VOTE in the Eleventh Election for the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame

First-time nominees Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney

Welcome to the eleventh election for the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. For this election, we are putting forth two ballots. For the regular ballot, only artists and groups who debuted by 1970 are eligible. The next time around, we will add names of people who debuted in 1971, and so on. Eventually, some time in 2013, we will get caught up to those who debuted by 1987, and will switch to an annual election.


We are also, concurrently, running our second Oldies Ballot election. The Oldies Ballot is a way to give earlier artists and groups another look, and this time it is made up of people who debuted by 1960. You can find the Oldies Ballot in the post below this one.

THE POLLS ARE NOW OPEN! Here's how to vote:

Below is a list of 50 nominees for the tenth class of People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers. In order to have your voice heard, select up to 25 names (minimum 10), and post your ballot either in the comments section of this post or on the People's Rock Hall Facebook page. Any artist or group named on at least 50% of the counted ballots will be inducted. You may include one write-in vote if you choose. A valid write-in candidate is anyone who released their first recording by the end of 1970, and is not already an inductee of the People's Rock Hall. Any ballot which contains more than one write-in vote may not be counted.

Polls close on Friday, June 15 at 5 PM PST.

Nominees for the eleventh class of the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame: 


Badfinger
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Captain Beefheart
Chicago
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Cliff
Joe Cocker
Leonard Cohen
The Spencer Davis Group
Dr. John
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Free
The J. Geils Band
Genesis
Grand Funk Railroad
Al Green
Buddy Guy
Hawkwind
Issac Hayes
Humble Pie
The Jackson 5
The James Gang
King Crimson
Kool & the Gang
Love
Bob Marley & The Wailers
John Mayall
Curtis Mayfield
Paul McCartney
The Steve Miller Band
Joni Mitchell
Mountain
The Move
Laura Nyro
Parliament-Funkadelic
Poco
Procol Harum
Linda Ronstadt
Todd Rundgren
Leon Russell
Bob Seger
Steppenwolf
Rod Stewart
The Stooges
The Sweet
James Taylor
Johnny Winter
Bobby Womack
Warren Zevon
ZZ Top

Returning nominees Badfinger received the highest vote total of all the non-inductees in the tenth election.

Eleventh Election Oldies Ballot

Oldies ballot nominee Bobby "Blue" Bland

Here at the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, we occasionally go back and reconsider some of the earlier groups and artists who may have flown under the radar when they were first considered. Our first Oldies Ballot election was conducted during the vote for our Sixth Class of inductees, and included artists who had debuted by 1955. For this ballot, the debut cut-off has been moved up to 1960.

THE POLLS ARE NOW OPEN! Here's how to vote: 

Below is a list of 25 nominees for the eleventh class of People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers. In order to have your voice heard, select 10 names, and post your ballot either in the comments section of this post or on the People's Rock Hall Facebook page. Any artist or group named on at least half of the counted ballots will be inducted. Write-in ballots are not allowed for the Oldies Ballot election.


Polls Close on Friday, June 15 at 5:00 PM PST.


Oldies Ballot Nominees for our Eleventh Election: 


Bobby "Blue" Bland
Roy Brown
Ruth Brown
Solomon Burke
The Clovers
The Dells
The "5" Royales
Wynonie Harris
Wanda Jackson
Freddie King
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Little Walter
Little Willie John
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Clyde McPhatter
Amos Milburn
Johnny Otis
Lloyd Price
Jimmy Reed
The Staple Singers
T-Bone Walker
Billy Ward & His Dominoes
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Larry Williams
Link Wray

Oldies Ballot nominee Link Wray

Announcing the Tenth Class of People's Hall Inductees!

The polls are closed, the ballots have been counted, and we are proud to announce eleven more names to the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Some big names missed the cut, but many will be back for our next election. So if any of your favorites didn't get in this time, stay tuned and get ready to vote for them in our eleventh election, which will be announced in the next few days. A special thank you to everyone who voted and supported this ongoing project, you are what makes this the only hall of fame by and for the people!

People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Tenth Election Inductees:

ALICE COOPER

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG

THE FACES

GEORGE HARRISON

LED ZEPPELIN

JOHN LENNON

MOTT THE HOOPLE

SANTANA

THE SMALL FACES

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