Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 1986 - 2024

Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 1986 - 2024. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors musicians and music-industry figures who have contributed to the energy and evolution of rock music. To be eligible for inclusion, musicians and bands must have released a record at least 25 years prior to the year of induction.

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2024 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Mary J. Blige
  2. Cher
  3. Dave Matthews Band
  4. Foreigner
  5. Peter Frampton
  6. Kool & The Gang
  7. Ozzy Osbourne
  8. A Tribe Called Quest

Musical Excellence Award:
  1. Alexis Korner
  2. John Mayall
  2. Big Mama Thornton
Musical Influence Award:
  1. Jimmy Buffett
  2. MC5
  3. Dionne Warwick
  4. Norman Whitfield

Ahmet Ertegun Award:
  1. Suzanne de Passe

2023 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Kate Bush
  2. Sheryl Crow
  3. Missy Elliot
  4. George Michael
  5. Willie Nelson
  6. Rage Against The Machine
  7. The Spinners

Musical Excellence Award:
  1. Chaka Khan
  2. Al Kooper
  2. Bernie Taupin
Musical Influence Award:
  1. DJ Kool Herc
  2. Link Wray

Ahmet Ertegun Award:
  1. Don Cornelius

2022 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Pat Benatar
  2. Duran Duran
  3. Eminem
  4. Eurythmics
  5. Dolly Parton
  6. Lionel Richie
  7. Carly Simon

Musical Excellence:
  1. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
  2. Judas Priest

Early Influencs:
  1. Harry Belafonte
  2. Elizabeth Cotton

Ahmet Ertegun Award:
  1. Allen Grubman
  2. Jimmy Iovine
  3. Sylvia Robinson

2021 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Foo Fighters
  2. The Go-Go's
  3. Jay-Z
  4. Carole King
  5. Todd Rundgren
  6. Tina Turner

Non-performer:
  1. Clarence Avant

Musical Excellence:
  1. LL Cool J
  2. Billy Preston
  3. Randy Rhodes

Early Influencs:
  1. Kraftwerk
  2. Gil Scott-Heron
  3. Charley Patton

2020 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Depeche Mode
  2. The Doobie Brothers
  3. Whitney Houston
  4. Nine Inch Nails
  5. The Notorious B.I.G.
  6. T-Rex

Non-performers:
  1. Jon Landau
  2. Irving Azoff

2019 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. The Cure
  2. Def Leppard
  3. Janet Jackson
  4. Stevie Nicks
  5. Radiohead
  6. Roxy Music
  7. The Zombies

2018 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Bon Jovi
  2. The Cars
  3. Dire Straits
  4. The Moody Blues
  5. Nina Simone

Early Influence:
  1. Sister Rosetta Tharpe

2017 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Joab Baez
  2. Electric Light Orchestra
  3. Journey
  4. Pearl Jam
  5. 2Pac
  6. Yes

The Award for Musical Excellence:
  1. Nile Rodgers

2016 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Cheap Trick
  2. Chicago
  3. Deep Purple
  4. Steve Miller
  5. N.W.A

Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement:
  1. Bert Berns

2015 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
  2. Green Day
  3. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  4. Lou Reed
  5. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
  6. Bill Withers

Early Influence:
  The "5" Royals

The Award for Musical Excellence:
  1. Ringo Starr

2014 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Peter Gabriel
  2. Hall & Oates
  3. KISS
  4. Nirvana
  5. Linda Ronstadt
  6. Cat Stevens

Main Performers Addendum:
  The E Street Band

Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement:
  1. Brian Epstein
  2. Andrew Loog Oldham

2013 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Heart
  2. Albert King
  3. Randy Newman
  4. Public Enemy
  5. Rush
  6. Donna Summer

Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement:
  1. Lou Adler
  2. Quincy Jones

2012 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. The Beastie Boys
  2. Donovan
  3. Guns n' Roses
  4. Laura Nyro
  5. The Red Hot Chili Peppers
  6. The Small Faces/The Faces

Main Performers Addendums:
  The Blue Caps
  The Comets
  The Crickets
  The Famous Flames
  The Midnighters
  The Miracles

