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Radiohead

## Genres

* Alternative
* indie
* post punk
* neo-psychedelia

## Significance

* Most of their albums have gone at least gold with *OK Computer* going double platinum and their two most recent also being hits.
* *The Best of* was a hit.
* Video album *7 Television Commercials* went gold with *Meeting People is Easy* going platinum and *Live at the Astoria* also a hit.
* Numerous rock hits
* Live album *I Might Be Wrong* was a hit.
* They were named after a Talking Heads album.

## Recommended songs

* Creep
* Karma Police
* High and Dry
Stone Temple Pilots

## Genres

* grunge
* alternative
* hard rock
* funk rock
* alternative metal
* folk rock
* soft rock

## Significance

* They had four platinum albums with *Shangri-La-Dee-Da* going gold and *Stone Temple Pilots* also a hit
* The compilation *Thank You* was a hit
* extended play *High Rise* was a hit
* they had numerous rock hits with many chart toppers

## Trivia

Their name comes from the desire to name the band after STP motor oil by giving the band the same initials.

## Recommended Albums

* Core
* Purple
* No. 4
* Tiny Music...Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop

## Recommended songs

### Favorites

* Plush (And I Feel It)
* Vasoline
* Dead and Bloated
* Creep (Take Time With a Wounded Hand)
* Dancing Days
* Sex Type Thing (I wanna get close to you)
* Big Bang Baby

### Other

* Interstate Love Song
* Big Empty
* Rocket
* Wicked Garden
* Unglued
* Pretty Penny
* Where the River Goes
The 13th Floor Elevators

## genres

* psychedelic rock
* garage rock
* hard rock

## significance

* influenced ZZ Top, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Queens of the Stone Age, and Big Brother and the Holding Company
* one of the first psychedelic bands
* *The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators* was one of the first records to include the word "psychedelic" in its title
Ritchie Valens

## Genres

* rock and roll
* Latin rock
* pop rock

## Significance

* He provided the number 22 hit *La Bamba*, considered the first Latin rock hit. It made it to number 22 despite being a B-side.
* *Donna* was a number two hit.
* His debut album made it to number 23
* Hollywood Walk of Fame
* *Come On Let's Go* was almost a top forty hit
* Influenced Jimi Hendrix and Santana

## trivia

* he was parodied by Weird Al
* He was killed in a plane crash in 1959 immortalized in Don McLean's hit *American Pie* as "The Day the Music Died". The crash also killed Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.

## Recommended Songs

* La Bamba
* Come On Let's Go
* Donna
The Monkees

## Genres

rock and roll

pop rock

## significance

* five straight multi-platinum albums, two going five times platinum
* Compilation *Then & Now...* was a hit
* Compilation *The Best of* was a hit
* numerous hit singles, three chart toppers, and six gold
* their music has been used in film
* Hollywood Walk of Fame

## recommended songs

* I'm a Believer
* Daydream Believer
* Last Train to Clarksville
* Pleasant Valley Sunday
* I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone
* The Monkees
* A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
* Valeri
* Mary, Mary
The Buggles

## significance

* Their song *Video Killed the Radio Star* was the first music video ever featured on MTV. It was also hit worldwide.
* phenomenal in Europe

## note

although often featured on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized as such here because I define new wave as any band with a style similar to that of Devo, Talking Heads, or The B-52's
The Marvelettes

## significance

* numerous hit singles
* Their *Please Mr. Postman* was successfully covered by The Beatles
* multiple halls of fame
* *Please Mr. Postman* and *Don't Mess With Bill* both went gold
* two R&B hit albums

## recommended songs

* Please Mr. Postman
* Don't Mess With Bill
* Beechwood 4-5789
* Too Many Fish in the Sea
* Mashed Potato Time
The Human League

## genres

* pop rock
* new romantic
* alternative
* post punk
* synthrock

## significance

* two hit albums with *Dare* going gold
* phenomenal in their native Britain
* extended play *Fascination!* was a hit
* numerous hit singles with *Don't You Want Me* going gold
* member Philip Oakley went on to have a successful solo career collaborating with record producer Giorgio Moroder

## recommended songs

* Don't You Want Me
* The Sound of the Crowd
* Open Your Heart

## note

although often found on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized as such here because I define new wave as any band with a style similar to that of Talking Heads, Devo, or The B-52's
Quicksilver Messenger Service

## genres

psychedelic rock

garage rock

hard rock

## significance

* their second album was praised by Allmusic and *Rolling Stone Magazine*
* Monterey performer
* four straight hit albums
* part of the Haight-Ashbury sound
* member Chet Powers wrote the song "Get Together", famously performed by The Youngbloods

## recommended songs

* Fresh Air
* What About Me
The Penguins of Madagascar: Season 1

**Season 1** is the very first season of DreamWorks/Nickelodeon TV series, *The Penguins of Madagascar*. It started on November 29, 2008 with the episode "Gone in a Flash" and concluded with "Dr. Blowhole's Revenge" on February 15, 2010.

## Episodes

1. "Gone in a Flash"
2. "Launchtime"
3. "Haunted Habitat"
4. "Operation: Plush & Cover"
5. "Happy King Julien Day!"
6. "Paternal Egg-Stinct"
7. "Assault & Batteries"
8. "Penguiner Takes All"
9. "Two Feet High and Rising"
10. "Tangled in the Web"
11. "Crown Fools"
12. "The Hidden"
13. "Kingdom Come"
14. "Little Zoo Coupe"
15. "All Choked Up"
16. "Popcorn Panic"
17. "Go Fish"
18. "Miracle on Ice"
19. "Needle Point"
20. "Eclipsed"
21. "Mort Unbound"
22. "Roomies"
23. "Misfortune Cookie"
24. "Lemur See, Lemur Do"
25. "Roger Dodger"
26. "Skorca! "
27. "Otter Gone Wild "
28. "Cat's Cradle "
29. "Monkey Love"
30. "Tagged"
31. "What Goes Around"
32. "Mask of the Raccoon"
33. "Out of the Groove"
34. "Jungle Law"
35. "I Was a Penguin Zombie"
36. "Sting Operation"
37. "All King, No Kingdom"
38. "Untouchable"
39. "Over Phil"
40. "Miss Understanding"
41. "An Elephant Never Forgets"
42. "Otter Things Have Happened"
43. "Zoo Tube"
44. "Snakehead!"
45. "Jiggles"
46. "The Falcon and the Snow Job"
47. "The Penguin Stays in the Picture"
48. "Dr. Blowhole's Revenge"
Skid Row

