The Songwriters HOF name the 2023 Class
The Hall of Fame season continues in full gear as the Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced their seven member Class of 2023.
Here are the inductees:
Glen Ballard: Ballard is best known for his collaboration with Alanis Morissette, and he co-wrote all the hits from her monster 1994 album, “Jagged Little Pill”. He also wrote Michael Jackson’s hit, “Man in the Mirror”, “The Space Between” (Dave Matthews) and “Hold On” (Wilson Phillips).
Gloria Estefan: Estefan penned many of her hits, including “Don’t Wanna Lose You”, “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” and “Let’s Get Loud”.
Jeff Lynne: Lynne was the mastermind behind E.L.O., the band that generated hit songs like
Teddy Riley: Riley wrote many New Jack Swing standards, such as “My Prerogative” (Bobby Brown) and “Make It Last Forever” (Keith Sweat),
Liz Rose: Rose is best known for collaborating with Taylor Swift early in her career.
Sade: Sade wrote her biggest hits, including “Smooth Operator”, “No Ordinary Love” and “The Sweetest Taboo”.
Snoop Dogg: Snoop is one of the most successful and well-known hip-hop artists of all-time, with his hits, “Drop It Like It’s Hot”, “Nuthin’ But A Thang”, “Gin & Juice” and “Next Episode”.
Additional special awards honorees will be announced at a later date.
Those who were nominated but were not chosen were:
Bryan Adams
Lynn Ahrens/Stephen Flaherty
Blondie (Clem Burke, Debbie Harry & Chris Stein)
Dean Dillon
The Doobie Brothers (Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald & Patrick Simmons)
Vince Gill
Franne Golde
Bobby Hart/Tommy Boyce
Heart (Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson)
Sandy Linzer/Denny Randell
Roger Nichols
Dan Penn/Spooner Oldham
Dean Pitchford
Patti Smith
Tom Snow
Steve Winwood
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Alanis Morrissette named to the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced that Alanis Morissette will be part of the Class of 2022, joining Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance who were announced last March. More inductees will be announced later.
Morissette’s singing career began in 1987 and in 1991, she had her first hit record (Alanis), and was considered one of the top teen pop stars in Canada.
She pivoted her career a few years later, with an Alternative Rock album, “Jagged Little Pill”, which propelled her to international stardom and yielded number one hits, “You Oughta Know”, “Hand in my Pocket” and “Ironic.” The album remains her biggest success, and she went on to have three more number one Albums in Canada.
The ceremony is scheduled to take place in Toronto at Massey Hall on September 24.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Alanis Morissette for this impending honor.
The Rock and Roll List has been Updated: Pearl Jam is now Number 1
When that happens, we here at Notinhalloffame.com have chosen to waste no time at all as we are ready to unveil a revised list of those who should be considered for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vote in 2016.
Here is how it works for us:
First off, we remove the acts that have been inducted. For reference those were Deep Purple, Chicago, The Steve Miller Band, Cheap Trick and N.W.A.
Next, we add those who are now eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the 2016 Class.
The final criteria comes from all of you. Your votes have an impact as to the ascension and decline of the Rock and Roll acts that are eligible.
With all of that being said, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are very happy to announce tbe Notinhalloffame.com Class for 2016 in regards to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The new number one band is Pearl Jam, who are entering their first year of eligibility. There is a solid reason to expect that the Seattle based band will enter immediately.
The German group, Kraftwerk, returns at #2. The Krautrock innovators have been ranked at the top in the past, and could very well be again.
The remaining Top Ten consists of #3. Jethro Tull, #4. Roxy Music, #5. The Smiths, #6. MC5, #7. Willie Nelson, #8. New Order, #9. Gram Parsons and at #10. John Coltrane.
Pearl Jam are not the only new act that has entered our Notinhalloffame.com Rock and Roll list.
The late rapper 2pac is entering at #15.
Alternative singer, P.J. Harvey debuts at the #52 spot.
Alanis Morissette also debuts in the top 100 at #65.
The final act to enter the top 100 in their first year of eligibility are the British group, The Prodigy.
Other new entries include Aphex Twin (#115), Sterolab (#138), Tori Amos (#190), Cypress Hill (#239), Boyz II Men (#258), Mercury Rev (#295), Kyuss (#341), Helmet (#414) and The Cranberries at (#515).
You may notice that the Cranberries have debuted at #515. We originally set out to have 500, but new entries have outdone the inductees, so we have elected to have an uneven number.
Stating that, by this summer we are looking to expand it to an even 1,000.
Why a grand? Why not!
We would like to encourage you to vote and give us your comments. They do matter as those do alter future rankings.
As always, we would like to thank you for your support.
69. Alanis Morissette
When the rest of the world heard Alanis, she brought back her last name (Morissette) and delivered one of the most successful albums of all-time and became the voice of millions of women.
Notinhalloffame.com wants your input!
As you know, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has made their announcement as to who has made their Hall of Fame for the Class of 2016. This will necessitate a change in our ranking and through the years, you have let us know what you thought with your comments and votes, with those who are on the rock list.
You have also let us know on our “Rock and Roll Futures” with a comment or two, but now the next batch of futures will be placed on the list.
We would like to hear where you would consider ranking the following:
Alanis Morissette
Bikini Kill
Boyz II Men
Crash Test Dummies
Cypress Hill
Helmet
Kyuss
Live
Marc Anthony
Mercury Rev
Naughty by Nature
Pearl Jam
PM Dawn
Ricky Martin
Seal
The Cranberries
The Prodigy
Tori Amos
Tupac Shakur
Many thanks to all of you have told us your thoughts and have voted on the rock and other lists that we have.
We intend to have the new Rock list up as soon as we can!