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Lynyrd Skynyrd

## Genres

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

## Significance

* They had four platinum studio albums and one gold.
* Their live album *One More From the Road* went triple platinum and *Live from Steel Town* went gold.
* Many of their compilations went at least gold.
* They had numerous hit singles.
* Four of their video albums went gold.

## Trivia

* Although the classic lineup died in a plane crash in the late seventies, Johnny Van Zant continues to tour with the band. Johnny is the brother of lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, who died in the crash, and Donnie Van Zant, who founded .38 Special.
* They provided the anti-drug song *The Needle and the Spoon* and the anti-gun song *Saturday Night Special.* The song *That Smell* is also anti-vice.
* They were tributed in the Kid Rock hit *All Summer Long*, which uses the same riff as *Sweet Home Alabama*.
* They were often noted for their ballad *Free Bird*, played at the end of every concert and popular for its epic solo.
* Most of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* Their music has been used in film.
* They are often considered to be the definitive Southern rock band.

## Recommended Albums

* Second Helping
* Pronounced
* Nuthin' Fancy
* Street Survivors
* Gimme Back My Bullets

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Sweet Home Alabama
* Free Bird
* Simple Man
* Call Me the Breeze
* That Smell
* Gimme Three Steps
* What's Your Name?
* Saturday Night Special
* Gimme Back My Bullets
* The Needle and the Spoon
* Don't Ask Me No Questions

### Other

* All I Can Do is Write About It
* You Got That Right
* Swamp Music (Hound Dog)
* Comin' Home
* The Ballad of Curtis Loew
* Double Trouble
* Down South Junkin'
* Whiskey Rock-A-Roller
* Tuesday's Gone
* On the Hunt
* I Know a Little

## Note

When inducted, the classic lineup was honored instead of the modern band led by Johnny Van Zandt.
Rico/Relationships

List of **Rico's relationships** throughout *The Penguins of Madagascar* television series and the *Madagascar* film series.

## Family

### Skipper

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Rico and Skipper have known each other since they were kids and are brothers. They, along with Kowalski and private come together as their own family. Rico is undoubtedly loyal to Skipper, and looks to him truly as the leader of their company. They also share a love of destruction together, seeing that Skipper let Rico use dynamite for them to escape Nana's home after rescuing Private. However, Rico cannot go without blowing something up if he over reacts with it.

### Kowalski

Rico and Kowalski are also brothers and have a strong familial bond.

### Private

Rico cares about Private a great deal ever since they saved him when Private was just an egg. Rico also grieved when he, Skipper and Kowalski believed their younger brother parished by Dave's medusa serum and later hugs him when realizing Private is alive indeed.

## Romances

### Mrs. Perky

Mrs. Perky is Rico's doll girlfriend, defining her to be real in his own mind. He did depart with Mrs. Perky and gave her to a girl who lost the same doll and replaces her with the identical one.
Jerry Lee Lewis

## Genres

* rockabilly
* country rock
* rock and roll
* blues rock

## Significance

* He had six hit singles, with *Great Balls of Fire* being his biggest hit at number two.
* He was a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inaugural inductee.
* He was awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
* He is a Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee.
* He had numerous country hits.

## Trivia

* He rivaled Elvis Presley in the fifties.
* He was often noted for his wild playing style, including the ability to play without looking.

## Recommended Songs

* Great Balls of Fire
* Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
* Real Wild Child
* Breathless
* High School Confidential
* What'd I Say
George Strait

## significance

* most of his albums have gone platinum with two going gold and two others being hits
* most of his compilations have gone platinum with *22 More Hits* going gold and *Strait Out of the Box, Part 2* also a hit
* live album *For the Last Time* went gold
* two platinum holiday albums with *Merry Christmas Wherever You Are* going gold
* his soundtrack to *Pure Country* went six times platinum
Orleans

## genres

* soft rock
* folk rock
* country rock

## significance

* founding member John Hall wrote the Janis Joplin song *Half Moon*
* Hall performed with Santana
* they were called the "best unrecorded band in America" by *Rolling Stone Magazine*
* Orleans performed with Stephen Stills, formerly of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, and Nash, as well as Chicago
* performed at the Woodstock silver anniversary concert
* opened for Fleetwood Mac, R.E.O. Speedwagon, and Pat Benatar
* three pop hits with two minor hits
* *Forever* was an adult contemporary hit

## recommended songs

* Dance With Me
* Still the One
Iggy Pop

## genres

* punk
* post punk
* progressive rock
* hard rock
* glam rock
* shock rock

## significance

* formerly of The Stooges
* four albums were minor hits with *Post Pop Depression* making it to number seventeen
* two dance hits and several rock hits with *Candy* making it to number 28 on the pop charts
* phenomenal in Britain
* recurring Mario boss Iggy Koopa was named for and designed after Iggy Pop
Main Page

This is my fantasy Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been criticized for inducting artists whose music is not primarily a form of rock (e.g. choosing Grandmaster Flash over The Dave Clark Five) and neglecting backing groups (e.g. inducting Bob Seger without the Silver Bullet Band), among other criticisms. They have made up for such acts occasionally (a special committee in 2012, The E. Street Band in 2014). The Sex Pistols refused to attend their induction, calling the Hall a "piss stain".

