Dolly Parton Makes Rock Hall Of Fame; Eminem, Carly Simon, Duran Duran, Others Also Inducted – Complete List
deadline.comDolly Parton, who said last week she would gracefully accept an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame if it were offered, will have to do just that: The country music superstar was among the nominees selected for a spot in the hall today.The other inductees chosen through the Hall’s membership voting process are Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Eminem, Lionel Richie, Eurythmics and Carly Simon.In addition to those inductees, the Rock Hall’s board, as is traditional, selected its own slate of honorees in various special categories: Judas Priest, musicians Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, singers Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotten, and executives Sylvia Robinson, Jimmy Iovine and Allen Grubman.John Sykes, chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, announced the inductees on the Rock Hall’s website today.
In a statement, he said, that the “diverse group of inductees each had a profound impact on the sound of youth culture and helped change the course of rock ‘n roll.
Their music moved generations and influenced so many artists that followed.”Not making the cut this year were nominees Beck, Devo, Dionne Warwick, A Tribe Called Quest, the MC5, Kate Bush, Rage Against the Machine, the New York Dolls and Fela Kuti.Following her nomination in February, Parton initially said that she did not feel she had “earned that right” of being in the Rock Hall since she has never recorded a rock album. “I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out,” Parton wrote the time.In subsequent weeks the singer-songwriter walked back the statement, and last week said she would “accept gracefully” a possible induction.On the induction roster posted on the Rock Hall’s website today, the organization wrote, “With her
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