Hall of Famers The Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead

Formed	1965, San Francisco, CA
Disbanded	1995

Jerry Garcia (lead guitar, vocals), Bob Weir (rhythm guitar, vocals), Phil Lesh (bass, vocals), Bill Kreutzmann (drums), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (keyboards, harmonica, vocals, 1965-72), Mickey Hart (drums, 1967-71, 1975-95), Tom Constanten (keyboards, 1968-70), Donna Godchaux (vocals, 1971-79), Keith Godchaux (keyboards, 1971-79), Brent Mydland (keyboards, vocals, 1979-90), Vince Welnick (keyboards, vocals, 1990-95)

INDUCTED AUGUST, 2010

Discography:

Grateful Dead (1967, Warner Bros.)

Anthem of the Sun (1968, Warner Bros.)

Aoxomoxoa (1969, Warner Bros.)

Workingman's Dead (1970, Warner Bros.)

American Beauty (1970, Warner Bros.)

Wake of the Flood (1974, Grateful Dead)

From the Mars Hotel (1974, Grateful Dead)

Blues For Allah (1975, Grateful Dead)

Terrapin Station (1977, Arista)

Shakedown Street (1978, Arista)

Go To Heaven (1980, Arista)

In The Dark (1987, Arista)

Built to Last (1989, Arista)

Selected Live Albums:

Live/Dead (1969, Warner Bros.) 

Grateful Dead (1971, Warner Bros.)

Europe '72 (1972, Warner Bros.)

History of the Grateful Dead, Vol. 1: Bear's Choice (1973, Warner Bros.)

Steal Your Face (1976, Grateful Dead)

Reckoning (1981, Arista)

Dead Set (1981, Arista)

Without a Net (1990, Arista)

One From the Vault (1991, Grateful Dead)

Infrared Roses (1991, Grateful Dead)

Two From the Vault (1992, Grateful Dead)

Dick's Picks, Volumes 1-36 (1993-2005, Grateful Dead)

The Closing of Winterland (2003, Rhino)

The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack (2004, Rhino)

Three From the Vault (2007, Rhino)

Selected Compilations:

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been (1977, Warner Bros.)

The Arista Years (1996, Arista)

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Ten New Inductees Chosen by the People

The polls are closed, and we have ten new inductees chosen by the People for our August class of Hall of Famers. 166 ballots were counted, an artist or group needed to be named on at least 84 of them to get in.

So here us the August, 2010 class of the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame (final vote total listed next to their name):

Credence Clearwater Revival - 126
The Doors - 119
Van Morrison - 107
Janis Joplin - 106
Pink Floyd - 106
Sly & the Family Stone - 93
Jeff Beck - 89
Traffic - 86
The Bee Gees - 84
The Grateful Dead - 84

The following artists failed to be named on more than 50% of the counted ballots and will continue to be eligible for future elections:

Al Green - 83
Bob Seger - 79
The Turtles - 73
The (Small) Faces - 70
Tommy James & the Shondells - 62
Gladys Knight & the Pips - 61
Love - 54
The Spencer Davis Group - 53
The Association - 52
Procol Harum - 51
Leonard Cohen - 49
Buddy Guy - 49
Herman's Hermits - 49
Martha & the Vandellas - 49
The Box Tops - 45
Issac Hayes - 45
Lesley Gore - 44
The O'Jays - 43
Captain Beefheart - 42
The Troggs - 42
The Bobby Fuller Four - 41
Mitch Ryder - 39
Canned Heat - 37
the 13th Floor Elevators - 34
John Mayall - 34
Albert King - 33
The Kingsmen - 32
Little Anthony & the Imperials - 32
Darlene Love - 32
The Sonics - 30
The Move - 29
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - 28
Moby Grape - 27
? and the Mysterians - 27
The Shangri-Las - 27
The Seeds - 24
Vanilla Fudge - 24
Bobby Womack - 22
Fairport Convention - 19
The Soft Machine - 10

Write-ins:

Arthur Alexander - 1
Luis Armstrong - 1
Michael Bloomfield - 1
Los Bravos - 1
The Buckinghams - 1
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - 1
Petula Clark - 1
The Classics IV - 1
Lee Dorsey - 1
Fleetwood Mac - 2
Eddie Floyd - 1
Freddie King - 1
Lee Hazelwood - 1
The Left Banke - 2
Manfred Mann - 1
The Nice - 1
Laura Nyro - 1
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy - 1
The Pretty Things - 1
SRC - 1
The Searchers - 1
Link Wray - 1
Kathy Young & the Innocents - 1
The Youngbloods - 1

Nominees for The People's August, 2010 Election

Welcome to the August 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.