## rules

* An artist's first record must have been released at least 25 years ago. Demos and promos are included.
* Radio formats such as "oldies" and "classic rock" do not count as categories.
* American English is preferred with some exceptions.
* if the "significance" list is becoming lengthy, please create a separate "trivia" list
* an artist's genres must be a form of rock except for the Early Influences
* please use obscene language sparingly, if at all

## class of 2017

* Yes
* Tupac Shakur
* Pearl Jam
* Journey
* Joan Baez
* Electric Light Orchestra
KoЯn

## genres

* alternative metal
* alternative
* hard rock

## significance

* The album *KoЯn* went gold, three platinum albums, two double platinum, *Issues* going triple platinum, *Follow the Leader* going five-times-platinum, and several others were hits
* live album *MTV Unplugged* was a hit
* *Greatest Hits, Vol. 1* went platinum
* two platinum video albums and one gold with three others also hits
* numerous rock hits with *Did My Time* a pop hit

## note

The album *KoЯn* actually has no official name, having been released untitled.
Heart

## Genres

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

## Significance

* four gold albums, three platinum, two double platinum, and two triple platinum, with *Heart* going five-times-platinum and two others being hits
* they had two gold live albums with *Greatest Hits/Live* going double platinum
* *Greatest Hits: 1985-1995* went gold and *The Essential* went platinum
* numerous hit singles with multiple chart toppers, several singles becoming classic rock staples
* They have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Barracuda
* Crazy on You
* Magic Man
* Heartless
* Straight On
* Who Will You Run To?
* Nothin' at All

### Other

* Alone
* What About Love
* Dreamboat Annie
* Kick it Out
* Dog and Butterfly
* These Dreams
* All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You
John Lennon

## genres

* folk rock
* soft rock
* psychedelic rock
* pop rock

## significance

* Former member of The Beatles, and the first to be inducted into the actual Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
* numerous hit singles with two chart toppers and two golds
* most of his albums have gone at least gold
* both live albums went gold
* three platinum compilations with *Imagine* going gold
* box set *John Lennon Anthology* went gold
* Hollywood Walk of Fame inductee

## Trivia

* *Imagine* is an anti-war song and was referenced as well as *Instant Karma* in the Yes anti-war song *I've Seen All Good People*
* has collaborated with many other artists
* referenced in the Don McLean hit *American Pie* in the line "And while Lennon/Lenin read a book on marks/Marx, the quartet practiced in the park". The quartet is The Beatles.

## Recommended songs

* Instant Karma
* Give Peace a Chance
* Watching the Wheels
* Nobody Told Me
* Imagine
* Another Day
* Well Well Well
* Mind Games
Nirvana

## Genres

* grunge
* hard rock
* folk rock
* soft rock
* alternative

## Significance

* They had two platinum studio albums with *Nevermind* going diamond.
* Two of their live albums went platinum with *Live at Reading* also being a hit.
* Two of their compilations went platinum with *Sliver* also being a hit.
* Their box set *With the Lights Out* went platinum.
* They had numerous hit singles with *Smells Like Teen Spirit* being their biggest hit at number six.
* They had several promo hits.
* Two of their video albums went platinum with the rest also being hits.

## Trivia

* Sirius XM Satellite Radio named its nineties alternative station after their hit song *Lithium.*
* Their album *Nevermind* is noted for its cover depicting an infant underwater staring at a dollar bill. Because he is naked, his genitals can be seen. This is usually censored for store shelves, so the uncensored versions are rare and valuable. The infant is now an adult and recently re-created the picture with himself in it once again.
* They were a part of the Seattle sound of the early nineties.
* Their anthem *Smells Like Teen Spirit,* while being phenomenally popular, was never performed live due to frontman Kurt Cobain's hatred of it.
* They led the rise of grunge in the early nineties and defined the grunge look in terms of fashion.
* They were parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.

## Recommended Albums

* Nevermind
* Bleach
* In Utero

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Smells Like Teen Spirit (Here We Are Now, Entertain Us)
* Come as You Are
* Lithium (I'm So Happy 'cause Today)
* Heart-Shaped Box
* All Apologies
* Dumb
* About a Girl (I Need an Easy Friend)
* In Bloom (He's the One)

### Other

* The Man Who Sold the World
* Drain You
* Polly
* On a Plain
* Sappy
* You Know You're Right
* Rape Me
Johnny Winter And...

## genres

* blues rock
* Southern rock
* hard rock

## significance

* considered by *Rolling Stone Magazine* as "one of the greatest guitarists of all time"
* Blues Foundation Hall of Fame
* His brother Edgar also had a successful career
* Woodstock performer by himself
* His *Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo* was successfully covered by Rick Derringer

## note

Only Winter by himself has been considered by the actual Hall of Fame.
Nine Inch Nails

## genres

* industrial
* hard rock
* alternative

## significance

* three platinum albums and one gold
* extended play *Broken* went platinum
* remix album *Further Down the Spiral* went gold
* live album *And All That Could Have Been* was a hit
* two live video albums were hits with *Beside You in Time* being a chart-topper
* numerous hit singles with *The Day the World Went Away* being their biggest at number seventeen
* several promo hits

## trivia

* performed at the Woodstock silver anniversary festival
* The Mario enemy "reznor" is named after NIN founder and principal songwriter Trent Reznor.
* they are considered a definitive industrial group

## recommended songs

The Perfect Drug

Down In It (I Was Up Above It)
James Brown and His Famous Flames

## Genres

* funk
* blues rock

## significance

* numerous hit albums with *The Payback* going gold
* compilation *Star Time* went gold while *20 All-Time Greatest Hits!* went platinum
* Several live albums were hits with *Live at the Apollo* making it to number two
* numerous hit singles with *I Got You* being his biggest at number three
* Hollywood Walk of Fame
* Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inaugural inductee.

## trivia

* Brown, without the Flames, was a part of the Super Bowl XXXI halftime show
* Godfather of Soul
* parodied by Weird Al
* The J.B.'s, his backing group in the seventies and eighties, have also been considered

## note

Initially only Brown was inducted, with the Famous Flames inducted in a special committee many years later.