## genres

* glam metal
* hard rock
* glam rock
* thrash

## Significance

* They had two straight platinum albums with their debut album going five times platinum and the followup going double platinum.
* *Subhuman Race* went gold
* extended play *B-Side Ourselves* went gold
* several rock hits with *18 and Life* and *I Remember You* being pop hits
* video album *Oh Say Can You Scream* went platinum

## Recommended Songs

* I Remember You
* 18 and Life
* Youth Gone Wild
* Monkey Business
* Piece of Me
* Big Guns
* Wasted Time

## Notes

Skid Row is often considered an eighties band due to their success in 1989, but according to research actually had more success in the nineties. Thus they are classified here as a nineties band.

Although better known for their earlier glam metal work, in the nineties Skid Row evolved into more of a generic metal band with some thrash elements as times changed.
The Seeds

## genres

* garage rock
* psychedelic rock
* hard rock

## significance

* believed to have coined the term "flower power"
* member Daryl Hooper was one of the first to use a keyboard bass
* covered by Ramones, The Bangles, Strawberry Alarm Clock, and many others
* referenced in a Frank Zappa song
* late member Sky Saxon was tributed by Smashing Pumpkins, Love, and The Electric Prunes
* *Pushin' Too Hard* was a hit single while the re-release of *Can't Seem to Make You Mine* nearly made the top forty
The Fabulous Thunderbirds

## genres

* Southern rock
* blues rock
* hard rock

## significance

* Their members include Jimmie Vaughan, brother of Stevie Ray.
* opened for The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton
* *Tuff Enuff* made it to number ten on the pop charts, with *Wrap it Up* a minor hit. *Tuff Enuff* went platinum.
* Their music has appeared in film, including *Light of Day* starring Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox
* Part of the blues rock revival of the eighties

## recommended songs

* Tuff Enuff
* Wrap it Up
* Powerful Stuff
Styx

## Genres

* hard rock
* progressive rock
* power pop
* pop rock
* heartland rock
* soft rock

## Significance

* They had four gold albums, *Cornerstone* went double platinum, and three went triple platinum.
* Their live album *Return to Paradise* went gold with *Caught in the Act* also being a hit.
* They had two gold compilations with *Styx Greatest Hits* going double platinum.
* They had numerous hit singles, several being chart toppers.

## Trivia

* Their song *Mr. Roboto* is often noted for its Japanese intro verse.
* One of their albums is entitled *Kilroy Was Here*, after a famous graffitti message from World War II.
* Many of their singles have since become classic rock staples.
* They were named after the river which the dead have to cross to reach the afterlife in Greek mythology.

## Recommended Albums

* The Grand Illusion
* Kilroy Was Here
* Pieces of Eight
* Paradise Theatre
* Cornerstone
* Styx
* Equinox
* The Serpent is Rising
* Crystal Ball
* Edge of the Century
* Styx II
* Man of Miracles

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Come Sail Away
* Mr. Roboto
* Renegade
* Too Much Time on My Hands
* Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
* Lorelei
* Fooling Yourself
* Show Me the Way
* The Best of Times (Tonight's the Night We'll Make History)
* The Grand Illusion
* Lady
* Babe

### Other

* Rockin' the Paradise
* Madmoiselle
* Why Me
* Snowblind
* Don't Let it End
* Music Time
* Love is the Ritual
* Love at First Sight
* Waiting for Our Time
* Sing for the Day
* Paradise
Sting

## genres

* post punk
* alternative

## significance

* former member of The Police
* Most of his albums have gone at least gold
* live album *...All This Time* went gold
* two platinum compilations
* numerous hit singles with *All for Love* being a chart-topper
* provides the intro to the Dire Straits song *Money for Nothing*
* Hollywood Walk of Fame
* part of the Super Bowl XXXVII halftime show
Smokey Robinson

## genres

soft rock

pop rock

## significance

* seven hit albums
* nine hit singles
* formerly of The Miracles
* part of the Super Bowl XXXII halftime show
* wrote The Temptations hit *Get Ready*

## note

Initially only Robinson was inducted. However, many years later it was discovered that at the time of his nomination, his first solo record had been released fewer than 25 years prior, thus violating the Hall's eligibility rule. The Hall had assumed that his earlier work with the Miracles also counted, but it was determined that his solo career was seperate. Thus a special committee was created to induct the Miracles as well as several other neglected backing groups.
Queensrÿche

## Genres

* progressive metal
* hard rock
* progressive rock
* glam rock
* glam metal

## Significance

* They had two gold albums and three platinum.
* their *Operation: Livecrime* was a hit.
* Their video album *Mindcrime at the Moore* was a hit.
* They had numerous rock hits with *Silent Lucidity* being a pop hit.
* Their name uses a heavy metal umlaut to make themselves look Nordic or German when in fact they are American.
* They had a notable influence on power metal.

