Five For Friday: RRHOF Omissions, Part 6

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Here is part 6 of the series from BestClassicBands.com’s list of 100 bands or artists who have not yet been considered for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. The blurb after each comes from the article.

  1. Grand Funk Railroad, “We’re An American Band”: One of the first truly divisive rock bands, but love ’em or hate ’em you can’t deny they helped popularize hard rock.
  2. The Grass Roots, “Temptation Eyes”: Easy to forget them until you look at their long string of smashes: “Midnight Confessions,” “Let’s Live for Today,” “Temptation Eyes” and many more.
  3. The Guess Who, “American Woman”: The Canadian band led by Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman was another hit machine: “American Woman,” “These Eyes,” “No Sugar Tonight,” etc.
  4. Emmylou Harris, “Sweet Dreams”: Few singer-songwriters so successfully straddled the worlds of traditional Nashville country and the modern singer-songwriter genre of the ’70s and ’80s. And she still sounds amazing today.
  5. Richie Havens, “Here Comes The Sun”: One of the most distinctive voices ever, he made every song he covered his own. And he opened the Woodstock fest.

And that’s your Five For Friday, May 27, 2022.

Published by John Holton

Internet disc jockey, lover of old TV (especially the commercials), inveterate wise guy.

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9 thoughts on “Five For Friday: RRHOF Omissions, Part 6”

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    1. I had their “Closer to Home” album and wore it out. I can’t say that I was a big fan, but I liked some of their stuff. And I agree, they definitely deserve to be in the RRHOF.

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