## recommended songs

### favorites

* Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
* Get Up Offa That Thing
* Sex Machine
* Get on the Good Foot
* Say It Loud
* I Got You
* Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose

### other

* Living In America
* Please Please Please
* It's a Man's Man's Man's World
* Try Me
* Cold Sweat
* Hot Pants
* Soul Power
Kenny Rogers

## genres

* country rock
* pop rock
* soft rock
* jazz rock

## significance

* many of his albums have gone at least gold with *Water and Bridges* also a hit
* his first collaboration album went gold while *Classics* went platinum
* two platinum holiday albums and two gold with *Once Again It's Christmas* also a hit
* several compilations have gone at least gold with his first going diamond
* numerous hit singles, some going at least gold
* part of the USA for Africa charity supergroup
Moby

## genres

* synthrock
* punk
* space rock
* alternative
* neo-psychedelia

## significance

* has remixed music for numerous artists
* numerous awards and accolades
* album *Play* went double platinum while *18* went gold and three others were also hits
* video album *Play: the DVD* went gold
* *South Side* was a hit single

## trivia

* has supported many charities
* is a vegan and supports animal rights
* collaborated with Gwen Stefani on his hit *South Side*
The Rascals

## genres

* blue eyed soul
* rock and roll

## significance

* five hit albums
* one hit compilation
* numerous hit singles, including three chart-toppers
* provided the counterculture staple *People Got to be Free*

## recommended songs

* A Beautiful Morning
* Groovin'
* Good Lovin'
* People Got to Be Free
* How Can I Be Sure?
* I've Been Lonely Too Long

## note

The group was inducted as "The (Young) Rascals" to indicate they were including the era when they changed their name to avoid confusion with another band named the Rascals. Most compilations and oldies stations, however, credit them as simply the Rascals.
Judas Priest

## Genres

* glam metal
* glam rock
* hard rock
* power metal

## Significance

* Most of their albums have gone at least gold.
* live album *Unleashed in the East* went platinum and *Priest...Live!* went gold
* several rock hits
* three gold video albums with *Electric Eye* going platinum
* they helped pioneer speed metal and power metal
* They helped pioneer the glam metal image.

## Recommended Songs

* Breaking the Law
* You've Got Another Thing Comin'
* Electric Eye
* Living After Midnight
* Heading Out to the Highway
* Locked In
* A Touch of Evil
* Grinder
* Delivering the Goods
Loggins and Messina

## genres

* folk rock
* soft rock
* country rock

## significance

* Comprised of Jim Messina of Buffalo Springfield and Kenny Loggins
* Almost all of their albums were hits
* *On Stage* was a hit
* Three hit singles with *Your Mama Don't Dance* being their biggest at number four

## recommended songs

* Danny's Song
* Angry Eyes
* Watching the River Run
* Your Mama Don't Dance
Jethro Tull

## Genres

* progressive rock
* hard rock
* folk rock
* soft rock

## Significance

* Most of their studio albums have gone gold with *Aqualung* going triple platinum.
* They had two gold live albums.
* They had two platinum compilations with *Living in the Past* going gold.
* They had two hit singles.

## Trivia

* They were a part of the British Invasion of the sixties.
* Some of their songs have since become classic rock staples.
* They are often noted for their frontman Ian Anderson's unique fluteplaying while standing on one foot (à la Pan).

## Recommended Albums

* Aqualung
* Heavy Horses
* Living in the Past
* Songs from the Wood
* Minstrell in the Gallery
* Stand Up
* Thick as a Brick

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Aqualung
* Bungle in the Jungle
* Locomotive Breath
* Fat Man
* Cross Eyed Mary
* Living in the Past
* Mother Goose
* Thick as a Brick
* Skating Away
* Hymn 43 (Our Father High in Heaven)

### Other

* A Song for Jeffrey
* Bouree
* Inside
* Dharma for One
* Up to Me
* Journey Man
* Songs from the Wood
* Rocks on the Road
* Nothing is Easy
* Reasons for Waiting
Patti LaBelle

## genres

* synthrock
* pop rock
* soft rock

## significance

* five gold albums and two platinum
* *The Definitive Collection* was a hit
* two hit singles with *Stir it Up* nearly making the top forty
* her music has been used in film and on television
* a part of the Super Bowl XXIX halftime show
* Her *If You Asked Me To* was used in the soundtrack to the Bond film *Licensed to Kill*

## recommended songs

Stir it Up

New Attitude
Mick Jagger

## genres

* blues rock
* hard rock
* pop rock

## significance

* formerly of The Rolling Stones
* His debut solo album went platinum, *Primitive Cool* was nearly a hit, *Wandering Spirit* went gold, and *Goddess in the Doorway* was also a hit
* Two collaborative albums were hits
* Five hit singles, numerous rock hits, and six dance hits
Jan and Dean

## genres

* surf rock
* rock and roll
* pop rock

## significance

* five hit albums
* numerous hit singles with *Surf City* as their lone chart-topper
* rivaled The Beach Boys. Their *Sidewalk Surfin*' was done in response to the Beach Boys' *Catch a Wave*

## recommended songs

* Surf City
* The Little Old Lady from Pasadena
* Dead Man's Curve
* Sidewalk Surfin'
* Honolulu Lulu
* Ride the Wild Surf
Michael McDonald

## genres

* pop rock
* blue eyed soul revival
* jazz rock

## significance

* performed for Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers
* has collaborated with numerous major acts
* two gold albums with *Motown* going platinum and *Soul Speak* also a hit
* two gold compilations with *The Ultimate Collection* also a hit
* numerous rock hits, three of them also pop hits
John Denver

## genres

* folk rock
* country rock
* soft rock

## significance

* Three gold albums in the seventies with six platinum. Two gold in the eighties.
* Two gold live albums with *An Evening With John Denver* going triple platinum
* Two platinum holiday albums
* Two gold compilations and five platinum. *John Denver's Greatest Hits* nearly went diamond.
* Numerous hit singles, some going gold
* multiple halls of fame
J.J. Cale