## Recommended Songs

* Another Rainy Night
* Empire
* Jet City Woman
The Miracles

## genres

* pop rock
* soft rock

## significance

* numerous hit singles with *The Tears of a Clown* being a chart topper
* four hit albums
* two hit compilations
* member Smokey Robinson would go on to have a successful solo career

## recommended songs

* You've Really Got a Hold on Me
* Mickey's Monkey
* Come On Do the Jerk
* Ooo Baby Baby
* The Tracks of My Tears
* I Second That Emotion
* The Tears of a Clown

## note

Initially only Robinson was inducted. However, many years later it was discovered that at the time of his nomination, his first solo record had been released fewer than 25 years prior, thus violating the Hall's eligibility rule. The Hall had assumed that his earlier work with the Miracles also counted, but it was determined that his solo career was seperate. Thus a special committee was created to induct the Miracles as well as several other neglected backing groups.
The Psychedelic Furs

## Genres

* post punk
* alternative

## Significance

* They had two gold studio albums with *Midnight to Midnight* being a hit.
* They had five dance hits.
* They had five rock hits.
* They provided the theme song to the film *Pretty in Pink*. The song was nearly a top forty hit.
* Their song *Heartbreak Beat* was a hit single.

## Trivia

They were named after The Velvet Underground song *Venus in Furs.*

## Recommended Songs

* Pretty in Pink
* Love My Way
* The Ghost in You (Inside You the Time Moves)
* Heartbreak Beat
* Heaven
Rage Against the Machine

## genres

* rap metal
* funk metal
* hardcore punk
* hard rock
* funk rock

## significance

* all of their albums have gone platinum
* several rock hits with *Guerrilla Radio* a minor pop hit
* two gold video albums with their debut video album going double platinum and *Live at Finsbury Park* also a hit
* numerous awards and accolades

## trivia

* parodied by Weird Al Yankovic
* helped create a fusion of rock and rap

## recommended songs

Sleep Now in the Fire

Bulls on Parade
R.E.M.

## Genres

* college rock
* post punk
* hard rock
* alternative

## Significance

* Five of their albums went gold, two platinum, *Green* going double platinum, three straight going four times platinum, and three others also hits.
* Their acoustic album *Unplugged* was a hit.
* Their album *In Time* went platinum.
* Most of their video albums were hits, with two of them being chart toppers and three of them going gold.
* They had numerous hit singles, with *Losing My Religion* being their biggest at number four.

## Trivia

* Although obviously not a love song, *The One I Love* has ironically been a popular love dedication due to the opening line "This one goes out to the one I love".
* *Shiny Happy People* has been a popular song despite the band's hatred of it.
* They were named for "rapid eye movement", the process that creates dreams.
* *Orange Crush* is about a football player going off to Vietnam, playing on both the classic soda and a nickname for Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the war.
* they were parodied by Weird Al Yankovic

## Recommended Albums

* Document
* Murmur
* Green
* Lifes Rich Pageant
* Reckoning
* Automatic for the People
* Out of Time

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Losing My Religion
* It's the End of the World As We Know It
* The One I Love
* Stand
* Orange Crush
* Man on the Moon
* The Great Beyond
* Superman
* Shiny Happy People
* Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)

### Other

* Ages of You
* Gardening at Night
* What's the Frequency Kenneth?
* Talk About the Passion
* I Walked With a Zombie
* So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
* Wolves, Lower (squishing yourself)
* Can't Get There From Here
* Radio Free Europe
The Ronettes

## significance

* five hit singles with *Be My Baby* their biggest at number two
* numerous awards and accolades
* multiple halls of fame
* member Ronnie Spector's husband Phil Spector is best known for creating the Wall of Sound, which provided a more operatic sound
* *Be My Baby* is sampled in the Eddie Money hit *Take Me Home Tonight*
T. Rex

## genres

* glam rock
* hard rock

## significance

* phenomenal in their native Britain
* two hit albums
* single *Get it On* made it to number ten
* the artwork for album *Electric Warrior* formed part of the basis for the logo of the Sirius station Hair Nation
* referended in The Who song *You Better You Bet*
* their *Children of the Revolution* was successfully covered by Violent Femmes
* believed to be the original glam band
* Get it On was successfully covered by The Power Station

## Recommended songs

* Get It On
* Children of the Revolution
* Jeepster
The Meters

## significance

* two hit singles
* two of their albums were placed on *Rolling Stone Magazine*'s "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"
* influenced Grateful Dead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, Widespread Panic, and numerous other artists.
* considered originators of funk
* appeared on *Saturday Night Live*

## Trivia

* member Zigaboo Modeliste toured with Keith Richards and Ron Wood, formerly of The Rolling Stones
* Modeliste along with members Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr. performed with Phish keyboardist Page McConnell
* worked with Paul McCartney
* Their music has been used in film, in video games, and on television.
* Backing musicians for Lee Dorsey, Robert Palmer, and Dr. John
The Doors

## Genres

* blues rock
* psychedelic rock
* soft rock
* jazz rock
* blue eyed soul
* folk rock
* hard rock
* garage rock

## Significance

* They had five platinum albums, *L.A. Woman* went double platinum, and their debut album went four times platinum with *Other Voices* also a hit.
* They had two gold live albums and one platinum.
* five gold compilations, *13* went platinum, *Greatest Hits* went double platinum after being released onto compact disc and triple platinum in vinyl form, and *The Best of* went diamond.
* *The Doors: Original Soundtrack Recording* went platinum.
* Their first box set went platinum.
* They had numerous hit singles, with *Light My Fire* and *Hello, I Love You* being chart toppers.
* Several of their video albums went at least gold.
* They were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

## Trivia

* Their work has been used in film and on television.
* They provided the counterculture staples *The Unknown Soldier* and *The End.*
* Their song *Break On Through* features a line which had to be censored, making the uncensored versions rare and valuable.
* The documentary *When You're Strange* was made about them.
* Their song *Riders on the Storm* is often noted for its use of thunder sound effects.
* Their frontman Jim Morrison adopted the nickname Mr. Mojo Risin', an anagram of his name.
* All of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* Their song *Waiting for the Sun* is actually on Morrison Hotel rather than the album *Waiting for the Sun.*
* They were parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.

