This ranking was originally published in 2018. It has since been updated and revised. The 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held in Cleveland on October 19, shown live on Disney+, and then streamed on Hulu. This year’s inductees — a slate including Cher, the Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Kool & the Gang, Peter Frampton, Mary J. Blige, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Tribe Called Quest — have been added below.
This year’s slate of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame shows us again that the Founder’s Era of the institution is definitely over. That crew, led by Ahmet Ertegun, the legendary mogul, and Jann Wenner, the former publisher of Rolling Stone magazine, had many faults, including in-clubbiness, inconsistency, and blinders when it came to certain musical styles. However, the hall accepted that rock and roll was a thing apart…
