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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: New R & R HoFers |
| Date | Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:41:44 -0600 |
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Me too!
The "If your a bud of Ahmet Ertegun and sold millions for Time Warner" factor
plays out here again. U2, Percy, Pretenders and Buddy Guy all recorded for
Warners-Elektra-Atlantic at one time during thier careers.
The O'Jays are important, they started in the late 50's, had several R&B hits
in the mid-late 60's for Imperial and Bell Records, toured endlessly on the
"Chitlin Circuit" and later were the group that brought the "Philadelphia
Sound" to national prominence in the early 70's.
But why did they pick Percy Sledge, who is just known for one monster hit and
smaller R&B hits that are only known by a cult audience?
And the Hollies, Ventures, Shadows, Jan & Dean, Monkees, Raiders and Turtles
get ignored again.
Billy
At 07:44 AM 12/13/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Thus renewing my disgust that the Hollies are overlooked yet again. I
>suppose they're less important to rock and roll than, say, the O'Jays?
>
>Marty
>
>
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>Michael Bennett wrote:
>
>>The 2005 class --
>>
>>U2
>>Percy Sledge
>>The O'Jays
>>The Pretenders
>>Buddy Guy
>>
>>Seymour Stein will be inducted also.
>>
>>While acknowledging that the Hall of Fame is silly and
>>not well put together...The Pretenders???? I love the
>>debut album and some sundry other stuff, but they
>>wouldn't even be on a list of nominees, if I were in
>>charge. Yet, I'm not surprised.
>>
>>Mike Bennett
>>
>>=====
>>Chicago Pop Show Report on Yahoo Groups:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopshowreport/?yguid=162827291
>>
>>Music reviews: http://www.fufkin.com
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