## Recommended Albums

* The Doors
* The Soft Parade
* L.A. Woman
* Waiting for the Sun
* Morrison Hotel
* Strange Days

## Recommended Songs

### Top Ten

* Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
* L.A. Woman
* Waiting for the Sun
* Soul Kitchen
* People are Strange
* Love Her Madly
* Twentieth Century Fox
* Roadhouse Blues (Keep Your Eyes on the Road)
* Touch Me
* Peace Frog (Blood in the Streets)

### Favorites

* Light My Fire
* Love Me Two Times
* Break on Through
* Hello, I Love You
* Love Street
* Take it as it Comes
* When the Music's Over
* Moonlight Drive
* Back Door Man
* Strange Days
* The End

### Other

* Crystal Ship
* Five to One
* Spanish Caravan
* The Unknown Soldier
* Gloria
* The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
* Wild Child
* Runnin' Blue
* You're Lost Little Girl
* Wishful Sinful
Soundgarden

## Genres

* grunge
* hard rock
* alternative

## Significance

* They had three platinum studio albums with *King Animal* also being a hit.
* Their compilation album *A-Sides* went gold and *Telephantasm* went platinum.
* They had numerous rock hits.

## Trivia

* Cornell provided the theme music to the James Bond film *Casino Royale.*
* They were a part of the Seattle sound of the early nineties.
* Late frontman Chris Cornell also played for Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, the latter of which he founded after his friend Andrew Wood died of a drug overdose.
* Cornell would go on to have a successful solo career.

## Recommended Albums

* Superunknown
* Badmotorfinger
* Down on the Upside
* Fortissimo

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Black Hole Sun
* Spoonman
* Fell on Black Days
* Black Rain
* Outshined (Show Me the Power Child)
* Burden in My Hand
* Pretty Noose
* The Day I Tried to Live

### Other

* My Wave
* Blow Up the Outside World
* Bleed Together
* Live to Rise
* Been Away too Long
* By Crooked Steps
* 4th of July
Stray Cats

## Genres

* rockabilly revival
* country rock

## Significance

* Their album *Built for Speed* was nearly a chart-topper and *Rant 'N Rave* was also a hit.
* They had four hit singles with *Stray Cat Strut* being their biggest hit at number three.

## Trivia

* Their frontman Brian Setzer would go on to form the Brian Setzer Orchestra and participate in the swing revival of the late nineties.
* Some of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* They were the leaders of the rockabilly revival of the eighties.

## Recommended Albums

* Built for Speed
* Rant 'n' Rave with the Stray Cats
* Stray Cats
* Gonna Ball

## Recommended Songs

* Stray Cat Strut
* Rock This Town
* Runaway Boys
* Sexy and Seventeen
* Rumble in Brighton
* Bring it Back Again
* Look at that Cadillac
Sopwith Camel

## genres

* hard rock
* psychedelic rock
* garage rock

## significance

* two members went on to perform on the Norman Greenbaum hit *Spirit in the Sky,* one later joining Blue Cheer
* part of the San Francisco sound
* Their song *Frantic Desolation* was recognized in a book on the psychedelic era published by the Hall of Fame
* producer Eric Jacobson also produced for The Lovin' Spoonful
Steve Miller Band

## Genres

* country rock
* blues rock
* jazz rock
* soft rock
* folk rock
* psychedelic rock
* garage rock
* heartland rock
* hard rock

## Significance

* They had two gold studio albums and three platinum with *The Joker* and *Book of Dreams* being their biggest hits at number two each. *Fly Like an Eagle* and *Abracadabra* made it to number three. *Circle of Love* and *Bingo!* were also hits.
* Their compilation *Greatest Hits 1974-78* went diamond. Three other compilations went gold.
* They had several hit singles, three becoming chart toppers.
* They performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival of 1967.
* Their members included Boz Scaggs.

## Trivia

* Their song *Fly Like an Eagle* was famously covered by the soul musician Seal for the animated/live action hybrid film *Space Jam.*
* Their song *Jet Airliner* had a word censored for airplay, making the originals rare and valuable. The originals also have breathing effects which were edited out of later versions.
* Their song *Space Cowboy* influenced later alternative band Smash Mouth's hit *Walkin' on the Sun.*
* They were a part of the Haigh-Ashbury Sound of the sixties and seventies, although Miller himself is from Michigan.
* They were awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
* Many of their hits have since become classic rock staples.

## Recommended Albums

* Fly Like an Eagle
* Book of Dreams
* Brave New World
* The Joker

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* The Joker
* Fly Like an Eagle
* Jet Airliner
* Take the Money and Run
* Jungle Love
* Space Cowboy
* Rock'n Me
* Swingtown
* Living in the USA

### Other

* Abracadabra
* My Dark Hour
* Dime-A-Dance Romance
* Can't You Hear Your Daddy's Heartbeat
* Brave New World
* Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash
* Wild Mountain Honey
* Dear Mary
* Little Girl

## Notes

* Only Steve Miller himself was inducted into the actual Hall of Fame. Scaggs has been considered as a solo artist, but not inducted himself. If the entire Steve Miller Band was to be inducted, it would be Scaggs' first time. Only inducting Steve confused fans and received some criticism.
* Although the band is from California, they are counted here as heartland rock because Miller is from the Midwest.
Stevie Nicks

## genres

* hard rock
* country rock
* folk rock
* soft rock
* pop rock

## significance

* formerly of Fleetwood Mac
* four straight platinum albums and two gold with the next two also being hits
* numerous hit singles, including a collaboration with Tom Petty and another with Don Henley
* guest appearances on a song by Bob Dylan and one by Kenny Loggins as well as one by Sheryl Crow
* has appeared in various film and video game soundtracks
* *Edge of Seventeen* has become a classic rock staple
* parodied by Weird Al Yankovic

## recommended songs

* Edge of Seventeen
* Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
The Pointer Sisters

## significance

* five gold albums with *Contact* going platinum and *Break Out* going triple platinum with *Steppin'* also being a hit
* numerous hit singles
* part of the USA for Africa charity supergroup
* part of the Haight-Ashbury sound
* provided the song for the "Pinball Number Count" cartoon for the popular preschool show *Sesame Street*
* Vocal Group Hall of Fame

