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The Miracles0 Comments

The group is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 27th induction ceremony. Claudette Robinson:

I didn’t think it would happen in my lifetime. For the longest time so many people have put in their comments and tried so hard for us to be inducted, and there was always a reason we weren’t. So I was a little shocked when they called and said it would happen.

Berry Gordy Jr. on 2012 Inductees the Miracles

Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Cosimo Matassa0 Comments

Matassa is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the 27th induction ceremony. Dr. Jon (Mack Robennack):

It’s always better to get recognition while you’re breathing . . . Cos was one of the cats, one of the musicians. He fit right into the whole thing.

Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Freddie King0 Comments

King is posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the 27th induction ceremony. Billy Gibbons:

We came to pay tribute to Freddie [King] on a number of levels and a number of reasons. We have a long standing history of, first of all, loving the music he was doing, and later, the surprise was getting to be friends and having him mentor and teach us a few things.

ZZ Top On what they learned from Freddie King

Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Guns N' Roses0 Comments

The group, excluding Axl Rose,  is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the 27th induction ceremony. Slash:

The thing that stuck out to me the most was when they had the Blue Caps and Crickets and the Fabulous Flames and Comets and all those guys get up there and get inducted . . . I was like, ‘Wow,’ all these guys in their 80s and 90s, some in their wheelchairs, some not even there because they’re dead, all lined up getting this honor, this recognition. That really pulled at my heartstrings. That sort of erased for me all the questions that I have. I was like, ‘I guess everybody gets it in due time. ‘

Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The Comets0 Comments

The group is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the 27th induction ceremony. Author Otto Fuchs:

One last thing, all musicians who shared the stage with Bill Haley as The Comets from 1952 until 1980 should be seen as what they were. They were contributors to the success of Rock and Roll and Bill Haley.  Contrary to what the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame published, the band did not break up in 1962, but went on until the final curtain fell for Bill Haley!

VIDEO: Crickets, Famous Flames, Midnighters, Comets, Blue Caps, Miracles

Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Darlene Love0 Comments

Love is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during the 26th induction ceremony.

It’s the validation of all the work I’ve done all these years. People in the [music] industry know me better than people outside of the industry. This to me is my Grammy, my Academy Award, my Tony, all in this one award. This means I’m being honored for everything that I’ve ever done.

2011 Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Induction - Darlene Love.mpg

Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Dr. John0 Comments

Dr. John is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during the 26th induction ceremony.

I feel like I’m blessed to get a reward from ya’ll. I feel like I’m blessed to be standing, to be breathing. You know, we just buried my drummer Saturday. He’d been my drummer for 37 years. But I have a lot of cats that’s been with me for a long time because we love what we do.

Dr. John: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2011