Early Influence:
  1. Freddie King

Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement:
  1. Don Kirshner

The Award for Musical Excellence:
  1. Tom Dowd
  2. Glyn Johns
  3. Cosimo Matassa

2011 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Alice Cooper Band
  2. Neil Diamond
  3. Dr. John
  4. Darlene Love
  5. Tom Waits

Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement:
  1. Jac Holzman
  2. Art Rupe

Side Men:
  1. Leon Russell

2010 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. ABBA
  2. Genesis
  3. Jimmy Cliff
  4. The Hollies
  5. The Stooges

Non-performers:
  1. David Geffen
  2. Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
  3. Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
  4. Jesse Stone
  5. Mort Shuman
  6. Otis Blackwell

2009 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Jeff Beck
  2. Little Anthony and the Imperials
  3. Metallica
  4. Run-D.M.C.
  5. Bobby Womack

Early Influence:
  1. Wanda Jackson

Side Men:
  1. Bill Black
  2. DJ Fontana
  3. Spooner Oldham

2008 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Leonard Cohen
  2. The Dave Clark Five
  3. Madonna
  4. John Mellencamp
  5. The Ventures

Non-performers:
  1. Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff (Songwriters)

Side Men:
  1. Little Walter

2007 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
  2. R.E.M.
  3. The Ronettes
  4. Patti Smith
  5. Van Halen

2006 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Black Sabbath
  2. Blondie
  3. Miles Davis
  4. Lynyrd Skynyrd
  5. The Sex Pistols

Non-performers:
  1. Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss

2005 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Buddy Guy
  2. The O'Jays
  3. The Pretenders
  4. Percy Sledge
  5. U2

Lifetime Achievement:
  1. Frank Barsalona
  2. Seymour Stein

2004 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Jackson Browne
  2. The Dells
  3. George Harrison
  4. Prince
  5. Bob Seger
  6. Traffic
  7. ZZ Top

Lifetime Achievement:
  1. Jann S. Wenner

2003 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. AC/DC
  2. The Clash
  3. Elvis Costello and the Attractions
  4. The Police
  5. The Righteous Brothers

Non-performers:
  1. Mo Ostin

Side Men:
  1. Benny Benjamin
  2. Floyd Cramer
  3. Steve Douglas

2002 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Isaac Hayes
  2. Brenda Lee
  3. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  4. Gene Pitney
  5. Ramones
  6. Talking Heads

Non-performers:
  1. Jim Stewart

Side Men:
  1. Chet Atkins

2001 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Aerosmith
  2. Solomon Burke
  3. The Flamingos
  4. Michael Jackson
  5. Queen
  6. Paul Simon
  7. Steely Dan
  8. Ritchie Valens

Non-performers:
  1. Chris Blackwell

Side Men:
  1. James Burton
  2. Johnnie Johnson

2000 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Eric Clapton
  2. Earth, Wind, and Fire
  3. Lovin' Spoonful
  4. The Moonglows
  5. Bonnie Raitt
  6. James Taylor

Non-performers:
  1. Clive Davis

Early Influences:
  1. Nat King Cole
  2. Billie Holiday

Side Men:
  1. Hal Blaine
  2. King Curtis
  3. James Jamerson
  4. Scotty Moore
  5. Earl Palmer

1999 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Billy Joel
  2. Curtis Mayfield
  3. Paul McCartney
  4. Del Shannon
  5. Dusty Springfield
  6. Bruce Springsteen
  7. The Staple Singers

Non-performers:
  1. George Martin

Early Influences:
  1. Charles Brown
  2. Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

1998 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. The Eagles
  2. Fleetwood Mac
  3. Mamas and Papas
  4. Lloyd Price
  5. Santana
  6. Gene Vincent

Non-performers:
  1. Allen Toussaint

Early Influences:
  1. "Jelly Roll" Morton

1997 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. The Bee Gees
  2. Buffalo Springfield
  3. Crosby, Stills and Nash
  4. The Jackson Five
  5. Joni Mitchell
  6. Parliament-Funkadelic
  7. The (Young) Rascals