## genres

* blues rock
* hard rock

## significance

* Wrote *Cocaine*, successfully covered by Eric Clapton, and *Call Me the Breeze*, successfully covered by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Also wrote *After Midnight*, also covered by Clapton. Covered by several other artists, including *The Sensitive Kind* by Santana.
* featured on a Bob Seger album
* featured on a Clapton album

## recommended songs

* Cocaine
* Call Me the Breeze
* After Midnight
* The Sensitive Kind
The Jimi Hendrix Experience

## Genres

* blues rock
* stoner metal
* hard rock
* garage rock
* psychedelic rock
* jam rock

## Significance

* All of his studio albums went platinum.
* His first two live albums went platinum, with the third going gold.
* He performed at the Woodstock Music Festival, including a now-famous rendition of the *Star Spangled Banner.*
* He performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival.
* His compilation album *Smash Hits* went double platinum.
* His single *All Along the Watchtower* made it to number twenty.
* Two concert albums went double platinum with his Monterey performance going gold.
* Two documentaries went platinum.
* He was awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

## Trivia

* A misheard lyric in *Purple Haze*, "Scuse me while I kiss this guy" (the actual line is "Scuse me while I kiss the sky") was the inspiration for the name of the misheard lyric website Kiss This Guy.
* He is referenced in The Beatles film *Across the Universe.*
* His performance in *Rainbow Bridge* went platinum.
* His work has been used in video gaming and in film.
* They were a part of the British Invasion, although Hendrix himself was not British.
* His *Voodoo Child* and *Little Wing* were successfully covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
* He greatly influenced Lenny Kravitz.

## Recommended Albums

* Are You Experienced?
* Electric Ladyland
* Axis: Bold as Love

## Recommended Songs

### Top Ten

* Purple Haze
* All Along the Watchtower
* Voodoo Child
* Hey Joe
* Foxy Lady
* Are You Experienced?
* Fire
* Wild Thing
* If 6 Was 9
* Castles Made of Sand

### Favorites

* Born Under a Bad Sign
* Manic Depression
* Crosstown Traffic
* Dolly Dagger
* Little Wing
* Angel (Fly On)
* Red House (Over Yonder)
* Stone Free
* Machine Gun
* Hear My Train A-Comin'
* The Star-Spangled Banner
* Johnny B. Goode
* Blue Suede Shoes
* Gypsy Eyes
* Hound Dog
* Rock Me Baby

### Other

* Rainy Day, Dream Away
* Valleys of Neptune
* Room Full of Mirrors
* May This Be Love
* Freedom
* Message to Love
* Remember
* Slow Blues
* Easy Blues
* 1983 (A Mermaid I Should Turn to Be)
* In From The Storm
* Third Stone from the Sun
* I Don't Live Today
* Spanish Castle Magic
* My Friend
* Ships Passing Through the Night
Shocking Blue

## genres

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

## significance

* their debut album was a hit
* Their *Venus* was a chart topping single and was successfully covered by Bananarama
* Their *Love Buzz* was covered by Nirvana
* phenomenal in Europe, especially their native Netherlands
* single *Mighty Joe* nearly made the top forty
The Police

## Genres

* power pop
* soft rock
* post punk
* pop rock
* alternative
* reggae rock
* new wave

## Significance

* All of their studio albums went platinum.
* Both of their live albums went platinum.
* Their compilation *Every Breath You Take* went five times platinum with *The Police* also being a hit.
* Their compilation *Message in a Box* went platinum.
* They had numerous hit singles with *Every Breath You Take* going gold.

## Trivia

* Their frontman Sting went on to have a successful solo career, including being featured in the Dire Straits song *Money for Nothing.*
* They are often noted for their reggae influence.
* Many of their songs have since become classic rock staples.
* Although Sting claims the song is not intended to be romantic, *Every Breath You Take* is ironically popular at weddings. (It was actually written after Sting got a divorce.)
* Sting was awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
* Their drummer Stewart Copeland went on to have a successful solo career going under the stage name Klark Kent.
* They were parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.
* Sting performed the halftime show to Super Bowl XXXVIII.
* *Every Breath You Take* was sampled by rapper Puff Daddy in his hit *I'll Be Missing You.*

## Recommended Albums

* Zenyatta Mondatta
* Regatta de Blanc
* Synchronicity
* Outlandos D'Amour
* Ghost in the Machine

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Every Breath You Take
* Roxanne
* Message in a Bottle
* Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
* Don't Stand So Close to Me
* Wrapped Around Your Finger
* King of Pain
* Spirits in the Material World
* Walking on the Moon
* De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
* Can't Stand Losing You
* On Any Other Day (My Wife Has Burned the Scrambled Eggs)
* Invisible Sun

### Other

* So Lonely
* Canary in a Coal Mine
* Secret Journey
* When the World is Running Down
* Regatta de Blanc
* Voices Inside My Head
* Omegaman
* Synchronicity II
* Murder By Numbers
* No Time This Time
* Behind My Camel
* Bring on the Night
The Beach Boys

## Genres

* surf rock
* rock and roll
* pop rock

## significance

* They had eight gold albums and three platinum.
* they had three gold live albums.
* Five compilations went platinum with *Good Vibrations* going gold
* they had numerous hit singles with *I Get Around* going gold and *Good Vibrations* going platinum. *Kokomo* went platinum decades later.
* The Beach Boys are the subject of the Don Henley hit *The Boys of Summer*
* They are a Hollywood Walk of Fame inductee

## Trivia

* The song *Little Honda* is about a motorcycle, as Honda had not seriously entered the automotive market at the time.
* *Good Vibrations* is noted for its use of a theremin to give it a psychedelic sound.