## recommended songs

* Yes We Can Can
* How Long
* Fire
* Automatic
The O'Jays

## genres

* funk
* pop rock
* soft rock
* jazz rock

## significance

* five gold albums and four platinum with *The Year 2000* also a hit
* their live album went gold
* nine hit singles
* member Sammy Strain was also inducted into the actual Hall of Fame as a member of The Imperials
* their *For the Love of Money* was used as the theme song for reality show *The Apprentice*

## recommended songs

* Use ta Be My Girl
* For the Love of Money
* Back Stabbers
Red Hot Chili Peppers

## Genres

* alternative
* funk rock
* hard rock
* rap rock
* funk metal
* rap metal

## Significance

* Most of their studio albums went at least gold.
* Two of their compilations went platinum.
* Numerous hit singles, several going at least gold. Their biggest is *Under the Bridge* at number two.
* Two video albums went gold and one platinum.

## trivia

* They helped pioneer rap-rock.
* They performed at the Woodstock silver anniversary festival.
* They were part of the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show.

## Recommended Albums

* Blood Sugar Sex Magik
* Californication
* By the Way

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Higher Ground
* Under the Bridge (I Don't Ever Wanna See)
* Californication
* Can't Stop
* By the Way
* Soul to Squeeze
* Give it Away

### Other

* Otherside
* Dani California
* Scar Tissue
* Snow (Hey-Oh)
* Around the World
* Road Trippin'
The Doobie Brothers

## Genres

* country rock
* blue eyed soul
* soft rock
* jazz rock
* folk rock

## Significance

* They had three gold albums, three platinum, two double platinum, and *Minute By Minute* going triple platinum with two others also hits.
* Their compilation *Best of the Doobies, Vol. II* went gold while Volume One went diamond. *Listen to the Music* was also a hit.
* They had numerous hit singles, with *Black Water* being a chart-topper.

## Trivia

* They are a part of the Haight-Ashbury sound of the sixties and seventies.
* Most of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* Their song *China Grove* uses the clavé sound first popularized by Bo Diddley.

## Recommended Albums

* What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
* Toulouse Street
* Minute By Minute
* Takin' it to the Streets
* The Captain and Me
* Livin' on the Fault Line
* Stampede
* The Doobie Brothers

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Long Train Runnin' (Without Love)
* Listen to the Music
* Black Water
* China Grove
* Jesus is Just Alright
* Rockin' Down the Highway
* Takin' it to the Streets
* Sweet Maxine

### Other

* What a Fool Believes
* Minute By Minute
* It Keeps You Runnin'
* Another Park, Another Sunday
* Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me)
* I Cheat the Hangman
* Dependin' On You
Prince and the Revolution

## genres

* funk rock
* glam rock
* neo-psychedelia
* pop rock

## significance

* numerous hit singles, including several chart toppers
* many of his albums have gone at least gold, with *Purple Rain* going diamond
* most of his compilations went platinum
* Hollywood Walk of Fame

## trivia

* changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol for awhile, forcing people to refer to him as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince"
* provided the Super Bowl XLI halftime show
* his music has been used in film

## note

Only Prince was inducted into the actual Hall of Fame, with no backing group.

## Recommended songs

* Little Red Corvette
* (Party Like It's) 1999
* Controversy
* When Doves Cry
* Let's Go Crazy
* Raspberry Beret
The Mamas and the Papas

## Genres

* folk rock
* soft rock
* pop rock

## Significance

* Four hit albums, with *If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears* being a chart-topper.
* they were a Monterey performer
* numerous hit singles, with *Monday, Monday* being a chart topper
* *The Best of* was a hit
* parodied in the Peter, Paul, and Mary novelty hit *I Dig Rock and Roll Music*

## Recommended songs

* California Dreamin'
* Monday Monday
* Dream a Little Dream of Me
* Creeque Alley (No one's gettin' fat 'cept Mama Cass)
* I Saw Her Again Last Night
* Words of Love
* Go Where You Wanna Go
* Dedicated to the One I Love
Savoy Brown

## genres

* blues rock
* psychedelic rock
* hard rock
* garage rock

## significance

* two hit albums and three minor hits
* member Roger Earl went on to form Foghat. Bill Bruford went on to become a part of Yes. Dave Walker later joined Fleetwood Mac. Andy Pyle played with Jethro Tull and The Kinks. Paul Raymond played for UFO. John Humphrey played for many major artists.
* part of the British invasion
Tears for Fears

## genres

* post punk
* alternative
* pop rock
* new romantic

## significance

* *Songs from the Big Chair* went five times platinum, *The Seeds of Love* went platinum, two others went gold, and *Raoul and the King of Spain* nearly made the top forty
* Compilation *Tears Roll Down* went platinum.
* Numerous hit singles with two chart toppers and *Shout* going gold

## trivia

* *Shout* is noted for its rebellious lyrics and its industrial instrumental part
* Their hit *Mad World* was successfully covered by indie folk musician Gary Jules.
* Because of the emotional delivery of *Shout,* it has been mistaken as an emo song. Gary Jules' cover of *Mad World* has also been described as emo because of its solemn delivery.

## recommended songs

* Shout
* Everybody Wants to Rule the World
* Mad World
* Head Over Heels
* Change
* Pale Shelter

## note

although often found on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized as such here because I define new wave as any band with a style similar to that of Talking Heads, Devo, or The B-52's
Roy Orbison

## Genres

* rockabilly
* country rock
* rock and roll
* pop rock

## Significance

* He had four hit albums, two going platinum and *In Dreams* going gold.
* He had three gold compilations with *All-Time Greatest Hits* going platinum.
* He had numerous hit singles with *Running Scared* and *Oh, Pretty Woman* being chart-toppers.
* He is considered one of the greatest artists of all time by *Rolling Stone Magazine.*
* His song *Pretty Woman* was covered successfully by Van Halen.
* He is a Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee.

