People's Election: July, 2010

Welcome to the July election for the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. If you haven't voted before, take a moment to look at the rules.  Those returning should note that the minimum ballot size has been cut from 15 down to 10 names.  Voters can still name up to 25 nominees.

Vote for up to 25 artists or groups. Ballots can be posted either in the comments section of this blog post or on the wall of our official Facebook page.

You must vote for at least 10. Ballots with less than 10 names will not be counted.

Any artist or group named on more than 50% of the counted ballots will be inducted to The People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

The cutoff year for eligibility is 1966. To be eligible, an artist or group had to have released their first single or album no later than '66.

Write-in votes are allowed. You may list up to three artists or groups not included on the ballot, and the vote will count, so long as they meet the 1966 cut-off date. If an ineligible name is included on a write-in ballot, that ballot may be counted as a short ballot. Ballots containing more than three write-in votes will not be counted.  The People's Rock Hall moderators reserve the right to not count any ballots we deem to not be legitimate.

Balloting ends at 12:00 noon PST on Friday, July 16, 2010.


Our nominees for the July, 2010 election:

The 13th Floor Elevators
The Association
The Bee Gees 
The Blues Project
David Bowie
Tim Buckley
Buffalo Springfield
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Captain Beefheart
Cream
The Creation
The Spencer Davis Group
Marianne Faithfull
Bobby Fuller Four
Lesley Gore 
Jimi Hendrix
Herman's Hermits
Tommy James & the Shondells
Jefferson Airplane
Albert King
The Kingsmen
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Al Kooper
Arthur Lee & Love
Darlene Love & the Crystals
The Mamas and the Papas
Manfred Mann
Martha & the Vandellas
John Mayall
The MC5
The Monkees
The Monks
The Music Machine
The O'Jays
The Pretty Things
? and the Mysterians
Mitch Ryder
The Seeds
Bob Seger
The Shadows of Knight
The Shangri-Las
The Small Faces
The Sonics
The Standells
Joe Tex
Them
The Troggs
The Velvet Underground
Scott Walker
Frank Zappa

Oldies Committee Election: July, 2010

This will be our second of two planned special elections for oldies artists who are being removed from the regular nominee list as well as a selection of some other artists who debuted by 1960 who haven't yet been nominated.  Originally, we had planned to hold off the second special election for a few more months, but after some discussion and consideration of all of the big names coming up in the regular election over the next few months, we decided to get it done now.

This election, like our regular one, will end on Friday, July 18 at 12:00 PM PST.  Anyone can vote in this election, either here or under the discussion tab of our Facebook page.  In order to vote you must:

• Vote for ten of the artists or groups named below.  Ballots with less than ten will not be counted.  Write in votes are not allowed.

Any artists not elected through this ballot will still be eligible as write-in votes during future regular election and could return to the regular ballot at some future date.

Bobby "Blue" Bland
The Big Bopper
Gary U.S. Bonds
Ruth Brown
Solomon Burke
Chubby Checker
Bobby Darin
The Dells
Duane Eddy
The Flamingos
Wanda Jackson
Jan & Dean
Little Anthony & the Imperials
Little Walter
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Brenda Lee
Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions
Clyde McPhatter
Gene Pitney 
Lloyd Price
Jimmy Reed
The Shirelles
The Staple Singers
Big Mama Thornton
Link Wray

New Inductees: June, 2010 Election

Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

 

Johnny Burnette & the Rock 'N' Roll Trio

 

 The Byrds

 

 The Coasters 

 

 Donovan 

 

 The Guess Who 

 

 Screamin' Jay Hawkins

 

 The Isley Brothers

 

 Etta James

 

 Louis Jordan

 

The Lovin' Spoonful

 

 The Moody Blues 

 

 Les Paul

 

 The Platters

 

 The Rascals 

 

 The Righteous Brothers

 

 Del Shannon

 

 Dusty Springfield

 

 Big Joe Turner 

Hall of Famer Del Shannon

Charles Winston Westover

("Del Shannon")

born: December 30, 1934, Grand Rapids, MI

died: February 8, 1990, Santa Clarita, CA

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famer Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins

born: July 18, 1929, Cleveland, OH

died: February 12, 2000, Paris, France

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers The Guess Who

The Guess Who

formed: 1965, Winnipeg, Canada

Chad Allan - vocals, guitar (1965-66)