Non-performers:
  1. Syd Nathan

Early Influences:
  1. Mahalia Jackson
  2. Bill Monroe

1996 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. David Bowie
  2. Jefferson Airplane
  3. Little Willie John
  4. Gladys Knight and the Pips
  5. Pink Floyd
  6. The Shirelles
  7. The Velvet Underground

Nonperformers:
  1. Tom Donahue

Early Influences:
  1. Pete Seeger

1995 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. The Allman Brothers Band
  2. Al Green
  3. Janis Joplin
  4. Led Zeppelin
  5. Martha and the Vandellas
  6. Neil Young
  7. Frank Zappa

Non-performers:
  1. Paul Ackerman

Early Influences:
  1. The Orioles

1994 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. The Animals
  2. The Band
  3. Duane Eddy
  4. The Grateful Dead
  5. Elton John
  6. John Lennon
  7. Bob Marley
  8. Rod Stewart

Non-performers:
  1. Johnny Otis

Early Influences:
  1. Willie Dixon

1993 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Ruth Brown
  2. Cream
  3. Creedence Clearwater Revival
  4. The Doors
  5. Etta James
  6. Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
  7. Van Morrison
  8. Sly and the Family Stone

Non-performers:
  1. Dick Clark
  2. Milt Gabler

Early Influences:
  1. Dinah Washington

1992 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Bobby "Blue" Bland
  2. Booker T. and the MG's
  3. Johnny Cash
  4. Jimi Hendrix Experience
  5. Isley Brothers
  6. Sam and Dave
  7. The Yardbirds

Non-performers:
  1. Leo Fender
  2. Bill Graham
  3. Doc Pomus

Early Influences:
  1. Elmore James
  2. Professor Longhair

1991 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. LaVern Baker
  2. The Byrds
  3. John Lee Hooker
  4. The Impressions
  5. Wilson Pickett
  6. Jimmy Reed
  7. Ike and Tina Turner

Non-performers:
  1. Dave Bartholomew
  2. Ralph Bass

Early Influences:
  1. Howlin' Wolf

Lifetime Achievement:
  1. Nesuhi Ertegun

1990 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Hank Ballard
  2. Bobby Darin
  3. The Four Seasons
  4. The Four Tops
  5. The Kinks
  6. The Platters
  7. Simon and Garfunkel
  8. The Who

Non-performers:
  1. Gerry Goffin and Carole King
  2. Brian Holland
  3. Eddie Holland
  4. Lamont Dozier

Early Influences:
  1. Louis Armstrong
  2. Charlie Christian
  3. Ma Rainey

1989 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Dion
  2. Otis Redding
  3. The Rolling Stones
  4. The Temptations
  5. Stevie Wonder

Non-performers:
  1. Phil Spector

Early Influences:
  1. The Ink Spots
  2. Bessie Smith
  3. The Soul Stirrers

1988 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. The Beach Boys
  2. The Beatles
  3. The Drifters
  4. Bob Dylan
  5. The Supremes

Non-performers:
  1. Berry Gordy, Jr.

Early Influences:
  1. Woody Guthrie
  2. Leadbelly
  3. Les Paul

1987 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. The Coasters
  2. Eddie Cochran
  3. Bo Diddley
  4. Aretha Franklin
  5. Marvin Gaye
  6. Bill Haley
  7. B.B. King
  8. Clyde McPhatter
  9. Ricky Nelson
10. Roy Orbison
11. Carl Perkins
12. Smokey Robinson
13. Joe Turner
14. Muddy Waters
15. Jackie Wilson

Non-performers:
  1. Leonard Chess
  2. Ahmet Ertegun
  3. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
  4. Jerry Wexler

Early Influences:
  1. Louis Jordan
  2. T-Bone Walker
  3. Hank Williams

1986 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductees

Performers:
  1. Chuck Berry
  2. James Brown
  3. Ray Charles
  4. Sam Cooke
  5. Fats Domino
  6. The Everly Brothers
  7. Buddy Holly
  8. Jerry Lee Lewis
  9. Elvis Presley
10. Little Richard

Non-performers:
  1. Alan Freed
  2. Sam Phillips

Early Influences:
  1. Robert Johnson
  2. Jimmie Rodgers
  3. Jimmy Yancey

Lifetime Achievement:
  1. John Hammond


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