Rank The Hall Of Famers

Bruno · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:00 am **Posts:** 3702

Andrews Sisters
Little Walter
Thelonious Monk
Jimmy Preston
Tampa Red
Treniers
Sarah Vaughan
Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson

Sampson · **Joined:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:35 pm **Posts:** 1657

Larry Darnell
Illinois Jacquet
The Treniers

Bruce · **Posted:** Mon May 13, 2013 12:20 am

Sampson wrote:

Illinois Jacquet

I see him as a sideman, not a main performer.

pauldrach · **Posted:** Mon May 13, 2013 2:28 pm

Illinois Jacquet
Little Walter
Treniers
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

Brian · **Joined:** Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:52 pm **Posts:** 4300

Larry Darnell
Benny Goodman
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

Bruce · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 12:34 am

Round 4 of the "Early Influences," artists who released their first record before 1950. is closed. There were 7 ballots turned in so a candidate needed 5 votes to be inducted. For the second time we have not elected anybody. Three acts came within one vote of being elected, including one (Vinson) who was in his third and final time on the ballot.

NON-INDUCTEES (votes)
Larry Darnell (4)
Treniers (4)
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (4)
llinois Jacquet (3)
Little Walter (3)
Tampa Red (3)
Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson (3)
Benny Goodman (2)
Andrews Sisters (1)
Thelonious Monk (1)
Jimmy Preston (1)
Sarah Vaughan (1)
Cecil Gant (0)
Frankie Laine (0)
Sticks McGhee (0)

All the acts in RED will be dropped from the ballot. If anybody has any suggestions or new names to include next time around please feel free to post them here.

Bruce · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 12:37 am

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
Afrika Bambaataa
Jesse Belvin
Kurtis Blow
Bon Jovi
Boogie Down Productions
Jerry Butler
Cars
Gene Chandler
Chantels
Chubby Checker
Chic
Chicago
Clovers
Phil Collins
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
Journey
KC and the Sunshine Band
Carole King
Kiss
Kool and the Gang
Kraftwerk
Huey Lewis & the News
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
Tina Turner
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars
War
Billy Ward and the Dominoes
Mary Wells
Barry White
Chuck Willis
Link Wray
Yes

Bruce · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 12:41 am

Moving on to the next group, round four for the artists who released their first record between 1950 and 1959.

To be eligible for this category the artist has to have released his first record between Jan 1, 1950 and Dec 31, 1959 . 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 26 at 10 PM EASTERN:

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

Cadillacs
Patsy Cline
Dick Dale
Guitar Slim
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Heartbeats / Shep & the Limelites
Little Milton
Harold Melvin & Blue Notes
Johnnie Ray
Neil Sedaka
Shirley & Lee
Spaniels
Billy Stewart
Irma Thomas
Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Bruce · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 12:44 am

MY VOTES

Heartbeats / Shep & the Limelites
Little Milton
Harold Melvin & Blue Notes
Neil Sedaka
Spaniels

Brett Alan · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:17 pm **Posts:** 6333

I vote for none.

How many rounds are we going to do? Seems like we're really running out of worthy candidates.

pauldrach · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 4:37 am

Cadillacs
Patsy Cline
Dick Dale
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Harold Melvin & Blue Notes
Neil Sedaka
Shirley & Lee
Spaniels
Irma Thomas (what did she release in the 1950s?)
Johnny "Guitar" Watson

Bruce · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 9:38 am

Brett Alan wrote:

I vote for none.

How many rounds are we going to do? Seems like we're really running out of worthy candidates.

We'll stop when it's obvious that there's nobody left who is coming close to getting elected. Maybe another 2-3 rounds, we'll see. Might be sooner if we go through each era with no inductees. We could then shorten it to just one election that includes any leftover nominees from all eras combined.

Meanwhile, does anybody have any nominees that I missed from any era?

Bruce · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 9:42 am

pauldrach wrote:

Irma Thomas (what did she release in the 1950s?)

"Don't Mess With My Man" is reviewed as a new release in a December 1959 issue of Billboard. It was also mentioned in the November 30, 1959 issue of Cash Box as a "Territorial Tip" breakout hit in New Orleans.

Tim · **Joined:** Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:47 pm **Posts:** 11198

Bruce wrote:

Brett Alan wrote:

I vote for none.

How many rounds are we going to do? Seems like we're really running out of worthy candidates.

We'll stop when it's obvious that there's nobody left who is coming close to getting elected. Maybe another 2-3 rounds, we'll see. Might be sooner if we go through each era with no inductees. We could then shorten it to just one election that includes any leftover nominees from all eras combined.

Meanwhile, does anybody have any nominees that I missed from any era?

Maybe we should do a ranking of non-performers and ranking of sidemen at some point. Just a thought.

Bruce · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 9:57 am

312 wrote:

Bruce wrote:

Brett Alan wrote:

I vote for none.

How many rounds are we going to do? Seems like we're really running out of worthy candidates.

We'll stop when it's obvious that there's nobody left who is coming close to getting elected. Maybe another 2-3 rounds, we'll see. Might be sooner if we go through each era with no inductees. We could then shorten it to just one election that includes any leftover nominees from all eras combined.

Meanwhile, does anybody have any nominees that I missed from any era?

Maybe we should do a ranking of non-performers and ranking of sidemen at some point. Just a thought.

We'll get to that.

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