Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces nominees
Madonna, Beastie Boys, John Mellencamp, Donna Summer, Chic, Afrika Bambaataa, Leonard Cohen, The Dave Clark Five and The Ventures are the nominees for the 2008 induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
Five of the nominees will be inducted in a ceremony at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel March 8.
Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after releasing their first album or single, which for this year's class would be no later than 1982.
Oddsmakers may note that blockbuster acts like Madonna are often rushed into the hall as soon as possible. Hip-hop is no more a long-shot: The Rock Hall last year inducted Grandmaster Flash. And while singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen released his first album in 1968, he's been the subject of recent attention thanks to a documentary, a book of poems and a critically-acclaimed album of material performed by his partner Anjani Thomas.
PHOTO: Madonna arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party at Morton's in West Hollywood, Calif., Feb. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)
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The top 20 at this point are:
1) Rush
2) Yes
3) Deep Purple
4) The Ventures
5) Stevie Ray Vaughan
6) Genesis
7) Alice Cooper
8) Chicago
9) Madonna
10) Pete Townshend (solo)
11) Jethro Tull
12) Dire Straits
13) Duran Duran
14) Moody Blues
15) The Cars
16) The Smiths
17) Peter Gabriel (solo)
18) Neil Diamond
19) Heart
20) The Stooges (Iggy Pop)