Continuing on to add to my list from before.... here are the music artists that are ranked from 71-80 in a grouping of no particular order (except alphabetical). Most of these are already in my recording artist HoF (all except two... happens to be the final two on this list). Here they are listed along with their number of songs in the song HoF ( Read more... )

Number 103 to be added to DRAHoF is.....  Green Day
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One of my favourite music genres is Pop Punk.  The godfathers were the Ramones but there is a handful of others that are in my musical universe that are worthy of inclusion in my list of favourites.  Green Day is one of them.
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I especially liked their first big album, Dookie, which was in the ( 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... )

Right... It's been a bit over a year since I made my last update. So I spent a little time mulling over it and am making some slight changes ( Read more... )

Being added to my Song Hall of Fame...  "Batman Theme" by The Jam

Reminds me of the first week or so of freshman year at UMass.  My roommate Kevin and I had purchased a life-sized cardboard Batman which we affixed to our dorm room door....  until we took it down after people started calling us Bat Dorks.

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A further update of the 2010 list (with big movers noted, all others have moved 2 spots or less from 2010 ( Read more... )

Here are some lists of voting results from a rock and roll hall of fame re-voting project I was involved with...

Future Eligibles That We Feel Should Be Enshrined As Performers:

Guns 'n Roses - 2012
Soundgarden - 2012
Pixies - 2013
Public Enemy - 2013
N. W. A. - 2014
Nirvana - 2014
Green Day - 2015
Nine Inch Nails - 2015
Alice In Chains - 2016
Blur - 2016
Jane ( Read more... )

A website I look at asked people to compile their lists, so I spent some time this morning arranging it thusly  (as well as a short early influence list at the bottom):

ranking of my 100 favorite "rock" artists (Oct 26, 2010)

1 The Beatles
2 Bob Dylan
3 The Doors
4 John Lennon
5 Ramones
6 The Beach Boys
7 Leonard Cohen
8 The Kinks
9 The Clash
10 Johnny Cash
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More poll results...

NME (New Musical Express) is a music magazine in Britain since the '50's, and they do a readers' poll every year... Here are some more poll results:

Top Vocal Group:

Platters (1957 ( Read more... )

NME (New Musical Express) is a music magazine in Britain since the '50's, and they do a readers' poll every year... Here are some poll results ( Read more... )