## recommended songs

### favorites

* Fun, Fun, Fun
* I Get Around
* Surfin' U.S.A.
* Good Vibrations
* Barbara Ann
* 409
* Little Deuce Coupe
* Little Honda
* California Girls
* Catch A Wave
* Surfin'

### other

* God Only Knows
* Kokomo
* Wouldn't it be Nice
* Sloop John B
* Don't Worry Baby
* Help Me, Rhonda
* In My Room
* Be True to Your School
* Do You Wanna Dance?
* Getcha Back
Ringo Starr

## genres

glam rock

pop rock

## significance

* former member of The Beatles
* Album *Ringo* went platinum. Two others went gold and *Rotogravure* was also a hit.
* Compilation *Blast from Your Past* was a hit
* numerous hit singles with three going gold
* has collaborated with many other artists
* Hollywood Walk of Fame
* received knighthood

## note

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in reality presented him with the "Award for Musical Excellence" rather than inducting him as a performer.

## recommended songs

It Don't Come Easy

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Janet Jackson

## genres

synthrock

pop rock

## significance

* sister of Michael Jackson
* most of her albums went at least platinum with *Unbreakable* a chart topper
* compilation *Design of a Decade* went double platinum while *Number Ones / Best* was a hit
* both concert video albums went platinum
* three gold video compilations with two going platinum and *Rhythm Nation* going double platinum
* numerous hit singles, many going at least gold
* her collaboration with Michael went platinum and her colllaboration with rapper Busta Rhymes went gold while several others were also hits
* part of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show
Procol Harum

## Genres

* progressive rock
* psychedelic rock
* hard rock

## Significance

* They are often noted for their symphonic style.
* They had five hit albums.
* *Live in Concert* was a hit.
* Three hit singles with *A Whiter Shade of Pale* becoming a classic rock staple.
* They were a part of the British Invasion of the sixties.

## Recommended Albums

* Procol Harum
* A Salty Dog
* Exotic Birds and Fruit
* Broken Barricades
* Grand Hotel

## Recommended Songs

* A Whiter Shade of Pale
* Conquistador
* Homburg
* Simple Sister
* Memorial Drive
* A Salty Dog
* The Milk of Human Kindness
Janis Joplin

## Genres

* blues rock
* Southern rock
* hard rock

## Significance

* Famous performance at Woodstock.
* had a successful career with Big Brother, alone, and with other backing groups
* With Big Brother, she was a part of the San Francisco sound, although Joplin herself was from Texas.
* Also with Big Brother, she performed at Monterey.
* Hollywood Walk of Fame
* There is a plaque dedicated to her in her birthplace of Port Arthur, Texas

## trivia

* Although unconfirmed, it is believed the "girl who sang the blues" in the Don McLean hit *American Pie* refers to Joplin
* She is referenced in The Beatles film *Across the Universe*
* she was the leader of Big Brother and the Holding Company.

## recommended songs

* Mercedes Benz
* Me and Bobby McGee
The Dave Clark Five

## genres

* rock and roll
* pop rock
* hard rock

## significance

* numerous hit singles, with *Over and Over* being a chart topper
* part of the British Invasion

## note

When first nominated, they received enough votes to be inducted, but were not and instead rap group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were chosen. The excuse was that "some votes came late" and "they couldn't go any longer without a rap act". This caused controversy and the DC5 was subsequently inducted the following year.

## recommended songs

* Glad All Over
* Catch Us if You Can
* Bits and Pieces
* Can't You See That She's Mine
* Do You Love Me?
* Over and Over
* Because
* I Like it Like That
Loverboy

## Genres

* hard rock
* metal

## Significance

* They had four platinum studio albums with *Wildside* going gold.
* Their compilation *Loverboy Classics* went gold.
* They had numerous hit singles with *Lov'n Every Minute of It* being their biggest hit at number nine. Some of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* They contributed to the *Top Gun* soundtrack.
* They are phenomenal in their native Canada.

## Recommended Albums

* Get Lucky
* Loverboy
* Keep It Up
* Lovin' Every Minute of It
* Wildside

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Lovin' Every Minute of It
* Turn Me Loose
* Working for the Weekend
* (Standin' in the) Strike Zone
* (Only the) Lucky Ones
* Too Hot
* Dangerous (I'm a Lot Like You)

### Other

* Queen of the Broken Hearts (You Were Born With It, and Now You Got It)
* Heaven in Your Eyes
* This Could be the Night
* Hot Girls in Love
* Notorious
* Take Me to the Top
* When It's Over
Morrissey

## genres

* post punk
* alternative

## significance

* six hit albums
* compilation *Bona Drag* went gold
* formerly of The Smiths
* several rock hits
* phenomenal in his native Britain

## Recommended songs

* Everyday is Like Sunday
* Suedehead (I'm So Sorry)
* The Last of the Famous International Playboys
* The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get
* We Hate it When our Friends Become Successful
* Hairdresser on Fire (Busy, Very Busy)
* Interesting Drug
* Sister I'm a Poet
* Spent the Day in Bed
* You're the One for Me, Fatty
The Clash

## Genres

* punk
* hard rock
* alternative

## Significance

* they had two gold albums, *London Calling went platinum,* and *Combat Rock* went double platinum
* *The Story of the Clash, Volume 1* went platinum.
* *Train in Vain* and *Rock the Casbah* were hit singles.

