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Inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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This page is a partial list of inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, taken from the [list on the Hall of Fame's website].

From 1986, there were four categories of induction: performers, non-performers, early influences, and lifetime achievement. In 2000, "sidemen" was introduced as a category.

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Performers

Early Influences

The following were inducted as "Early Influences"

Lifetime Achievement

The following were inducted for "Lifetime Achievement in the Non-Performer Category" in the years shown:

Non-performers

The "non-performer" category honors songwriters, producers, disc jockeys, concert promoters, record company executives, etc. Several of the inductees in this category (most notably, Carole King, Herb Alpert and Allen Toussaint) were in fact fairly well-known as performers as well. The following were inducted as non-performers in the years shown:

Sidemen

The following were inducted as sidemen:

Multiple inductees

Some people have been inducted more than once. The current record holder is Eric Clapton who has been inducted three times. These include:

The most honored band is the Beatles. Three of the Fab Four have been inducted as solo artists. Their longtime producer Sir George Martin has also been inducted, as has Phil Spector who produced the album Let It Be.

Another multiply honored band is the Yardbirds. Eric Clapton was a member of the band for a while, and Led Zeppelin is an offshoot of the Yardbirds, formed by several members of the band's last lineup. Led Zeppelin actually started out as "The New Yardbirds," but they changed their name after their new heavy metal sound went over like a "lead zeppelin" with the Yardbirds' old fans.

Several performers have been inducted as members of one band, but were not officially inducted when one of their other bands got enshrined. Some examples:

The performer who missed by the narrowest margin would arguably be drummer Kenney Jones. First, he played for The Faces whose lead singer Rod Stewart was inducted as a solo artist only. Then, he joined The Who in 1978 after the untimely death of Keith Moon, and was an official member of the band until they broke up for the first time in 1982. However, only the four founding members of the Who were enshrined.

 

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