Burton Cummings - vocals, keyboards (1966-75)

Randy Bachman - guitar (1965-70)

Kurt Winter - guitar (1970-74)

Jim Kale - bass (1965-72)

Bill Wallace (1972-75)

Gary Peterson - drums (1965-75)

Bob Ashley - keyboards (1965-66)

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers Johnny Burnette & the Rock 'N' Roll Trio

Johnny Burnette & the Rock 'N' Roll Trio

formed: 1951, Memphis, TN

Johnny Burnette - vocals, guitar

Dorsey Burnette - bass

Paul Burilson - guitar

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers The Righteous Brothers

The Righteous Brothers

formed: 1962, Los Angeles, CA

Bill Medley - vocals

Bobby Hatfield - vocals

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famer Big Joe Turner

Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner

born: May 18, 1911, Kansas City, MO

died: November 24, 1985, Inglewood, CA

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers

formed: 1957, Cincinnati, OH

Ronald Isley - vocals (1957-   )

O'Kelley Isley, Jr. - vocals (1957-86)

Rudolph Isley - vocals (1957-89)

Ernie Isley - guitar (1973-   )

Marvin Isley - bass (1973-97)

Chris Jasper - piano, keyboards (1973-84)

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers The Platters

The Platters

formed: 1953, Los Angeles, CA

Tony Williams - vocals

Zola Taylor - vocals

Buck Ram - vocals

Herb Reed - vocals

David Lynch - vocals

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues

formed: 1964, Birmingham, England

Denny Laine - guitar, vocals (1964-66) 
Justin Hayward - guitar, vocals (1966-   )
Clint Warwick - bass (1964-66) 
John Lodge - bass, vocals (1966-   )
Mike Pinder - piano, mellotron (1964-79)
Ray Thomas - flute 
Graeme Edge - drums
Patrick Moraz - keyboards (1978-91)

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famer Louis Jordan

Louis Thomas Jordan

born: July 8, 1908, Brinkley, AK

died: February 4, 1975, Los Angeles, CA

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famer Donovan

Donovan Philips Leitch

born: May 10, 1946, Glasgow, Scotland

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

formed: 1951, Detroit, MI

Hank Ballard - vocals

Henry Booth - vocals

Charles Sutton - vocals 

Sonny Woods - vocals

Alonzo Tucker - vocals 

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers The Rascals

The Rascals

formed: 1965, Lodi, NJ

Eddie Brigati - vocals

Felix Cavaliere - keyboards, vocals

Gene Cornish - guitar

Dino Danelli - drums

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famer Les Paul

Lester William Polsfuss

("Les Paul")

born: June 9, 1915, Waukesha, WI

died: August 12, 2009, White Plains, NY

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famer Dusty Springfield

Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien

("Dusty Springfield")

born: April 16, 1939, London, England

died: March 2, 1999, Henley-on-Thames, England

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famer Etta James

Jamesetta Hawkins
("Etta James")

born: January 25, 1938, Los Angeles, CA

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers The Lovin' Spoonful

The Lovin' Spoonful

formed: 1965, New York, NY

John Sebastian - vocals, harmonica

Zal Yanovsky - guitar, vocals

Steve Boone - bass

Joe Butler - drums

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers The Coasters

The Coasters

formed: 1955, Los Angeles, CA

Carl Gardner - vocals (1955-2006)

Bobby Nunn - vocals (1955-57)

Billy Guy - vocals (1955-73)

Will "Dubb" Jones - vocals (1958-67)

Leon Hughes (1955-57)

Cornell Gunter - vocals (1958-61)

Earl "Speedo" Carroll (1961-79)

Adolph Jacobs - guitar (1956-59)

Sonny Forriest - guitar (1959-61)

Thomas "Curley" Palmer - guitar (1962-  )

INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

Hall of Famers The Byrds

The Byrds

formed: 1964, Los Angeles, CA

Roger McGuinn- guitar, vocals (1964-73)
Gene Clark - guitar, vocals (1964-67)
David Crosby - gutar, vocals (1964-67)
Gram Parsons - guitar, vocals, piano (1968)
Clarence White - guitar, mandolin, vocals (1968-73)
Chris Hillman - bass, vocals (1964-68)
John Yorke - bass, vocals (1968-69)
Skip Battin - bass, vocals (1969-73)
Michael Clarke - drums (1964-67)
Kevin Kelley - drums (1968)
Gene Parsons - drums, vocals (1968-72)


INDUCTED JUNE, 2010

19 New Inductees for The People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame

The People have spoken, and we now have 19 new Hall of Famers.  Two separate elections were held this month, our regularly monthly vote, as well as a special election for "oldies" artists who debuted before 1956.  Ten artists got in through the former, nine more through the latter.  There will be one more special oldies election to cover artists who debuted before 1961, possibly in July.  Stay tuned for more details on that, but for now, please take a second to welcome the newest members selected by you, the People!

Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

Johnny Burnette & the Rock 'N' Roll Trio

The Byrds

The Coasters

Donovan 

The Guess Who 

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

The Isley Brothers

Etta James

Louis Jordan

The Lovin' Spoonful

The Moody Blues 

Les Paul

The Platters

The Rascals 

The Righteous Brothers

Del Shannon

Dusty Springfield

Big Joe Turner 

Following are the final vote totals for the two elections:

Regular election, 98 ballots counted:

The Byrds - 85 (86.7%)
The Lovin' Spoonful - 63 (64.3%)
Dusty Springfield - 58 (59.2%)
The Rascals - 57 (58.2%)
Donovan - 55 (56.1%)
The Moody Blues - 55 (56.1%)
The Isley Brothers - 52 (53.1%)
The Righteous Brothers - 52 (53.1%)
The Guess Who - 50 (51 %)
Del Shannon - 50 (51%)

Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions - 45
The Small Faces - 44
Them - 43
Martha & the Vandellas - 42
Gladys Knight & the Pips - 39
The Bee Gees - 38
The Spencer Davis Group - 37
Bobby Darin - 36
Duane Eddy - 35
John Mayall - 35
Gene Pitney - 35
The Kingsmen - 34
The Bobby Fuller Four - 33
Herman's Hermits - 33
Wanda Jackson - 33
Link Wray - 33
Manfred Mann - 31
Chubby Checker - 29
The Shangri-Las - 29
The Staple Singers - 29
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - 28
Jan & Dean - 27
The Shirelles - 27
The Sonics - 27
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars - 26
The Crystals - 25
Brenda Lee - 25
Little Anthony & the Imperials - 25
The O'Jays - 25
Lesley Gore - 24
Marianne Faithfull - 23
The Standells - 22
The Pretty Things - 21
The Big Bopper - 20
The Fugs - 17
The Marvelettes - 16
The Fabulous Wailers - 15
Gary U.S. Bonds - 14
The Chiffons - 9
Freddy Cannon - 4

Write-ins:

Hasil Adkins - 2
David Bowie - 1
Patsy Cline - 1
Ronnie James Dio - 1
Lonnie Donnegan - 1
Lee Dorsey - 1
Serge Gainsbourg - 2
Dale Hawkins -1
Ronnie Hawkins - 1
Robert Johnson - 1
The Monks - 1
Nina Simone - 1
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - 1
Bobby Vee - 1
The Walker Brothers - 1
Johnny Guitar Watson - 1

 

Oldies election: 28 total ballots cast (including four at the blog and one that disappeared here after a user presumably deleted their account)

Coasters - 21 (75%)

Etta James - 21 (75%)

Les Paul - 20 (71.4%)

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - 17 (60.7%)

Louis Jordan - 17 (60.7%)

The Platters - 17 (60.7%)

Big Joe Turner - 17 (60.7%)

Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio - 15 (53.6%)

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - 15 (53.6%)

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Big Mama Thornton/Jimmy Reed - 12

Ruth Brown/The Flamingos/Clyde McPhatter - 11

Lloyd Price/Little Walter - 8

The "5" Royales/Miles Davis/Wynonie Harris/The Moonglows/Billy Ward & The Dominoes - 6

LaVern Baker/Roy Brown/Little Willie John - 5

Clovers - 2