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Rock the Casbah (Sharif Don't Like It)
* Pressure Drop (Ah-ah-ah, oh-oh yeah)
* I Fought the Law
* I'm So Bored With the USA
* Career Opportunities
* Should I Stay or Should I Go
* London Calling
* The Guns of Brixton

### Other

* Train in Vain (Stand By Me)
* Clampdown
* Rudie Can't Fail
* This is Radio Clash
* Clash City Rockers
* London's Burning
* The Magnificent Seven
Ratt

## genres

* glam metal
* hard rock
* glam rock

## Significance

* Four straight platinum albums with *Detonator* going gold and *Infestation* also a hit
* compilation *Ratt & Roll* went gold
* numerous rock hits with *Round and Round* and *Lay it Down* being pop hits

## Recommended songs

* Round and Round
* Lay it Down
* I Want a Woman
* You're in Love
* Dangerous but Worth the Risk
Seal

## genres

synthrock

neo-psychedelia

## significance

* two gold albums, *Seal* went platinum, and *Seal II* went four-times-platinum while several others were hits
* five hit singles with *Kiss from a Rose* going gold
* his work has been used in film
* has collaborated with many artists

## recommended songs

Kiss from a Rose

Fly Like an Eagle

Future Love Paradise
Sam Cooke

## genres

* rock and roll
* pop rock
* soft rock

## significance

* numerous hit singles with *You Send Me* a chart topper
* two hit albums
* *Sam Cooke at the Copa* was a hit live album
* *The Best of* was a hit
* He was a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame charter inductee

## recommended songs

* You Send Me
* Wonderful World
* Chain Gang
* Cupid
* Twistin' the Night Away
* Another Saturday Night
The Charlie Daniels Band

## genres

* country rock
* Southern rock
* blues rock

## significance

* multiple halls of fame
* three gold albums, three platinum, and *Million Mile Reflections* going triple platinum
* *A Decade of Hits* went four times platinum while *Super Hits* went double platinum and two other compilations were also hits
* six hit singles with *The Devil Went Down to Georgia* being his biggest at number three
The Big Bopper

## genres

* rockabilly
* country rock
* rock and roll

## significance

* performed *Running Bear*, covered successfully by Johnny Preston and Sonny James
* best-known single is his number six hit *Chantilly Lace*
* killed in the same 1959 airplane crash that killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in what was immortalized in Don McLean's hit *American Pie* as "The Day the Music Died".
* His work has been used in film and on television
* multiple halls of fame
* Referenced in songs by Van Halen and L.A. Guns
The Fixx

## genres

* power pop
* hard rock
* pop rock
* post punk
* alternative
* new wave

## significance

* three hit albums
* several hit singles with *One Thing Leads to Another* being their biggest at number four
* numerous rock hits
* *One Thing Leads to Another* was a dance hit

## recommended songs

* One Thing Leads to Another
* Saved by Zero
* Red Skies
* Stand or Fall
* Are We Ourselves?
Keith Urban

## significance

* six platinum albums with *Be Here* going four times platinum; two went gold and *Keith Urban in the Ranch* was also a hit
* compilation *18 Kids* went platinum while *iTunes Originals* was a country hit
* numerous hit singles, many going at least gold
* has collaborated with many artists
* his first video went platinum, his second double platinum, and his third was a number two hit
The Byrds

## Genres

* folk rock
* soft rock
* pop rock

## Significance

* Their debut album was a hit.
* They had numerous hit singles, with two chart-toppers.
* They performed at Monterey.
* members include David Crosby, who would go on to become a member of Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
* They are noted for their covers of Bob Dylan.
* *To Everything There is a Season* has often been labeled a counterculture staple.

## Recommended songs

* To Everything There is a Season
* Eight Miles High
* Mr. Tambourine Man
* My Back Pages (I Was So Much Older Then)
* I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
* So You Want to be a Rock and Roll Star
* Mr. Spaceman
* All I Really Want to Do
* Goin' Back
Robert Johnson

## significance

* his Crossroad Blues was successfully covered by Cream and was recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "one of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll" and was labeled by *Rolling Stone Magazine* as number three of "the greatest guitar songs of all time"
* multiple halls of fame
* a character in the film *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* was based on him
It's a Beautiful Day

## genres

* psychedelic rock
* folk rock

## significance

* Noted for their counterculture staple *White Bird*, which made it to number three on local radio while the album made it to number 47 nationally. The following album, *Marrying Maiden*, was also a minor hit.
* part of the Haigh-Ashbury sound
* Their manager had previously worked for Moby Grape and Jefferson Airplane.
* Opened for Cream
The Replacements

## genres

* punk
* alternative
* post punk
* college rock
* hard rock

## significance

* Several rock hits with two chart toppers. *I'll Be You* was also a minor pop hit.
* Their music has been featured in video games and movies
* They have influenced The Goo Goo Dolls and Uncle Tupelo.
* They Might Be Giants named a song after them.
* Two albums were minor hits

## recommended songs

* Kiss Me on the Bus
* Bastards of Young
* Achin' to Be
* Can't Hardly Wait
The Band

## Genres

* roots rock
* blues rock
* country rock
* folk rock
* soft rock
* jazz rock
* hard rock

## Significance

* They performed at the Woodstock Music Festival of 1969.
* They had two gold studio albums and one platinum.
* Two of their live albums went gold.
* Their compilation *The Best of the Band* went gold.
* They had two hit singles, with *Up on Cripple Creek* being the bigger hit at number 25.

## Trivia

* They were originally a backing group for Bob Dylan.
* They had two gold studio albums with Dylan.
* One of their live albums was *The Last Waltz*, a farewell concert which became a huge deal and featured other artists. *Before the Flood*, done with Dylan, went platinum. *The Bootleg Series vol. 4* went gold.
* Several of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* They were part of a *Who's on First* variant in an episode of *Animaniacs.*

## Recommended Albums

* Music from Big Pink
* Stage Fright
* Cahoots
* The Band

## Recommended Songs

* The Weight (Take a Load off Annie)
* Up on Cripple Creek
* The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
* The Shape I'm In
* Chest Fever
* Caledonia Mission
* When I Paint My Masterpiece
Steely Dan

## Genres

* jazz rock
* soft rock
* funk rock

## Significance

* Their studio album *Countdown to Ecstacy* went gold, six albums went platinum, and *Aja* went double platinum. *Everything Must Go* was also a hit.
* They had two gold compilations and two platinum.
* They had numerous hit singles with *Rikki Don't Lose That Number* being their biggest hit at number four.

