The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 9 Results
After the Round 8 results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 9 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 1990 (who released their first record in 1964) to the mix. With 16 spots available from last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 9:
Round 9 Nominees
- Albert King
- Ben E. King
- Bob Marley & The Wailers*
- Bobby Darin
- Brenda Lee
- Chubby Checker
- Darlene Love
- Duane Eddy
- Dusty Springfield*
- Elmore James
- Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
- Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
- Joan Baez
- LaVern Baker
- Lesley Gore
- Little Anthony & The Imperials
- Little Walter
- Lloyd Price
- Mary Wells
- Neil Sedaka
- Odetta
- Professor Longhair
- Ricky Nelson
- Rod Stewart*
- Simon & Garfunkel*
- Solomon Burke
- The Animals*
- The Bee Gees*
- The Byrds*
- The Dave Clark Five
- The Impressions
- The Kinks*
- The Marvelettes
- The Moody Blues*
- The Righteous Brothers
- The Ventures
- The Who*
- The Zombies*
- Toots & The Maytals
- Wanda Jackson
*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
108 Total Ballots Received
Full Results
(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)
73.10% (79): Simon & Garfunkel, The Who
72.20% (78): The Kinks
64.80% (70): Bob Marley & The Wailers
60.20% (65): The Bee Gees
58.30% (63): The Byrds
51.90% (56): Dusty Springfield, Joan Baez (+4.90%)
51.0% (55): Mary Wells (+3.0%)
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46.30% (50): The Marvelettes (+2.30%)
44.40% (48): Rod Stewart
43.50% (47): Ricky Nelson (+3.50%), Solomon Burke (+13.50%), The Animals, The Righteous Brothers (-4.50%)
35.20% (38): Albert King (+5.20%), The Zombies
34.30% (37): LaVern Baker (+5.30%)
33.30% (36): Darlene Love (+0.30%)
32.40% (35): Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps (-4.60%), The Impressions (-3.60%)
31.50% (34): Wanda Jackson (+6.50%)
28.70% (31): Chubby Checker (-8.30%), The Moody Blues
24.10% (26): Brenda Lee (-1.90%)
23.20% (25): Toots & The Maytals (-6.80%)
22.20% (24): Lesley Gore (-3.80%), Professor Longhair (+0.20%), The Ventures (-7.80%)
21.30% (23): Ben E. King (-10.70%), Elmore James (-0.70%)
20.40% (22): Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (+0.40%), Odetta (-5.60%)
18.50% (20): Bobby Darin (-3.50%)
17.60% (19): Neil Sedaka (-3.40%)
16.70% (18): Duane Eddy (-9.30%), Little Anthony & The Imperials (-1.30%), Little Walter (-3.30%), Lloyd Price (-5.30%)
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14.80% (16): The Dave Clark Five (-8.20%)
As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 1990:
- Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Dusty Springfield
- Joan Baez
- Mary Wells
- Simon & Garfunkel
- The Bee Gees
- The Byrds
- The Kinks
- The Who
The following artist(s) received less than 15% of the total vote this round and will need to re-nominated by the Nomination Commitee to appear on a future ballot (pending eligbility):
The Dave Clark Five
The other 30 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 8. Next week, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 1991 (artists who released their first record in 1965).
Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 9 Ballot: Bobby "Blue" Bland, Buddy Guy, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Chuck Willis, Clyde McPhatter, Connie Francis, Del Shannon, Freddie King, Gene Pitney, George Benson, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Glen Campbell, Harry Belafonte, Harry Nilsson, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Reed, Joe Tex, Johnny Burnette & The Rock N Roll Trio, Kitty Wells, Koko Taylor, Lightnin' Hopkins, Little Willie John, Loretta Lynn, Marianne Faithful, Merle Haggard, Nancy Sinatra, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Peter, Paul & Mary, Randy Newman, The Big Bopper, The Chiffons, The Clovers, The Crystals, The Dells, The Dominoes, The Hollies, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Shangri-Las, The Skatalites, The Yardbirds, Tommy James & The Shondells, Wynonie Harris
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