Bands Fronted By Iconic Members Getting Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions
Posted by Larry Csonka on 02.09.2012
The Comets, the Crickets, the Famous Flames and three others…
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced that six additional groups will be inducted this year after a committee determined they should be recognized with their previously inducted lead singers. These groups are the Blue Caps, the Comets, the Crickets, the Famous Flames, the Midnighters and the Miracles. They will be inducted at April's ceremony.
* The Crickets' Buddy Holly and the Famous Flames' James Brown were inducted in 1986
* The Comets' Bill Haley and the Miracles' Smokey Robinson were inducted in 1987
* The Midnighters' Hank Ballard was inducted in 1990 and the Blue Caps' Gene Vincent was inducted in 1998
Already announced as going into the Hall this year are: Beastie Boys, Donovan, Guns N' Roses, Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Small Faces/The Faces, Freddie King, Don Kirshner, Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns.
