2012 HALL OF FAME
CROWD A DIVERSE GROUP
MusicWire Magazine - Guns N' Roses is an American Rock band, formed in Hollywood in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EP's and one live album. The band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide.
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers was formed in LA in 1983. They have sold over 70 million albums worldwide and have won 7 Grammy Awards charting 9 singles in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 including 3 Top 10's. They currently hold the record for the most number one singles Alternative Song chart at 13.
Donovan is a Scottish singer songwriter and guitarist who emerged from the British Folk Music scene of the 1960's. He was one of the leading folk artists of his day.
Laura Nyro was an American songwriter, singer and pianist. She achieved considerable critical acclaim with her own recordings.
The Small Faces were an English Rock and Roll band from East London. The group was founded in 1965. The band is remembered as one of the most acclaimed mod groups of the 1960's. Small Faces are also acknowledged as being one of the biggest original influences on the Britpop movement of the 1990's.
The Beastie Boys are a HipHop group from Brooklyn, New York. They began as a hardcore punk group in 1979. Their debut album in 1986 received critical acclaim and commercial success. They have sold 22 million albums in America and 40 million worldwide.
Freddie King, nicknamed the Texas Cannonball, was an influential African-American Blues guitarist and singer. He is often mentioned as one of the three kings of electric blues guitar along with Albert King and B.B. King. Freddie had a 20-year recording career and became established as an influential guitarist.
Don Kirshner was known as the Man With The Golden Ear. He was an American song publisher and rock producer who is best known as managing songwriting talent as well as successful pop groups. Kirshner had three record labels. In the 1970's he was executive producer for ABC televisions new "In Concert" series. He eventually left ABC to produce his own concert series called "Don Kirshners Rock Concert."
Cosimo Matassa is an Italian American recording engineer and studio owner responsible for many R&B and early Rock and Roll recordings. As engineer and proprietor, he was crucial to the development of the R&B, rock and soul sound of the 1950's and 60's. He was responsible for developing what became known as the "New Orleans sound".
Tom Dowd was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multi-track recording method. Dowd worked on a virtual who's who of recordings that encompassed blues, jazz, pop, rock and soul records.
Glyn Johns is a musician, recording engineer and record producer. Johns work on the first three albums by the Eagles was fundamental in establishing the groups sound and style. In 1971, he recorded and mixed the The Who's Who's Next, one of the most celebrated rock albums of all time.
Johns has worked with the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt and many others over the years.