Here is my grouping of my ten favourite music artists beyond the top 60.... so these are the 61-70 grouping, followed by song numbers in SHoF. All of these are in DRAHoF, by the way:

Alice Cooper 3
Ike and Tina Turner 2
James Taylor 2
Jethro Tull 3
Neil Diamond 2
Paul Simon 0
Prince 2
Richard and Linda Thompson 3
Richard Wagner 2
Talking Heads 2

We went to see Adam Ant at the Sands Centre in Carlisle last night. Great show. Really liked it. Very loud and energetic show... Adam Ant is about the same age as Linda... and she doesn't know how he could have that much energy, always moving around stage the whole time. They played the entire Friend or Foe album and a bunch of other songs as ( Read more... )

Hello again. I've decided, for the time being, to do away with ranking the 51st to 100th positions on my top 100 recording artist list (personal preferences).... so the list below is just a big batch of 50... not in order.... other than they are shown in the ranked order from last year just out of interest. Also shown are the number of songs in the ( Read more... )

I would like to induct Alice Cooper (the band) to my DRAHoF list...
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I can do without the shock rock guillotine Halloween make-up stuff associated with Alice Cooper.  What I'm inducting here is the early '70's band (not the guy now known as Alice Cooper, but the band).
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Alice Cooper was a band formed in Phoenix, Arizona way back in 1964 (altho they ( Read more... )

I realise I'm posting much more than normal.....  but here's more...

The next 25 on my favourite music artists list.



51 Eddie Cochran 1  (down 2 positions)

52 Ike and Tina Turner 1

53 Janis Joplin 0

54 Richard and Linda Thompson 3

55 Paul Simon 0

56 Talking Heads 2

57 Al Green 2

58 Moby 3

59 Prince 2  (up 1 ( Read more... )

... The ones on their list (101 to 150) who ARE on my list of 100:

George Harrison (them: 108, my rank: 6)
Leonard Cohen (138, 9)
ABBA (136, 31)
Jackson 5 (125, 44)
Paul Simon (111, 55)
Blondie (150, 61)
Alice Cooper (135, 67)
Green Day (113, 68)
NWA (130, 77)
Rod Stewart (110, 78)
Mamas & the Papas (126, 80)

Darrin's Recording Artist Hall of Fame (DRAHoF) - Inductee List
Each recording artist making it into the Hall of Fame has gone thru a rigorous selection process in which they are chosen as more worthy than at least 16 other candidates in a semi-random way.  Worthiness is a measure not only of sonic excellence but also of how much the artist has been ( Read more... )

As you know...

Each recording artist making it into Darrin's Recording Artist Hall of Fame (DRAHoF) has gone thru a rigorous selection process in which they are chosen as more worthy than at least 16 other candidates in a semi-random way.  Worthiness is a measure not only of sonic excellence but also of how much the artist has been a part of my ( Read more... )