My votes (everyone but Bonds):

Chi-Lites
Joe Cocker
Delfonics
Guess Who
Herman's Hermits
King Crimson
Love
MC5
Meters
Harry Nilsson
Todd Rundgren
Shangri-Las
Three Dog Night
Zombies

Herman's Hermits
King Crimson
Love
MC5
Meters
Todd Rundgren
Shangri-Las
Zombies

It should have been everyone but Nilsson, Paul

Is that so? May I ask why?

That's why

Bullet Ballot is a term that started with the baseball hall of fame. It's when one writer is only voting for one candidate who is not among the players expected to get elected. It's done to send a message like "I'm not voting for Willie Mays but I am voting for Maury Wills because the rest of you schmucks don't realize how great Maury was and maybe this will draw some attention to him."

Cool, didn't know that. Thanks for info, Bruce.

Delfonics
Guess Who
King Crimson
Love
MC5
Meters
Three Dog Night
Zombies

Chi-Lites
Meters

King Crimson
Three Dog Night

Round 3 of the artists who released their first record between 1960 and 1969 is closed. There were 8 ballots turned in so a candidate needed 6 votes to be inducted. For the first time in this project we did not elect anybody in this round. Three Dog Night came closest, missing by one vote.

Here we go:

NON-INDUCTEES (votes)
Three Dog Night (5)
Herman's Hermits (4)
King Crimson (4)
Meters (4)
Todd Rundgren (4)
Joe Cocker (3)
Guess Who (3)
Love (3)
MC5 (3)
Shangri-Las (3)
Zombies (3)
Chi-Lites (2)
Delfonics (2)
Harry Nilsson (2)
Gary US Bonds (1)

US Bonds will drop off the ballot for only getting one vote.

INDUCTEES SO FAR

EARLY INFLUENCES:
Big Maybelle
Tiny Bradshaw
Roy Brown
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Delta Rhythm Boys
Dixie Hummingbirds
Lionel Hampton
Wynonie Harris
Ivory Joe Hunter
Bull Moose Jackson
Buddy & Ella Johnson
Julia Lee
Joe Liggins
Big Jay McNeely
Amos Milburn
Lucky Millinder
Mills Brothers
Roy Milton
Johnny Otis
Charley Patton
Ravens
Sister Rosetta Tharpe


MAIN PERFORMERS:
Johnny Ace
Jesse Belvin
Bon Jovi
Boogie Down Productions
Jerry Butler
Cars
Gene Chandler
Chantels
Chubby Checker
Chic
Chicago
Clovers
The Cure
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Doobie Bothers
Lee Dorsey
Duran Duran
Electric Light Orchestra
Eric B. & Rakim
Five Keys
Five Royales
Hall & Oates
Iron Maiden
Janet Jackson
Tommy James & the Shondells
Jan & Dean
Jethro Tull
KC and the Sunshine Band
Carole King
Kiss
Kool and the Gang
Kraftwerk
LL Cool J
Marvelettes
Steve Miller Band
Monkees
Moody Blues
NWA
Pointer Sisters
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Cliff Richard
Johnny Rivers
Linda Ronstadt
Salt-N-Pepa
Huey "Piano" Smith
Smiths
Sonic Youth
Spinners
Stlyistics
Joe Tex
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars
War
Billy Ward and the Dominoes
Mary Wells
Barry White
Chuck Willis
Link Wray
Yes

Moving on to the next group, round three for the artists who released their first record between 1970 and 1979.

To be eligible for this category the artist has to have released his first record between Jan 1, 1970 and Dec 31, 1979 . Each voter is just going to vote YES or NO on each candidate. In order to be inducted the candidate has to get 2/3 of the vote. You can vote for all 15 candidates if you want to.

THIS ROUND WILL CLOSE ON SUNDAY MAY 5 at 10 PM EASTERN:

Here are the candidates. (Those in RED are in their third and final round on the ballot)

Bryan Adams
Pat Benetar
Kurtis Blow
Boston
Jimmy Buffett
Cheap Trick
Commodores
Devo
Dire Straits
Journey
Judas Priest
Roxy Music
Rufus feat Chaka Khan
Squeeze
Tina Turner

MY VOTES:

Pat Benatar
Commodores
Journey
Squeeze
Tina Turner