## Trivia

* Many of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* They were referenced in the Eagles hit song *Hotel California*.
* Their frontman Donald Fagen went on to have a successful solo career and is best known for his hit *The Nightfly*.
* They were named for a sex toy.

## Recommended Albums

* Aja
* Gaucho
* Can't Buy a Thrill
* The Royal Scam
* Katy Lied
* Countdown to Ecstasy

## Recommended Songs

### All Time

* Deacon Blues (I'll learn to work the saxophone)

### Top Ten

* Do it Again
* Rikki Don't Lose That Number
* Hey Nineteen
* Peg (It Will Come Back to You)
* FM (No Static at All)
* Dirty Work
* Black Cow (It's Over Now)
* The Caves of Altamira (Before the Fall When They Wrote it on the Wall)
* My Old School
* Bad Sneakers

### Favorites

* Only a Fool Would Say That
* Aja
* Babylon Sisters (Shake It)
* Kid Charlemagne
* The Fez
* Barrytown
* Black Friday
* Change of the Guard
* Midnight Cruiser

### Other

* Reelin' in the Years
* Josie
* Bodhisattva
* Any Major Dude Will Tell You
* Your Gold Teeth (Do You See How They Roam?)
* King of the World (The Promised Land)
* Show Biz Kids
* Time Out of Mind
* Don't Take Me Alive
The Honeydrippers

## significance

* part of the rockabilly revival
* members included Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Brian Setzer of Stray Cats. Clapton, Page, and Beck are also former members of The Yardbirds.
* two hit songs, *Sea of Love* at number three, and *Rockin' at Midnight* at number 25
* Their keyboardist also worked for David Letterman
* Their album featured Chic founder Nile Rodgers
* *The Honeydrippers: Volume One*, their only release (also an extended play), made it to number five
The Hollies

## genres

* psychedelic rock
* pop rock
* folk rock

## significance

* Member Graham Nash would go on to become a part of Crosby, Stills, and Nash.
* Numerous hit singles with *Long Cool Woman* being their biggest at number two. *Long Cool Woman* has become a classic rock staple
* part of the British Invasion

## Recommended songs

* Carrie-Anne
* The Air that I Breathe
* Long Cool Woman
* Bus Stop
* On a Carousel
* He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
* Stop, Stop, Stop
* King Midas in Reverse
Stephen Stills

## genres

folk rock

soft rock

## significance

* two gold albums with the following two also hits
* *Stephen Stills Live* nearly made the top forty
* two hit singles with two more nearly making the top forty
* former member of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, and Nash
* Only artist to be inducted into the actual Hall of Fame twice in the same ceremony

## recommended songs

* Love the One You're With
* Change Partners
* Sugar Babe
* Know You Got to Run
* Cold Cold World
* Bluebird Revisited
* Myth of Sisyphus

## note

David Crosby and Graham Nash actually provided backing vocals on *Love the One You're With*, but the song was still credited as solo.
Steppenwolf

## Genres

* hard rock
* psychedelic rock
* garage rock

## Significance

* They had four gold studio albums with *At Your Birthday Party* also a hit.
* Concert album *Steppenwolf Live* went gold and *Early Steppenwolf* was also a hit.
* Compilation *Gold: Their Greatest Hits* appropriately went gold while *16 Greatest Hits* went platinum. *The Millennium Collection* went gold.
* They had several hit singles with *Born to Be Wild* being their biggest at number two.
* They are noted for the first use of the term "heavy metal" in a rock song (although they were referring to a motorcycle).
* Their hit *Magic Carpet Ride* was successfully remixed by Fatboy Slim and used in video gaming.

## Recommended Albums

* Steppenwolf
* Monster
* Steppenwolf The Second

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Born to be Wild
* Magic Carpet Ride
* Sookie Sookie
* It's Never Too Late
* Hey Lawdy Mama
* Rock Me
* Monster/Suicide/America
* Don't Step on the Grass, Sam

### Other

* The Pusher
* Move Over
* Who Needs Ya?
* Draft Resister
* For Ladies Only
* Snowblind Friend
* Justice Don't Be Slow
* Foggy Mental Breakdown
The Georgia Satellites

## genres

* Southern rock
* hard rock
* country rock
* blues rock

## significance

* They had several rock hits with *Keep Your Hands to Yourself* making it to number two on the pop charts. *Battleship Chains* and *Hippy Hippy Shake* were minor hits. *Keep Your Hands to Yourself* won an MTV Music Award for best art direction.
* They were a part of the blues rock revival of the eighties.

## recommended songs

* Keep Your Hands to Yourself
* Battleship Chains
* Hippy Hippy Shake
* Railroad Steel
Robert Palmer

## genres

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

## significance

* part of the blue eyed soul revival
* album *Riptide* went double platinum and *Heavy Nova* went platinum while *Secrets* was also a hit
* Compilation *Addictions, Volume I* went platinum
* numerous hit singles with *Addicted to Love* being a chart topper
* became a member of The Power Station

## recommended songs

* Addicted to Love
* Bad Case of Lovin' You
* Simply Irresistible
Rod Stewart

## genres

* blue eyed soul
* folk rock
* blues rock
* soft rock
* pop rock

## Significance

* also inducted as a member of (Small) Faces
* most of his albums have gone at least gold
* *Absolutely Live* went gold while *Unplugged...and Seated* went triple platinum
* most of his compilations have gone at least gold
* numerous hit singles, four going gold and *Da Ya Think I'm Sexy* going platinum. *All for Love* also went platinum.
* video album *It Had to Be You* went platinum
* Member of The Jeff Beck Group. If the group were to be inducted, Stewart would become only the second artist to be inducted three times after Eric Clapton (Beck himself was inducted).
* Hollywood Walk of Fame

