The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, showing Lake Erie in the background

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum and institution in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated, as the name suggests, to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential rock and roll performers, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the industry. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio (taken Sept. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio (taken Sept. ... Lake Erie, looking southward from a high rural bluff near Leamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, the worlds largest such lakes. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... Institutions are organizations, or mechanisms of social structure, governing the behavior of two or more individuals. ... City nickname: The Forest City Location Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Government County Cuyahoga Mayor Jane Campbell Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 213. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

Hall of Fame

Beginning in 1986, a handful of artists are inducted into the Hall of Fame in an annual induction ceremony in New York City. The first group of inductees, inducted on January 23, 1986, included Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is held annually in March and sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (born October 18, 1926), better known as Chuck Berry, is a highly influential American guitarist, singer and composer. ... James Brown, known variously as: Soul Brother Number One, the Godfather of Soul, Mr. ... Ray Charles at the piano. ... Fats Domino Antoine Dominique Fats Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... The Everly Brothers Don (born Isaac Donald Everly February 1, 1937 in Brownie, a small coal-mining town (now defunct) near Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) and Phil Everly (born Philip Everly January 18, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) are country-influenced rock and roll performers who had their greatest success... Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936–February 3, 1959), better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of Rock and Roll. ... Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist, as well as an early pioneer of the rock and roll movement. ... Elvis Presley Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll or The King, was an American singer and actor. ...

Currently, groups or individuals are qualified for induction 25 years after the release of their first record. Nominees should have demonstrable influence and significance within the history of rock and roll. Four categories are recognized: Performers, Non-Perfomers, Early Influences, and since 2000, Sidemen.

Not everybody is happy with the selection process; in particular, advocates of progressive rock feel that worthy artists are being deliberately shut out. Others feel that the number of inductees every year is too large, including too many less-notable artists, thereby diluting the impact of a nomination. Finally, some feel that the selection committee is effectively controlled by a few individuals, including founder Jann Wenner and writer Dave Marsh, and is not representative of the rock world as a whole. Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... Jann Wenner (born 7 January 1946) is the editor of the American pop music biweekly Rolling Stone. ... Dave Marsh is an American music critic. ...

Performers

Performers include singers and instrumentalists.

A nominating committee composed of music historians selects names for the Performers category, which are then voted on by roughly 1000 experts, including academics, journalists, producers, and others with music industry experience. Perfomers receiving the highest number of votes greater than 50% of the votes received are selected for induction; each year about five to seven nominees make the cut.

Non-Performers

Non-Performers include songwriters, producers, disc jockeys, music industry executives, journalists, and other professionals. A songwriter is someone who writes, in part or in full, the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... The music industry is the industry that creates, performs, promotes, and preserves music. ... Music journalism is a specialized branch of entertainment journalism--especially criticism and reportage about music, usually rock, but also hip hop, classical, and electronica, among other forms. ...

A separate selection committee selects inductees directly in the Non-Performers and Early Influences category.

Early Influences

Early Influences includes artists from earlier eras, primarily country, folk, and blues, whose music inspired and influenced rock and roll artists. A country, a land, is a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity, with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and population, who are one anothers countrymen. ... Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German... For other uses, see blues (disambiguation) Blues is a vocal and instrumental music form which emerged in the African-American community of the United States. ...

Sidemen

The new Sidemen category includes veteran session and concert players who are selected by a committee composed primarily of producers. Note: this article name (or a redirect to it) is a homophone with cession. ... A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. ...

Foundation and Museum

Trabant cars from U2's Zoo TV Tour hanging in the lobby of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was created in 1983. The museum itself opened on September 2, 1995 in a building designed by I. M. Pei. The building sits on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland just east of Cleveland Browns Stadium and the Great Lakes Science Center. The city lobbied to be chosen because then-Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed is widely credited with promoting the new genre (and the term) of "rock and roll". After a petition drive that was signed by 600,000 fans favoring Cleveland, and a USA Today poll which Cleveland won by 100,000 votes, the hall of fame board voted to site the museum in Cleveland. Image File history File links Trabant cars from U2s Zoo TV Tour hanging in the lobby of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum, 2005, by Rick Dikeman From www. ... Image File history File links Trabant cars from U2s Zoo TV Tour hanging in the lobby of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum, 2005, by Rick Dikeman From www. ... 600cc 1983 Trabant P601L. Trabant is a famous automobile brand formerly produced by East German auto maker Sachsenring. ... U2 (L to R): The Edge, Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. ... The Zoo TV outside broadcast stage If U2s 1991 album Achtung Baby was the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree, Zoo TV, the accompanying world tour, was the sight of four men trying to reject the white flag waving, achingly earnest stage performances that had typified... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bank of China Tower by I.M.Pei and L.C. Pei, in Hong Kong, China Ieoh Ming Pei (b April 26, 1917) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect, known as the last master of high modernist architecture. ... Lake Erie, looking southward from a high rural bluff near Leamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, the worlds largest such lakes. ... Cleveland Browns Stadium Cleveland Browns Stadium is a football stadium located in Cleveland, Ohio. ... The Great Lakes Science Center is a museum and educational facility in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Alan Freed (December 15, 1922 – January 20, 1965) was an American disc-jockey (DJ), who became internationally known for promoting African-American Rhythm and Blues (R&B) music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of Rock and Roll. ... The USA Today logo USA Today is a national American newspaper published by the Gannett Corporation. ...

The museum documents the entire history of rock and roll, regardless of induction status. Hall of Fame inductees are honored in a special exhibit inside the museum's spire.

See also

• Inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll
• San Francisco Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

This page is a partial list of inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, taken from the list on the Hall of Fames website. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fames 500 songs (not ranked) that shaped Rock and Roll: Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A AC/DC... The San Francisco Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a museum and institution in San Francisco, California, United States, dedicated to recording and promoting the history of some of the best-known and most influential rock and roll performers, producers, and other people who influenced the genre either from...

External links

• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – official site
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• Expanding Rock Hall Could Cause Problems - criticisms of selection process, including too many less-notable performers, and entire genres overlooked