Hall of Famer Chubby Checker

Ernest Evans

("Chubby Checker")

born: October 3, 1941, Philadelphia, PA

INDUCTED JULY, 2010

Hall of Famers Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane

formed: 1965, San Francisco, CA

Marty Balin - vocals (1965-71)

Signe Anderson - vocals (1965-66)

Grace Slick - vocals (1966-72)

Paul Kantner - vocals, guitar (1965-72)

David Freiberg - vocals (1972)

Jorma Kaukonen - guitar (1965-72)

Jack Casady - bass (1965-72)

Skip Spence - drums (1965-66)

Spencer Dryden - drums (1966-70)

Joy Covington - drums, vocals (1970-72)

Papa John Creach - violin (1970-72)

INDUCTED JULY, 2010

Hall of Famer Gene Pitney

Gene Francis Alan Pitney

born: February 17, 1940, Hartford, CT

died: April 5, 2006, Cardiff, Wales

INDUCTED JULY, 2010

Hall of Famers Cream

Cream

formed: 1966, London, England

Jack Bruce - bass, vocals

Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals

Ginger Baker - drums, vocals

INDUCTED JULY, 2010

Hall of Famer Bobby Darin

Walden Robert Perciville Cassotto

("Bobby Darin")

born: May 14, 1936, Bronx, NY

died: December 20, 1973, Los Angeles, CA

INDUCTED JULY, 2010

Hall of Famer Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix

born: November 27, 1942, Seattle, WA

died: September 18, 1970, London, England

INDUCTED JULY, 2010

18 New Members Elected to the People's Rock Hall!

The People have spoken once again, and they have opened the doors for 18 new inductees in our July, 2010 election.  A record number of ballots were submitted this month, totaling 213 and blowing our previous monthly high completely out of the water.

In order to be elected, an artist or group had to appear on more than 50% of all the counted ballots in either of our two elections.  We had our regular monthly election as well as the second of two special elections for oldies artists.  In the regular election, the People have honored:

David Bowie
Buffalo Springfield
Cream
Jimi Hendrix
Jefferson Airplane
The Mamas and the Papas
The MC5
The Monkees
The Velvet Underground
Frank Zappa

In the special oldies election, the following artists have been inducted:

Chubby Checker
Bobby Darin 
Duane Eddy
Jan & Dean
Brenda Lee
Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions
Gene Pitney
The Shirelles 


Congratulations to all of our new nominees and The People's Rock Hall extends a very special thank you to Rowdy Harmon for his hard work on our oldies ballot and his continued insight and support!  Our August election will begin in the next week, so stay tuned!

Final voting tally for each of our elections:

Final tally, 213 ballots counted:

Jimi Hendrix - 169
Cream - 151
Jefferson Airplane - 133
David Bowie - 131
Buffalo Springfield - 125
The Velvet Underground - 119
Frank Zappa - 119
The Monkees - 115
The Mamas and the Papas - 111
The MC5 - 110

The Bee Gees - 92
Bob Seger - 84
The Bobby Fuller Four - 79
The Small Faces - 78
Tommy James & the Shondells - 72
Lesley Gore - 74
Love - 71
Herman's Hermits - 68
The Association - 66
Gladys Knight & the Pips - 65
The Troggs - 64
Captain Beefheart - 63
Them - 60
Martha & the Vandellas - 58
The 13th Floor Elevators - 56
The Spencer Davis Group - 52
Mitch Ryder - 52
The Kingsmen - 49
? and the Mysterians - 49
The Sonics - 49
Darlene Love & the Crystals - 48
The Seeds - 48
The O'Jays - 47
John Mayall - 46
The Shangri-Las - 46
Albert King - 45
The Pretty Things - 43
Al Kooper - 40
The Standells - 40
Marianne Faithfull - 39
Manfred Mann - 39
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - 32
Tim Buckley - 31
The Creation - 27
The Shadows of Knight - 33
Joe Tex - 21
The Blues Project - 19
Scott Walker - 18
The Monks - 17
The Music Machine - 14

Write-ins:

Hasil Adkins - 1
James Carr - 1
Dee Clark - 1
Miles Davis - 1
Neil Diamond - 1
Lonnie Donnigan - 1
Serge Gainsbourg - 3
Long John Hunter - 1
Robert Johnson - 1
Neil Sedaka - 1
Rod Taylor & the Intruders - 1
The Turtles - 1

Oldies election, 50 ballots counted:

Bobby Darin - 37
Gene Pitney - 32
Chubby Checker/Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions/The Shirelles - 31
Jan & Dean- 30
Brenda Lee - 29
Duane Eddy - 28
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Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - 23
Solomon Burke/Little Anthony & The Imperials - 22
The Big Bopper - 21
The Staple Singers - 20
Ruth Brown - 16
Gary U.S. Bonds/Link Wray - 15
Big Mama Thornton - 14
Wanda Jackson - 13
The Flamingos - 12
Clyde McPhatter/Little Walter/Jimmy Reed - 11
Bobby "Blue" Bland - 10
The Dells - 8
Lloyd Price - 7