Petty, Ramones, Heads, Hayes enter rock hall
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Petty, Ramones, Heads, Hayes enter rock hall
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors Monday to punk rock's first generation as well as Tom Petty, former teen idol Brenda Lee and "Shaft" maestro Isaac Hayes.
The Ramones and Talking Heads, whose careers germinated during the mid-1970s in the Manhattan dive bar CBGB's, were considerably more uptown at the Waldorf-Astoria for the induction ceremony.
Country guitar picker Chet Atkins, who died last June, and Stax records co-founder Jim Stewart also joined the hall.
Petty, a Floridian now based in California, wrote hits like "Refugee," "The Waiting" and "Free Fallin'." He's being joined by his longtime backup band, the Heartbreakers, although he's also worked solo.
Wallflowers lead singer Jakob Dylan, whose dad, Bob, played with Petty briefly in the supergroup Traveling Wilburys, was scheduled to induct him.
A true teen idol, Lee recorded her two best-known songs -- the ballad "I'm Sorry" and the holiday standard, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" -- before her 16th birthday.
Grammy winner Alicia Keys, not even born during Hayes' early 1970s heyday, was to induct the veteran soul singer.
The spoken-word passages and smooth, orchestrated backing to a lothario's boasts on his best-known hit, "Theme from Shaft," predated both rap and Barry White.
With a rapid-fire, three-chord (or less) guitar attack, the four Queens, New York, friends in the Ramones kicked rock's complacency with exhilarating, fun songs like "Blitzkrieg Bop," "Rockaway Beach" and "I Wanna Be Sedated."
The timing of their induction is bittersweet, since gangly lead singer Joey Ramone died of cancer last April.
The Talking Heads began as arch, minimalist rockers with the song "Psycho Killer," then flowered in the early 1980s with funk influences on the hits "Once in a Lifetime" and "Burnin' Down the House."
Lead singer David Byrne and his three band mates, bitterly estranged, were to put their differences aside for a two-song performance at the induction.
Swing guitarist Brian Setzer and country singer Marty Stuart were to induct Atkins.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors Monday to punk rock's first generation as well as Tom Petty, former teen idol Brenda Lee and "Shaft" maestro Isaac Hayes.
The Ramones and Talking Heads, whose careers germinated during the mid-1970s in the Manhattan dive bar CBGB's, were considerably more uptown at the Waldorf-Astoria for the induction ceremony.
Country guitar picker Chet Atkins, who died last June, and Stax records co-founder Jim Stewart also joined the hall.
Petty, a Floridian now based in California, wrote hits like "Refugee," "The Waiting" and "Free Fallin'." He's being joined by his longtime backup band, the Heartbreakers, although he's also worked solo.
Wallflowers lead singer Jakob Dylan, whose dad, Bob, played with Petty briefly in the supergroup Traveling Wilburys, was scheduled to induct him.
A true teen idol, Lee recorded her two best-known songs -- the ballad "I'm Sorry" and the holiday standard, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" -- before her 16th birthday.
Grammy winner Alicia Keys, not even born during Hayes' early 1970s heyday, was to induct the veteran soul singer.
The spoken-word passages and smooth, orchestrated backing to a lothario's boasts on his best-known hit, "Theme from Shaft," predated both rap and Barry White.
With a rapid-fire, three-chord (or less) guitar attack, the four Queens, New York, friends in the Ramones kicked rock's complacency with exhilarating, fun songs like "Blitzkrieg Bop," "Rockaway Beach" and "I Wanna Be Sedated."
The timing of their induction is bittersweet, since gangly lead singer Joey Ramone died of cancer last April.
The Talking Heads began as arch, minimalist rockers with the song "Psycho Killer," then flowered in the early 1980s with funk influences on the hits "Once in a Lifetime" and "Burnin' Down the House."
Lead singer David Byrne and his three band mates, bitterly estranged, were to put their differences aside for a two-song performance at the induction.
Swing guitarist Brian Setzer and country singer Marty Stuart were to induct Atkins.
