Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner and Peter Frampton are among the 2024 inductees into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Other inductees in the Performer category are Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Kool & The Gang and A Tribe Called Quest.
Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield will be presented with the Musical Excellence Award; Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton will receive the Musical Influence Award; and Suzanne de Passe is getting the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
The induction ceremony will be held on October 19th at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. It will air live on Disney+. An edited version will run on ABC at a later date, and will be available on Hulu the day after.
“Rock & Roll is an ever-evolving amalgam of sounds that impacts culture and moves generations,” John Sykes, chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Foundation, said in a statement. “This diverse group of inductees each broke down musical barriers and influenced countless artists that followed in their footsteps.”
To be eligible for this year’s ballot, each nominee’s first single or album had to have been released in 1999 or earlier.
Ozzy, along with the rest of the original lineup of Black Sabbath, was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2006, but the legendary heavy metal singer will now be recognized for his solo career.
Artists are eligible to be inducted into the Rock Hall after at least 25 years have passed since their first record was released.
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Excellent points Dana. One of the beautiful things about discussing music is there is never really a wrong opinion. As far as Dio singing Ozzy era Sabbath, check out Black Sabbaths Live Evil!
Why be some hack calling yourself the real Paul stanley…be a man.
Dave,
Clearly, he is joking, it is not meant to be taken, seriously.
Except for ozzy nobody else deserves it.
Now when does weird al yankovic and Barry manilow get in ?
Not sure if you were making a joke, but damn, Barry isn’t in the HOF? Barry is my guilty pleasure, seen him live like 3 times. I still to this day will listen to his music (nothing better than putting on shuffle on my songs and having Slayer, Metallica, Zep, Ratt, MANILLOW!!!). He definitely deserves to be in.
So does Weird Al, and THE MONKEES!!!
To each their own, but I cannot agree with any of those choices.
While I love the Monkees, and they are certainly the most rock n’ roll of the three mentioned above, they were somewhat of a parody band. Perhaps, not in the same ridiculous vein as Steel Panther, but a Beatles parody, nonetheless.
Speaking of parody…
Michael minutagIo. I said it a few times here, even mentioning it to dana… Just think about this. qualification is inspiration\ longevity.. He has both… When bon jovi, dokken, slade, and all the other hard rockers went on American bandstand, what was the 1st thing you heard? The theme to American bandstand which manilow wrote..
McDonalds jingle , bandaids jingle, many others he wrote them.
Not to mention his own mega hits.
Yankovic puts more effort in his videos than ppl put in their own music.
I’m not too sure about the monkees.. Plus half the other ppl in here ( rappers ,grunge)
Frampton and Foreigner do and Ozzy does not deserve going in as a solo artist, he is a bit of a fraud in that regard
Congratulations to Ozzy. A well deserved, awesome, recognition. But it would have been even more awesome if the entire Blizzard Of Ozz band (the band name before it became an Ozzy solo project) got in, not just Ozzy.
Rattle,
I completely agree, but the sham hall probably thinks awarding Rhoads the, Musical Excellence Award, is enough (eye roll).
The worst decision in metal history, Steve Machat signing only Ozzy to CBS with Tony Martell. He empowered Darth Hideous to break up an all time great band
People should know those first two masterpieces were recorded as Blizzard of ozz
Is it just OZZY or are his bands getting in as well? I love Ozzy, but IMO Randy, Jake E Lee and Zakk are just as important to Ozzy’s success.
Or maybe I would just LOVE to see Zakk Wylde get inducted somehow…I love that guy!!
Bob Daisley was a huge part of Ozzy’s ongoing success, and let’s not forget Rhoads.
Yes, Lee, and Wylde are very important, but with out the initial success of the original Blizzard of Ozz band, Ozzy’s career may have fizzled out at the launchpad.
Bob daisley…..Lee Kerslake.
Blizzard of ozz is the best band Ozzy was ever in
I think most people know that Ozzy, would be nowhere, without Rhoads, Daisley and Kerslake.
Additionally Daisley, despite being backstabbed many times, continued to write for Ozzy, up until, I believe was, No More Tears? If so, many may agree, that was his last great record. I have read Dailey‘s book, For Facts Sake, and I cannot recommend it, enough.
Finally, I think we can all agree, that Ozzy, Sharon, or both, have a highly attuned sense for spotting talent. As Ozzy managed to continually surround himself with it, which is, and was, a major key, to his ongoing success. However, nothing touches his original lineup.
About f’ing time! I wonder who’ll be inducting him? May Rob Trujillo or Lars, James and Kirk?
Well James and Lars inducted Black Sabbath back in 2006, so I suppose it’s possible.
Personally, had he still been with us, I think Ozzy would have wanted Lemmy to do it. Lemmy did write lyrics for him after all and they were good friends.