Willie Nelson, Missy Elliott and Sheryl Crow Nominated for Rock Hall
Cyndi Lauper, Joy Division, George Michael and the White Stripes are also among the first-time nominees up for induction this year.
Dino Danelli, Whose Drums Drove the Rascals, Is Dead at 78
His percussion virtuosity was a key to the band’s many hits of the late 1960s, including the chart-topping “Good Lovin’,” “Groovin’” and “People Got to Be Free.”
For Jann Wenner, the Music Never Stopped
In his memoir, the co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine is serenaded by Springsteen, nursed by Midler and breaks bread with Bono. There’s journalism, too.
The Fall of Kidd Creole: Inside a Rap Pioneer’s Tragic Descent
As a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, he helped invent hip-hop. He spent the rest of his life trying recapture that glory. Then, in seven minutes on a Manhattan street, it all came to an end.
Dolly Parton Voted Into Rock & Hall Hall of Fame
The country singer had objected to being included, but will join a class that includes Carly Simon, Duran Duran and others from across genres.
Dolly Parton Bows Out of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination
The country singer, who was among 17 genre-spanning nominees this year, said, “I don’t feel that I have earned that right” and asked to be removed. Voting has already begun.
Graeme Edge, Drummer and Co-Founder of the Moody Blues, Dies at 80
Many of their songs incorporated his spoken-word poetry, making them pioneers in the prog-rock movement of the late-1960s and ’70s.