## Trivia

The recurring boss Roy Koopa of the Mario franchise was named for and designed after Roy Orbison.

## Recommended Songs

* Pretty Woman
* Only the Lonely
* Running Scared
* Dream Baby
The Cure

## Genres

* post punk
* alternative
* goth rock
* hard rock

## Significance

* They had two gold studio albums and three platinum.
* They had two platinum compilations with *Galore* going gold.
* They had three hit singles with *Lovesong* as their biggest hit at number two.
* They had three promo hits.
* They had four platinum video albums with *Picture Show* going gold.

## Recommended Albums

* Disintegration
* Pornography
* Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
* Wish
* Faith

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Lovesong
* Friday I'm In Love
* Pictures of You
* In Between Days (Go On)
* Lullaby (The Spiderman Comes)
* Just Like Heaven
* Close to Me
* Charlotte Sometimes
* Boys Don't Cry
* Fascination Street
* A Night Like This
* Jumping Someone Else's Train

### Other

* A Letter to Elise
* A Forest (See Into the Trees)
* Primary
* Purple Haze
* The Hanging Garden
* Burn
* Play for Today
* The Walk
* Let's Go to Bed
* The Love Cats
* Hot Hot Hot!!! (Hey Hey Hey)
Eurythmics

## Genres

* synthrock
* alternative
* new romantic
* post punk
* pop rock

## Significance

* Three gold albums and two platinum with *We Too Are One* also a hit
* Their greatest hits went triple platinum
* ten hit singles with *Sweet Dreams* a chart topper which also went gold
* Lead vocalist Annie Lennox would go on to have a successful solo career.
* they collaborated with Aretha Franklin

## Note

although often featured on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized as such here because I define new wave as any band with a style similar to that of The B-52's, Devo, or Talking Heads
The Black Crowes

## Genres

* Southern rock
* blues rock revival
* hard rock
* country rock
* folk rock
* soft rock

## Significance

* They had two platinum studio albums and one gold.
* The rest of their albums were hits.
* They had two gold live albums.
* The compilation *Croweology* was a hit.
* They had numerous hit singles with *Hard to Handle* being their biggest hit at number 26.
* They had several rock chart-toppers.
* They are noted for their collaboration with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin.
* They helped revive Southern rock in the early nineties.

## Recommended Albums

* Amorica
* Shake Your Money Maker
* The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

## Recommended Songs

* She Talks to Angels
* Remedy
* Hard to Handle
* Jealous Again
* Thorn in My Pride
* Twice as Hard
* Seing Things
* Been a Long Time
* Meet Me in the Morning
The Fuzztones

## genres

* garage rock revival
* neo-psychedelia
* hard rock

## significance

* the only 1980s garage rock revival band to sign to a major record label
* they have been featured on compilations such as *Children of Nuggets*, which features garage rock revival bands and is named for the *Nuggets* series of sixties garage rock compilations
Rick James

## genres

funk

soft rock

## significance

* two gold albums, two platinum, *Bustin' Out of L Seven* going double platinum, *Come Get It!* going triple platinum, and *Street Songs* going seven times platinum and five others being hits
* compilation *Reflections* was almost a hit
* five hit singles
* His hit *Super Freak* was sampled in the MC Hammer hit *U Can't Touch This*

## recommended songs

Mary Jane

Super Freak
Survivor

## Significance

* They are best known for *Eye of the Tiger*, used in the Rocky film series, along with several other hits. The song was their lone chart topper.
* They had two platinum studio albums.
* They had numerous hit singles with *Eye of the Tiger* as their lone chart-topper.
* Some of their songs have since become classic rock staples.
* They were parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.

## Recommended Albums

* Eye of the Tiger
* Vital Signs

## Recommended Songs

* Eye of the Tiger
* Burning Heart
* I Can't Hold Back
* High on You
Primus

## genres

* alternative
* alternative metal
* hard rock

## significance

* two platinum albums with *Tales from the Punchbowl* going gold and three others being hits
* video album *Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People* went platinum while *Hallucino-Genetics* went gold
* five rock hits

## recommended songs

Jerry Was a Race Car Driver

Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
Supertramp

## Genres

* progressive rock
* pop rock

## Significance

* They had three gold studio albums with *Breakfast in America* going four times platinum and *Brother Where You Bound* also a hit.
* Their live album *Paris* went gold.
* Their compilation *The Autobiography* went platinum.
* They had numerous hit singles with *The Logical Song* being their biggest hit at number six.

## Trivia

* Many of their hits have since become classic rock staples.

## Recommended Albums

* Breakfast in America
* Even in the Quietest Moments
* Crime of the Century
* Indelibly Stamped
* Crisis? What Crisis?
* Supertramp
* ...Famous Last Words...

## Recommended Songs

* The Logical Song
* Give a Little Bit
* Take the Long Way Home
* Goodbye Stranger
* Dreamer
* Bloody Well Right
* Breakfast in America
* School
The Greg Kihn Band

## genres

* power pop
* pop rock
* hard rock

## significance

* three hit albums
* three hit singles with four additional rock hits
* parodied by Weird Al Yankovic

## recommended albums

* Kihnspiracy
* Next of Kihn
* Citizen Kihn
* Greg Kihn Again
* RocKihnRoll
* Kihn of Hearts
* Love Rock and Roll
* Kihntinued
* Glass House Rock
* Mutiny
* Horror Show

## recommended songs

* The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)
* Jeopardy
* Love Rock and Roll
* Happy Man
* Lucky
* Sheila
* Testify
* Reunited
Stevie Wonder

## genres

* funk
* soft rock
* pop rock
* psychedelic rock
* psychedelic soul

## significance

* he had numerous hit singles, including many chart toppers and two going gold
* numerous collaborations
* three gold albums, two platinum, *In Square Circle* went double platinum, and *Songs in the Key of Life* went diamond with two others also hits
* two gold compilations and two platinum with two others also hits
* his hit *Higher Ground* was successfully covered by Red Hot Chili Peppers
* part of the Super Bowl XXXII halftime show
* part of the USA for Africa charity supergroup

