Rock Hall of Fame to add 6 group inductees
Written by on February 9th, 2012 in Latest News.
Though Billy Haley, seated at the drums, was previously inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame, his band The Comets will also be inducted in 2012. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says six additional groups will be inducted this year after a committee determined they should be recognized with their previously enshrined original lead singers.
The Blue Caps, the Comets, the Crickets, the Well-known Flames, the Midnighters and the Miracles will be inducted at the April ceremony in Cleveland.
The Crickets’ Buddy Holly and the Well-known Flames’ James Brown were inducted in 1986. The Comets’ Bill Haley and the Miracles’ Smokey Robinson were inducted in 1987.
The Midnighters’ Hank Ballard was inducted in 1990 and the Blue Caps’ Gene Vincent was inducted in 1998.
Previously announced inductees for 2012 are the Beastie Boys, Donovan, Guns N’ Roses, Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Small Faces/The Faces, Freddie King, Don Kirshner, Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns.
