Good for the Ventures. ‘bout time.
Melloncamp, I don’t care either way.
Leonard Cohen...wonderful writer but not a rocker. Deserves fame and fortune but not at the RandR HoF.
Modanna: Lots of geezers hate her persona which is a prime requirement for R&R cred. The Jim Backus crowd of the 21st century: “What’s all that caterwalling in there? Kids today!...harumph, harumph.” OTOH, she is, to me, like a few others, famous, popular but with forgettable music. Can you huma few of her songs? I can’t. I find Elvis Costello the same way.
DC5...Actually, English footballers who after a night at the pub said, “Hey, me mate Dave here ‘as a drum kit..Let’s start a band!” They recorded “Glad All Over” They then re-recorded it about 50 more times using different titles. They should sue themselves for plagarism.
Gamble and Huff: Absolutely. You betcha.
Bang on!
Agree with you on E. Costello, too.
Dave Clark Five? Are you s(censored) me? What next, the Archies?*
*I think Don Kirshner, who really was "The Archies" may be in the hall already.