## recommended songs

* Isn't She Lovely
* Superstition
* Signed, Sealed, Delivered
* Part-Time Lover
* You Are the Sunshine of My Life
* My Cherie Amour
* Higher Ground
* For Once in My Life
* I Was Made to Love Her
* Uptight
The Pretenders

## genres

* punk
* hard rock
* alternative
* post punk
* pop punk
* pop rock

## Significance

* three gold albums and two platinum
* The EP *Extended Play* was a hit
* compilation *The Singles* went gold
* Numerous rock hits and several hit singles
* provided the song *Where Has Everybody Gone* for the Bond film *The Living Daylights*

## recommended songs

### favorites

* My City Was Gone (Back to Ohio)
* I'll Stand By You
* Back on the Chain Gang
* Brass in Pocket
* Don't Get Me Wrong
* Stop Your Sobbing
* Precious

### other

* Talk of the Town
* The Wait
* Mystery Achievement
* Private Live
* The Adultress
* Dear Prudence
* Time the Avenger
Ray Charles

## Genres

* rock and roll
* blues rock

## Significance

* He had numerous hit albums.
* He had numerous hit singles with *What'd I Say* being his biggest at number six.
* *Georgia on My Mind* is the state song of Georgia.
* He was a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inaugural inductee.

## Recommended Songs

* Hit the Road Jack
* Georgia on My Mind
* I Can't Stop Loving You
* I Got a Woman
* Unchain My Heart
* What'd I Say
The Jesus and Mary Chain

## genres

* post punk
* neo-psychedelia
* alternative

## significance

* phenomenal in their native Britain
* *Stoned and Dethroned* was a minor hit
* several rock hits including *Blues from a Gun* as a chart topper
* member Bobby Gillespie went on to become a member of Primal Scream

## recommended songs

* Head On
* Just Like Honey
* Happy When it Rains
* Far Gone and Out
* Sometimes Always
* Sidewalking
Ramones

## Genres

* punk
* hard rock
* rockabilly revival
* alternative

## Significance

* Their debut album went gold.
* The compilation *Ramones Mania* went gold.
* Soundtrack *Too Tough to Die* went gold.

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Blitzkrieg Bop
* I Wanna Be Sedated
* Sheena is a Punk Rocker
* California Sun
* Rock 'n' Roll High School
* Beat on the Brat

### Other

* The KKK Took My Baby Away
* Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
* Needles & Pins
* I Want You Around
* We Want the Airwaves
* Psycho Therapy
The Drifters

## genres

* doo wop
* soft rock
* pop rock
* rock and roll

## significance

* members include Clyde McPhatter
* numerous hit singles with *Save the Last Dance for Me* a number one
* member Ben E. King went on to have a successful solo career

## recommended songs

* Honey Love
* Save the Last Dance for Me
* On Broadway
* Under the Boardwalk
* Money Honey
* Such a Night
* Up on the Roof
* There Goes My Baby
* Ruby Baby
Simple Minds

## Genres

* alternative
* Postt punk

## Significance

* Album *Once Upon a Time* went gold with five others being minor hits
* Their first live album was a minor hit
* Five hit singles
* Phenomenal in their native Britain

## recommended songs

* Alive and Kicking
* Don't You (Forget About Me)

## note

although often found on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized as such here because I define new wave as any band with a style similar to that of Talking Heads, Devo, or The B-52's
The Moody Blues

## Genres

* psychedelic rock
* progressive rock
* hard rock
* pop rock
* power pop
* folk rock

## Significance

* They had four gold albums, six platinum, and three others also hits.
* They had three gold compilations.
* Their live album *A Night at Red Rocks* went gold with *Caught Live + 5* also being a hit.
* their *A Night at Red Rocks* was also a gold video album.
* They had numerous hit singles with *Nights in White Satin* being their biggest hit at number two.

## Trivia

* They provided the counterculture staple *Question.*
* Many of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* They were a part of the British Invasion of the sixties.
* They are often noted for their symphonic sound.

## Recommended Albums

* Days of Future Passed
* On the Threshold of a Dream
* In Search of the Lost Chord
* A Question of Balance
* Seventh Sojourn
* To Our Children's Children's Children
* Long Distance Voyager

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Nights in White Satin
* Tuesday Afternoon
* Question
* Ride My See-Saw
* I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)
* Lovely to See You
* The Voice (Oh, Won't You Tell Me Again?)
* It's Up to You
* Steppin' in a Slide Zone
* Gemini Dream
* Your Wildest Dreams
* Say it With Love
* Gypsy (of a Strange and Distant Time)

### Other

* Go Now
* Here Comes the Weekend
* Saved by the Music
* Never Comes the Day
* The Eyes of a Child, Part 2
* Send Me No Wine
* Om
* Isn't Life Strange
* The Story in Your Eyes
* I Know You're Out There Somewhere
* No More Lies
* Sitting at the Wheel
* Minstrel's Song
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

## Genres

* blues rock revival
* Southern rock
* hard rock

## Significance

* All of his studio albums went platinum.
* Two of his live albums went gold while concert album *Live Alive* went platinum.
* His box set went gold.
* Two of his posthumous compilations went platinum and one gold.
* He had numerous rock hits.
* When first introduced by blues legend Albert King, Vaughan was so talented he even impressed King.
* He collaborated with various artists including James Brown, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, and Dick Dale.
* He had two platinum video albums and two double platinum.

## Trivia

* He was often noted for his extremely accomplished guitar playing.
* He was the brother of Jimmie Vaughan of The Fabulous Thunderbirds, with whom he sometimes performed.
* Some of his hits have since become classic rock staples.
* He was the leader and initiator of the blues rock revival of the late eighties.
* He was often noted for his fancy image, complete with a nice hat.
* He participated in the rockabilly revival of the eighties.

