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

People's Election: June 2010

Welcome to the June 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 1965. To be eligible, an artist or group had to have released their first single or album no later than '65.

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 1965 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.  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, June 18, 2010.

Our nominees for The People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame: June, 2010:

The Bee Gees
The Byrds
The Big Bopper
Gary U.S. Bonds
Freddy Cannon
Chubby Checker
The Chiffons
The Crystals
Bobby Darin
Spencer Davis Group
Donovan
Duane Eddy
Marianne Faithfull
Bobby Fuller Four
The Fugs
Lesley Gore
The Guess Who
Herman's Hermits
The Isley Brothers
Wanda Jackson
Jan and Dean
The Kingsmen
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Brenda Lee
Little Anthony & the Imperials
The Lovin' Spoonful
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Manfred Mann
Martha & the Vandellas
The Marvelettes
John Mayall
Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions
The Moody Blues
The O'Jays
Gene Pitney
The Pretty Things
The Rascals
The Righteous Brothers
Shangri-Las
Del Shannon
The Shirelles
The Small Faces
The Sonics
Dusty Springfield
The Standells
The Staple Singers
Them
The Fabulous Wailers
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars
Link Wray

Oldies Committee Election for June, 2010

Here is where we will be holding the special election for oldies artists who are being removed from the regular nominee list as well as a selection of some other artists who debuted by 1955 and have not yet been named official nominees.

This election will be open as long as the regular June election, but will be held separately to avoid confusion. The format for this vote will be the same as our very first regular election. There are 25 names on the nominee list. Pick 10. No write-in votes will be accepted. Any artists who are named on more than 50% of the counted ballots will be inducted in with our June class.

The names that are under consideration are being removed from the regular nominee list, however any of them who do not gain enshrinement through this special election will still be eligible as write-in candidates for future elections.

There will be one more Oldies Committee election in five months, when we will add artists who debuted by 1960, at which point the intention is to retire the special election.

Here are the nominees, post your list of ten here in this thread, and also feel free to use it for questions and general on-topic chatter:

LaVern Baker
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters
Roy Brown
Ruth Brown
Johnny Burnette & the Rock 'n' Roll Trio
The Coasters
The Clovers
Miles Davis
The "5" Royales
The Flamingos
Wynonie Harris
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Etta James
Louis Jordan
Little Walter
Little Willie John
Clyde McPhatter
The Moonglows
Les Paul
The Platters
Lloyd Price
Jimmy Reed
Big Mama Thornton
Big Joe Turner
Billy Ward & the Dominoes