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Heavy Plays Of 2017 RockHall Nominees Every Hour

NOVEMBER finds us Spotlighting 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees for induction into the RockHall and Museum at Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to including the new crop of nominees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in our mix this month, we’re giving Extra Plays to GreatGold music artists born in November during years gone by.

rockhall_2017-nominees-image_400x400ROCK AND ROLL FANS have an opportunity to vote for the music artists they would like to see inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum at Cleveland Ohio at a ceremony in 2017. All nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 are: Bad Brains, Chaka Khan, Chic, Depeche Mode, Electric Light Orchestra, J. Geils Band, Jane’s Addiction, Janet Jackson, Joan Baez, Joe Tex, Journey, Kraftwerk, MC5, Pearl Jam, Steppenwolf, The Cars, The Zombies, Tupac Shakur, and Yes. There are nineteen nominees. Lovers of Rock and Roll can make their choices known by voting before December 5, 2016.

SOME OF THE NOVEMBER BORN singers and musicians who are getting Extra Plays of their big hits during this, their Birthday Month, include: BONNIE RAITT; TINA TURNER; BILLY IDOL; PERCY SLEDGE; LULU; ADAM ANT; ART GARFUNKEL of Simon and Garfunkel; PETER NOONE of Herman’s Hermits; BRYAN ADAMS; NICK SIMPER of Deep Purple; DON McDOUGALL of Guess Who; TERRY JOHNSON of The Flamingos; RUBY NASH CURTIS of Ruby and The Romantics; BRIAN HYLAND;

AND: RICKY MARTIN; GLENN FREY of The Eagles and solo; DEE CLARK; JOHNNY RIVERS; TOM FOGERTY of Creedence Clearwater Revival; MARY TRAVERS and PAUL STOOKEY of Peter, Paul and Mary; DAVE LOGGINS; DONNA FARGO; BOOKER T JONES of Booker-T and The MGs; JAY BLACK of Jay and The Americans; RICH GOOCH of Quarterflash; BRUCE HORNSBY; CLYDE McPHATTER; PLUS, Many More November Born Music Stars.

  • Billboard Publisher, Co-Owner Dead at 72

    GREATGOLD NEWS – SAM HOLDSWORTH, former editor-in-chief and publisher of media, music, radio, and entertainment industry news and information publisher, Billboard, died May 18 at 72 of a heart attack. Holdsworth, who was also co-founder of Musician magazine, was part of a consortium that bought Billboard Publications Inc. (BPI) in 1984 from the Littleford family […]

  • GreatGold.fm Is Now GreatGoldMusic.com

      GREATGOLD NEWS – There is one thing in life that you can always count on and that is “change”. Our GreatGold.fm domain name has changed due to registration expiration at the end of May, 2024 because of an unintended paperwork snafu. As a result of the confusion that developed, we lost the right to […]

  • The Who’s Townshend Was Born in May

    GREATGOLD – THE WHO’S Pete Townshend, born May 19, 1945, (Picture-right) is one of the many GreatGold Music Stars born during the month of May getting Extra Plays this month as part of The Who, along with the other music stars with May birthdays. See the list of May Birthdays on our GreatGoldMusic.com website, formerly […]

  • Twangin’ Duane Eddy Bites the Dust

    GREATGOLD NEWS – The GreatGold Music Star behind the Deep Twanging guitar sound heard on many hit songs from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and beyond, Duane Eddy, has passed on to rock and roll heaven. The guitar magic of Duane Eddy can be heard on such hit favs as “Rebel-Rouser” in 1958, “Ramrod” (1958), “Cannonball&rdquo […]

  • RockNod: Cher, Kool, Foreigner, More

    GREATGOLD NEWS – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame final list of new 2024 inductees to be celebrated at the induction ceremony has been revealed at rockhall.com. The list of inductees includes the following Performers: Cher, Mary J. Blige, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Trib […]

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