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

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