## recommended songs

* Maggie May
* Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
* The First Cut is the Deepest
* Reason to Believe
* You Wear it Well
* Gasoline Alley
* Cut Across Shorty
* Every Picture Tells a Story
The Commodores

## genres

funk

pop rock

## significance

* numerous hit albums, three going platinum, and *Nightshift* going gold
* three hit albums, *The Millennium Collection* going gold, and *The Definitive Collection* with Lionel Richie going platinum
* their live album was a hit
* numerous hit singles, two chart toppers and *Brick House* going gold

## recommended songs

* Lady
* Brick House
The Jackson 5

## genres

* rock and roll
* pop rock
* soft rock
* funk

## significance

* members included Michael Jackson, who would go on to have a phenomenal solo career
* numerous hit singles including their first four singles being chart toppers
* album *The Jacksons* went gold, two went platinum, *Victory* went double platinum, and several others were also hits
* *Live!* went gold
* *20th Century Masters* went platinum while *Greatest Hits* was also a hit
* Their soundtrack to *Goin' Back to Indiana* was a hit

## trivia

* Michael and former member Jermaine provided backing vocals for the Rockwell synthpop hit *Somebody's Watching Me*.
* were a part of the charity supergroup USA for Africa
* also known as The Jacksons
* song *State of Shock* features Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones

## recommended songs

* I Want You Back
* I'll Be There
* Never Can Say Goodbye
* ABC
* Shake Your Body Down to the Ground
* Rockin' Robin
* Doctor My Eyes
* Little Bitty Pretty One
* State of Shock
Real Life

## genres

* new romantic
* post punk
* alternative
* synthrock

## significance

* three hit singles
* four dance hits
* *God Tonight* was a rock hit
* phenomenal in their native Australia

## recommended songs

Send Me an Angel

Catch Me I'm Falling

## 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
Steve Winwood

## genres

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

## significance

* he was a part of the blue eyed soul revival of the eighties
* also a member of Blind Faith and Traffic and originally a member of The Spencer Davis Group
* three platinum albums and one gold with two others being hits
* *Live From Madison Square Garden* was a hit
* *Chronicles* went platinum
* Numerous hit singles with two chart toppers

## recommended songs

* Higher Love
* The Finer Things
* Roll With It
The B-52's

## Genres

* new wave
* alternative
* pop rock
* hard rock

## Significance

* Most of their albums have gone at least gold with *Funplex* also being a hit.
* their extended play *Mesopotamia* was a hit
* they had numerous hit singles with *Love Shack* and *Roam* being their biggest at number three

## Trivia

* They performed the theme song to Nickelodeon cartoon *Rocko's Modern Life.*
* They were parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.
* They are noted for their weird style definitive of early new wave bands.

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Rock Lobster
* Love Shack
* Private Idaho
* Planet Claire
* Strobe Light
* Channel Z (Gettin' nothin' but static)
* Song for a Future Generation (Let's Meet and Have a Baby)
* Debbie (Shell-shocked supersonic blonde)
* Good Stuff

### Other

* Deadbeat Club
* 52 Girls
* Party Out of Bounds
* Mesopotamia (They Laid Down the Law)
* Quiche Lorraine
* Summer of Love
* Hallucinating Pluto
* Is That You Mo-Dean? (On the Bus to the Place)
* Roam
Siouxsie and the Banshees

## genres

* post punk
* goth rock
* alternative

## Significance

* phenomenal in their native Britain
* three albums were minor hits
* *Kiss Them For Me* was a hit
* several dance hits
* several rock hits including two chart toppers
* influenced several early post punk bands as well as modern indie bands
* helped define goth rock

## recommended songs

* Cities in Dust
* Peek-A-Boo
* The Passenger
* Spellbound
* Hong Kong Garden
* Dear Prudence
* Kiss Them for Me
Talking Heads

## Genres

* new wave
* hard rock
* funk rock
* alternative

## Significance

* They had five gold studio albums and two platinum.
* Their live album *Stop Making Sense* went double platinum while *The Name of This Band is Talking Heads* was also a hit.
* Their video album *Storytelling Giant* made it to number seven.
* They had several hit singles with *Burning Down the House* being their biggest hit at number nine.
* The name of their album *Radio Head* was the inspiration for the name of the indie band Radiohead.

## Trivia

* They are often noted for their weird style definitive of early new wave bands.
* The childrens television program *Sesame Street* did a music video based on their style.
* They were parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.

## Recommended Albums

* Radio Head
* More Songs About Buildings and Food
* Remain in Light
* Little Creatures
* Talking Heads: 77
* True Stories
* Naked
* Fear of Music
* Stop Making Sense

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Psycho Killer
* Once in a Lifetime (Same as it Ever Was)
* Burning Down the House
* And She Was
* Wild Wild Life
* Found a Job (Judy's in the Bedroom)
* Stay Up Late (Baby baby, please let me hold him)
* Life During Wartime (This Ain't No Party)
* Road to Nowhere
* Girlfriend is Better

### Other

* This Must Be the Place
* Heaven
* Uh Oh, Love Comes to Town
* Take Me to the River
* Love -> Building on Fire
* Memories Can't Wait
* Houses in Motion
* Blind
* Flowers
LaVern Baker

## significance

* numerous hit singles with *I Cried a Tear* her biggest at number six
* numerous R&B hits
* *Jim Dandy* is considered one of the hundred songs that shaped rock and roll by *Rolling Stone Magazine.* They also consider it one of the greatest songs of all time. The song also went gold.
* recorded a duet with Jackie Wilson
* Her *I Waited Too Long* was written by Neil Sedaka
* Her work has been used in film