The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 15 Results
After the Round 14 results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 15 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 1996 (who released their first record in 1970) to the mix. With 23 spots available from last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 15:
Round 15 Nominees
- Alice Cooper
- Black Sabbath*
- Buddy Guy
- Buffalo Springfield***
- Carpenters
- Cat Stevens
- Chicago
- Curtis Mayfield*
- Darlene Love
- Deep Purple
- Diana Ross*
- Earth, Wind & Fire*
- Emmylou Harris**
- Eric Clapton*
- Fela Kuti*
- George Harrison
- Gil Scott-Heron*
- Glen Campbell**
- Jethro Tull***
- Jimmy Cliff
- Joe Cocker
- King Crimson**
- Kraftwerk*
- Laura Nyro***
- Leonard Cohen
- Lesley Gore***
- MC5***
- Paul McCartney & Wings*
- T. Rex
- The (Young) Rascals***
- The Hollies***
- The Meters
- The Moody Blues
- The Righteous Brothers
- The Zombies
- Thin Lizzy*
- Todd Rundgren*
- Warren Zevon***
- Yes
- ZZ Top*
*indicates the artist is nominated in their first year of eligibility
**indicates the artist is appearing on the ballot for the first time after their first year of eligibility
***indicates the artist returned to the ballot after receiving less than 25% in a prior round
Veteran's Committee Ballot
Starting in Round 15, there is an alternative path to induction for artists who have reached their 10-year eligibility period: the Veteran's Committee. On these ballots, voters selected exactly 4 artists from a group of 10 candidates. In this round, we nominated artists who received the most nominations throughout the project so far.
Here are this round's Veteran's Committee nominees:
Bobby Darin
Brenda Lee
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
LaVern Baker
Little Walter
Lloyd Price
Neil Sedaka
Professor Longhair
Solomon Burke
Visual Results
118 Ballots Received
118 Ballots Received
Full Results
(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)
57.60% (68): Black Sabbath
55.90% (66): Earth, Wind & Fire
55.10% (65): Buddy Guy (+22.70%)
54.20% (64): Paul McCartney & Wings
53.40% (63): Kraftwerk
52.50% (62): Curtis Mayfield, T. Rex (+12.00%)
51.70% (61): Glen Campbell
50.80% (60): Alice Cooper (+7.80%), Chicago (+4.90%), Darlene Love (+13.00%), Diana Ross, Leonard Cohen (+15.70%)
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42.40% (50): ZZ Top
41.50% (49): The Zombies (+7.30%)
40.70% (48): Eric Clapton, The Moody Blues (+10.10%)
39.80% (47): Yes (+0.20%)
39.00% (44): George Harrison (+4.80%)
36.40% (43): The Righteous Brothers (+10.30%)
35.60% (42): Deep Purple (+4.10%)
34.70% (41): Jimmy Cliff (+7.70%)
32.20% (38): Carpenters (+0.70%)
31.40% (37): Cat Stevens (+5.30%), MC5 (+8.00%)
29.70% (35): Fela Kuti
28.00% (33): Jethro Tull (+6.40%), Joe Cocker (+1.00%)
26.30% (31): Gil Scott-Heron
25.40% (30): Lesley Gore, The Hollies (+7.40%), The Meters (-1.60%)
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24.60% (29): Todd Rundgren
22.90% (27): Buffalo Springfield, The (Young) Rascals
22.00% (26): Laura Nyro
21.20% (25): Emmylou Harris, King Crimson
18.60% (22): Warren Zevon (-4.80%)
17.80% (21): Thin Lizzy
Veteran’s Committee Ballot Results:
53.40% (63): Solomon Burke
51.70% (61): Brenda Lee
50.00% (59): LaVern Baker, Lloyd Price
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40.70% (48): Professor Longhair
37.30% (44): Bobby Darin
33.10% (39): Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
25.40% (30): Little Walter, Neil Sedaka
As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 1996:
- Alice Cooper
- Black Sabbath
- Buddy Guy
- Chicago
- Curtis Mayfield
- Darlene Love
- Diana Ross
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Glen Campbell
- Kraftwerk
- Leonard Cohen
- Paul McCartney & Wings
- T. Rex
The following artists have been inducted via the Veteran's Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 1996:
- Brenda Lee
- LaVern Baker
- Lloyd Price
- Solomon Burke
The following artist(s) received less than 25% of the total vote this round and will need to re-nominated by the Nomination Commitee to appear on a future ballot (pending eligbility):
- Buffalo Springfield
- Emmylou Harris
- King Crimson
- Laura Nyro
- The (Young) Rascals
- Thin Lizzy
- Todd Rundgren
- Warren Zevon
The following artist(s) have reached the maximum number of nominations within their 10 years of eligibility and will now be considered for the veteran's committee ballot:
- None
The other 19 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 16. Next week, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 1997 (artists who released their first record in 1971).
Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 15 Ballot: Badfinger, Ben E. King, Bernie Taupin, Billy Fury, Billy Preston, Black Oak Arkansas, Bobby Vinton, Bobby Womack, Can, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Carla Thomas, Dave Edmunds, Dennis Wilson, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Donovan, Dr. John, Edgar Winter, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Faces, Fairport Convention, Fanny, Gene Chandler, Gene Pitney, Gordon Lightfoot, Gram Parsons, Grand Funk Railroad, Harry Belafonte, Helen Reddy, Isaac Hayes, Jackie DeShannon, Janis Ian, Jim Croce, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Tex, John Denver, Johnny Winter, Judy Collins, Junior Wells, Kris Kirstofferson, Lee Dorsey, Leon Russell, Loretta Lynn, Lou Rawls, Love, Merle Haggard, Merry Clayton, Mott the Hoople, Nick Drake, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Peter Tosh, Peter, Paul & Mary, Phil Ochs, Popol Vuh, Procol Harum, Randy Newman, Ringo Starr, Roberta Flack, Slade, Slim Harpo, Small Faces, Steppenwolf, Steve Miller Band, Supertramp, Sweet, Tammi Terrell, Tangerine Dream, The 5th Dimension, The Blossoms, The Chiffons, The Crystals, The Dave Clark Five, The Delfonics, The GTOs, The Guess Who, The J. Geils Band, The J.B.’s, The Left Banke, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Three Dog Night, Tom Jones, Tommy James & the Shondells, Toots & the Maytals, Tower of Power, Traffic, War, Waylon Jennings, Yoko Ono
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