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 1967. To be eligible, an artist or group had to have released their first single or album no later than '67.

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 1967 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 August 20, 2010.

Our nominees for the August, 2010 election:

The 13th Floor Elevators
The Association
Jeff Beck
The Bee Gees
The Box Tops
Canned Heat
Captain Beefheart
Leonard Cohen
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Spencer Davis Group
The Doors
Fairport Convention
The Bobby Fuller Four
Lesley Gore
The Grateful Dead
Al Green
Buddy Guy
Issac Hayes
Herman's Hermits
Tommy James & the Shondells
Janis Joplin
Albert King
The Kingsmen
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Little Anthony & the Imperials
Love
Darlene Love
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Martha & the Vandellas
John Mayall
Moby Grape
Van Morrison
The Move
The O'Jays
Pink Floyd
Procol Harum
? and the Mysterians
Mitch Ryder
The Seeds
Bob Seger
The Shangri-Las
Sly & the Family Stone
The Small Faces/The Faces
The Soft Machine
The Sonics
Traffic
The Troggs
The Turtles
Vanilla Fudge
Bobby Womack

New Inductees: July, 2010 Election

David Bowie

Buffalo Springfield

Chubby Checker

Cream

Bobby Darin

Duane Eddy 

Jimi Hendrix

Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions 

Jan & Dean

Jefferson Airplane 

Brenda Lee

The Mamas and the Papas

The MC5

The Monkees

Gene Pitney

The Shirelles 

The Velvet Underground 

Frank Zappa

Hall of Famers The MC5

The MC5

Formed	1966, Detroit, MI
Disbanded	1972

Wayne Kramer (guitar), Michael Davis (bass), Rob Tyner (vocals), Dennis Thompson (drums), Fred "Sonic" Smith (guitar)

 
INDUCTED JULY, 2010

Discography:

Kick Out the James (1969, Elektra)

Back in the USA (1970, Atlantic)

High Time (1971, Atlantic)

Selected Live Albums:

Live at the Grande Ballroom 1968 (2007, Get Back)

Live at the Saginaw Civic Centre 1st Jan 1970 (2007, Get Back)

Selected Compilations:

The Big Bang: The Best of the MC5 (2000, Rhino)

Anthology (2008, Cleopatra)

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Hall of Famers The Mamas and the Papas

The Mamas and the Papas

Formed	1965, New York, NY
Disbanded	1971

John Phillips (vocals, guitar), Denny Doherty (vocals), Michelle Phillips (vocals), Cass Elliot (vocals)

 

INDUCTED JULY, 2010

Discography:

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Your Ears (1966, Dunhill)

The Mamas and the Papas (1966, Dunhill)

Deliver (1967, Dunhill)

The Papas and the Mamas (1968, Dunhill)

People Like Us (1971, Dunhill)

Selected Live Album:

The Monterey International Pop Festival (1971, Dunhill)

Selected Compilations:

All the Leaves Are Brown: The Golden Era Collection (2001, MCA)

Classic (2009, Spectrum/MCA)

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Hall of Famer Duane Eddy

Duane Eddy

BornApril 26, 1938, Corning, NY

INDUCTED JULY, 2010

Discography:

Especially For You (1959, Jamie)

The "Twangs" The "Thang" (1959, Jamie)

Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel (1959, Jamie)

Duane Eddy Plays the Songs of Our Heritage (1960, Jamie)

Girls! Girls! Girls! (1961, Jamie)

Twangy Guitar, Silky Strings (1962, RCA Victor)

Twistin' and Twangin' (1962, RCA Victor)

Twistin' With Duane Eddy (1962, Jamie)

"Twang" A Country Song (1963, RCA Victor)

Dance With the Guitar Man (1963, RCA Victor)

Surfin' (1963, Jamie)

Twangin' Up a Storm (1963, RCA Victor)

Lonely Guitar (1964, RCA Victor)

Water Skiing (1964, RCA Victor)

Duane a Go Go (1965, Colpix)

Duane Eddy Does Bob Dylan (1965, Colpix)

Twangsville (1965, RCA Victor)

The Biggest Twang of Them All (1966, Reprise)

The Roaring Twangies (1967, Reprise)

Guitar Man (1975, GTO)

Duane Eddy (His Twangy Guitar and the Rebels) (1987, Capitol)

Selected Compilation:

Twang Thang: Anthology (1993, Rhino)

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