Re: Patti's In (Finally)!

["Scott Martin" <d.scott.martin>]

Hurrah!

On 1/8/07, Jucha, Gary <Gary.Jucha> wrote:
>
> From the NY Times on-line:
>
> Van Halen made a ''jump'' into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday
> along with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, R.E.M., the Ronettes
> and Patti Smith.
>
> A panel of 600 industry experts selected the five artists to be inducted
> at the annual ceremony, to be held March 12 in New York.
>
> Van Halen was the 1980s hard rock quartet led by guitarist Eddie Van
> Halen, outrageous lead vocalist David Lee Roth, and later rocker Sammy
> Hagar, that put out hits such as ''Jump'' and ''Dreams.''
>
> R.E.M. was the quintessential indie rock band until breaking through to
> mass success in the early 1990s with songs like ''Losing My Religion.''
>
> Grandmaster Flash led the most innovative act in early hip-hop, and the
> song ''The Message'' was like a letter from urban America.
>
> Punk rock poet Patti Smith and Phil Spector favorites the Ronettes round
> out the 2007 class.
>
> To be eligible, artists must have issued a first single or album at
> least 25 years before nomination.
>
>
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