Anybody Out There? (Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir) Nobody Home (with the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir) Vera (with the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir) Bring the Boys Back Home (with the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir, Band, and the Combined Soviet Forces in Germany and Red Army Chorus) Comfortably Numb (with Van Morrison and the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir) In the Flesh (with the Scorpions and the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir) Run Like Hell (with the Scorpions) Waiting for the Worms (with the Scorpions and the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir) Stop The Trial (with the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir, Tim Curry, Thomas Dolby, Ute Lemper, and Marianne Faithfull) The Tide Is Turning (with the Company: Joni Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, Van Morrison, and Paul Carrack; the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir; 11/19/90, --) Outside the Wall

Rating: 3.468 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album: Roger Waters commemorated the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 by assembling a slew of guest artists to stage a live production of Pink Floyd’s The Wall in Berlin. The show was held in the vacant space of what was known as the “no man’s land” area of the Berlin Wall in between Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate. Waters had said he’d never perform The Wall on stage as it was too expensive and the message was about “the inherently greedy nature of stadium rock shows.” WK He would later gross $450 million from his tour of The Wall from 2010-13, the highest amount made at that time for a solo artist. W2 He did also qualify his initial answer that he would consider doing an outdoor show if they tour down the Berlin Wall. WK The “star-studded megaconcert” AM doesn’t always hold up as “it invites constant comparison to the studio album” AM but there are moments, such as Bryan Adams’ “cock rock swagger” during Young Lust which work. AM The trial scene also “is handled well, with Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Marianne Faithfull, Thomas Dolby, and Ute Lemper taking on the characters.” AM The show featured “larger bricks, bigger inflatable puppets, and a larger audience than any of the original Pink Floyd shows.” AM The staging included a 550-foot-long and 82-foot-high wall. Most was built before the show and then it was added to during the show. At the end of the show, the wall was knocked down while images of the actual Berlin Wall being tore down were projected. The show ended with “The Tide Is Turning,” initially a song from Roger Waters’ Radio K.A.O.S. album and not The Wall. The one-time performance set a record for a paid show with 450,000 attendees. Waters covered some of the expenses of the show, but made his money back from CD and video sales of the show. He initially planned to donate all profits past his investment to the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, but sales came in much lower than projections. WK

Resources: AM AllMusic.com review by Ted Mills WK Wikipedia W2 Wikipedia.org “Highest-grossing tours of all time” Related DMDB Pages: First posted 8/23/2021; last updated 8/24/2025.

Hooters Nervous Night released

Nervous Night Hooters

Released: May 6, 1985 Peak: 12 US, -- UK, 39 CN, 12 AU Sales (in millions): 2.0 Genre: mainstream rock

Tracks: Song Title (Writers) [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts. And We Danced (8/3/85, 21 US, 23 CB, 21 RR, 3 AR, 6 CO, 51 CN, 6 AU) Day by Day (12/14/85, 18 US, 25 CB, 22 RR, 3 AR, 6 CO, 66 CN, 55 AU) All You Zombies (5/11/85, 58 US, 11 AR, 12 CO, 8 AU) Don’t Take My Car Out Tonight Nervous Night Hanging on a Heartbeat Where Do the Children Go (with Patty Smyth) (4/5/86, 38 US, 37 CB, 34 RR, 34 AR, 7 CO, 98 CN) South Ferry Road She Comes in Colors Blood from a Stone Total Running Time: 43:07 The Players: Eric Bazilian (vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin, saxophone) Rob Hyman (vocals, keyboards, melodica) Andy King (bass, vocals) John Lilley (guitar) David Uosikkinen (drums)

Rating: 4.136 out of 5.00 (average of 17 ratings) Quotable: “A defining record not only for the band, but for 1985” – Kenyon Hopkin, All Music Guide Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album: The Hooters released their first album, 1983’s Amore, independently. The 100,000 in sales they achieved with the album was enough to impress Columbia Records who signed the band to a multi-album deal. The group also gained exposure because members Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman were contributing musicians and writers to Cyndi Lauper’s mega-successful She’s So Unusual album. The album’s #1 song, “Time After Time,” was co-written by Hyman. With the power of a major label behind them for their sophomore outing, 1985’s Nervous Night, they scored a top-20, double-platinum album thanks to three top-40 hits. The lead single, All You Zombies, “refers to stories in the Bible.” AMG It did not reach the top 40 but “is the band’s most powerful moment.” AMG That song, Hanging on a Heartbeat, and Blood from a Stone were initially released on Amore but recorded for Nervous Night. Nervous Night “was a defining record not only for the band, but for 1985 itself. Filled to the brim with fun, danceable new wave-ish rock, the album is a wonderful representation of a lighthearted era. The peppy vocals of keyboardist Rob Hyman and guitarist Eric Bazilian give the band an assured, happy energy, while the sporadic use of the mandolin and melodica (a combination harmonica/keyboard) gives the group its distinctive sound.” AMG “And We Danced and Day by Day became instant pop hits, but the remainder of Nervous Night is almost as strong. Where Do the Children Go “showed that the Hooters could be serious and dramatic as well as upbeat.” AMG “Although the band wasn’t able to maintain its momentum with subsequent records, Nervous Night remains a noteworthy contribution to mid-‘80s rock and doesn’t sound quite as dated as the work of some of the band’s contemporaries.” AMG

Resources and Related Links: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Hooters AMG All Music Guide review by Kenyon Hopkin WK Wikipedia Other Related DMDB Pages: First posted 2/15/2008; last updated 8/19/2021.

Today in Music: Cyndi Lauper landed Grammy nominations in the Big Four categories

January 10, 1985 Cyndi Lauper landed Grammy nominations in the Big Four categories

When Grammy nominations were announced on January 10, 1985, Cyndi Lauper had the rare distinction of landing in each of the Big Four Categories. Her debut album, She’s So Unusual, received a nod for Album of the Year. Her singles Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Time After Time showed up in the Record of the Year and Song of the Year categories respectively. Lauper was acknowledged in the Best New Artist category as well. She also garnered nominations for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (for “Girls”) and Best Recording Package, making her the first female artist since Bobbie Gentry in 1967 to receive at least five Grammy nominations. She won the Best New Artist and Best Recording Package awards. She was also honored by MTV for Best Female Video of the Year for “Girls” which also was nominated for Video of the Year. That video introduced her fun-loving, even cartoonish persona, but also showcased her ability to deliver a hook-laden song. It went top 10 in 19 countries and hit #1 in 10 countries. WK The second single “Time After Time” served up Lauper’s more sensitive side. The emotional ballad hit the top ten in 15 countries. WK “Time” has been covered by everyone from Everything But the Girl to Miles Davis, “if you need further proof of her credibility.” BB Lauper also hit the top 5 in the U.S. with She Bop and All Through the Night, making her the first female singer to land four top 5 singles from one album on the Billboard Hot 100. WK A fifth single, Money Changes Everything, was a top 40 hit. They all helped propel the album to 6 million in U.S. sales and 16 million worldwide. Far from being a guilty pleasure, Lauper’s She’s So Unusual should be acknowledged not as “self-deprecating or even self-parodying; it’s self-congratulatory.” BB The album displays “a giddy mix of self-confidence, effervescent popcraft, unabashed sentimentality, subversiveness, and clever humor” BB and is “one of the great new wave/early MTV records.” STE Resources: Dave’s Music Database: “History Index” for more important dates in music history Dave’s Music Database: “Music Makers’ Birthdays” BB Beth Bessmer, Amazon.com STE Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 1/10/2012; updated 1/6/2024.