## Note

Initially, only Stevie Ray Vaughan was nominated, without his backing group. During voting, the public ballot was changed to add Double Trouble. This also secured his chances at induction.

## Recommended Albums

* Texas Flood
* Couldn't Stand the Weather
* The Sky is Crying

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Pride and Joy
* The House is Rockin'
* Tightrope
* Love Struck Baby
* Texas Flood
* Taxman
* Crossfire (I Am Stranded)
* I'm Cryin'

### Other

* Little Wing
* Cold Shot
* Things That I Used to Do
* Pipeline
* Voodoo Child
* Look at Little Sister
* The Sky is Crying
The Church

## genres

* post punk
* neo-psychedelia
* alternative

## significance

* Album *Starfish* went gold and nearly made the top forty. *Gold Afternoon Fix* was a minor hit. Two others were also on the top 200.
* several rock hits with *Under the Milky Way* a pop hit at number 24
* phenomenal in their native Australia

## recommended songs

* Under the Milky Way
* North, South, East, and West
* Reptile (Go, Go, Now, You've Been Set Free)
* Destination
* Metropolis
R.E.O. Speedwagon

## Genres

* hard rock
* pop rock
* power pop
* heartland rock

## Significance

* They had three gold studio albums and five platinum with *Hi Infidelity* going nine times platinum.
* Their live album *You Get What You Pay For* went platinum while *Extended Versions* went gold.
* They had two platinum compilations with *The Second Decade* going gold.
* They had numerous hit singles, two being chart toppers.

## Trivia

* They participated in the rockabilly revival of the eighties.
* Their member Dave Amato also played for the group Player.
* Most of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* Their name comes from a 19th century horseless carriage from the ancestor to Oldsmobile.

## Recommended Albums

* Hi Infidelity
* Ridin' the Storm Out
* R.E.O.
* Wheels are Turnin'
* You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
* Nine Lives

## Recommended Songs

* Can't Fight This Feeling
* Keep on Loving You
* Take it on the Run
* Time for Me to Fly
* Roll With the Changes
* In Your Letter
* Ridin' the Storm Out
* 157 Riverside Avenue
Was (Not Was)

## genres

* new wave
* alternative

## significance

* Album *What Up, Dog?* was nearly a top forty hit, with two others being minor hits
* numerous hit singles with *Walk the Dinosaur* as their biggest at number seven
* *What Up, Dog?* was ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time by *Rolling Stone Magazine*
* Elvis Costello is credited as one of their writers
The J. Geils Band

## Genres

* power pop
* hard rock
* pop rock
* blue eyed soul

## significance

* Three gold albums with *Freeze-Frame* going platinum and two others being hits
* two gold live albums with *Blow Your Face Out* also a hit
* *House Party: Live in Germany* was a hit video album
* they had numerous hit singles with *Centerfold* a number one

## recommended songs

* Centerfold
* Freeze Frame
* Love Stinks
* Must of Got Lost
* Give it to Me
* Homework
* Ice Breaker
* Whammer Jammer
Simon and Garfunkel

## Genres

* folk rock
* soft rock
* pop rock

## Significance

* All of their albums went platinum.
* Live album *The Concert in Central Park* went double platinum.
* Most of their compilations have gone at least gold with *Greatest Hits* going diamond.
* their soundtrack to *The Graduate* went double platinum.
* They had numerous hit singles, some going gold.
* They performed at the Monterey Pop Festival of 1969.

## Trivia

* referenced in the Rush song *The Spirit of Radio*
* Paul Simon went on to have a successful solo career.
* Part of the Greenwich Village sound
* Their song *The Boxer* has the chorus "lie la lie" said multiple times. Some people thought at first that it meant the story was a lie, but Simon claimed that it meant he was out of lyrics. It can be interpreted as a variant of la-la's.

## recommended songs

### Favorites

* The Sound of Silence
* Bridge Over Troubled Water
* Mrs. Robinson
* Cecilia
* Homeward Bound
* I Am a Rock
* Scarborough Fair
* The Boxer (lie la lie)
* 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

### Other

* America
* Old Friends/Bookends
* April Come She Will
* The Only Living Boy in New York
* At the Zoo
* A Hazy Shade of Winter
* Baby Driver (I Wonder How Your Engines Feel)
* Why Don't You Write Me
* Richard Gory
Social Distortion

## genres

* punk
* power pop
* pop punk
* pop rock
* hard rock

## significance

* a major influence on Green Day
* two gold albums with three others being hits
* *Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes* was a top five hit
* Their greatest hits was an indie hit
* Several hits on the alternative chart with *I Was Wrong* being a minor pop hit
* Their only video album went gold

## recommended songs

* Ring of Fire
* Story of My Life
The Troggs

## genres

* garage rock
* hard rock
* psychedelic rock

## significance

* Album *Wild Thing* was a minor hit
* Two hit singles with *I Can't Control Myself* almost making the top forty. *Wild Thing* was a chart topper.
* Phenomenal in Europe.
* *Wild Thing* was covered by The Jimi Hendrix Experience at Monterey
* Influenced Ramones, Buzzcocks, MC5, and R.E.M.
* British invasion
Wilbert Harrison

## significance

* *Kansas City* was a chart-topping single and went gold. *Let's Work Together* was also a hit and was successfully covered by Canned Heat and The Kentucky Headhunters.
* *Kansas City* was declared by *Rolling Stone Magazine* to be "one of the songs that shaped rock and roll". It was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
* North Carolina Music Hall of Fame
The Edgar Winter Group

## genres

* blues rock
* Southern rock
* hard rock

## Significance

* his brother Johnny also had a significant career
* three hit albums
* performed with Ronnie Montrose of Montrose
* their work has been used in video gaming
* some of their songs have become classic rock staples

## recommended songs

* Frankenstein
* Free Ride
* Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo
* White Man's Blues