Madonna, John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, the Ventures, and the Dave Clark Five will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. The first three you’ve heard of, but the Ventures, they did the theme from “Hawaii Five-O.” And in case you forgot, the DC5 were one of the original British Invasion bands in the 1960s. Artists are eligible for the Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their debut single or album. The ceremony takes place in March in New York. Madge and Mellencamp onstage together? Could make for an interesting finale jam. [Billboard]
Hall of Fame inductees announced
Madonna, John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, the Ventures, and the Dave Clark Five will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. The first three you’ve heard of, but the Ventures, they did the theme from “Hawaii Five-O.” And in case you forgot, the DC5 were one of the original British Invasion bands in the 1960s. Artists are eligible for the Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their debut single or album. The ceremony takes place in March in New York. Madge and Mellencamp onstage together? Could make for an interesting finale jam. [Billboard]
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4 Responses
December 13, 2007 at 8:15 p.m.
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I don't understand how it took Leonard Cohen so long - had he not sold enough albums to qualify until now? |
December 14, 2007 at 12:18 a.m.
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Is there really a minimum of albums artists have to have sold to be eligible for the Rock Hall? |
December 14, 2007 at 12:26 a.m.
| TravisWoods |
I thought they just had to have been around for a minimum of 25 years as a recording artist. |
So the Beastie Boys didn't make this year's cut?