Somewhere in downtown Cleveland, along the shore of Lake Erie, Greg Harris is busy pondering all that led up to the naming of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020… and the inevitabl…
Exhausting is what it is, but exhilarating, too, for Harris, the Philadelphia expatriate and one-time used vinyl dealer who joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 after 14 years as a senior executive at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.The Golden Globes, BAFTA, the Academy Awards — they all deal with issues of inclusion and diversity within their memberships. Music seems to be a bit different, maybe better.
To take that juxtaposition further, if you think about Whitney’s range and body of work, wouldn’t you say that Aretha Franklin has that same range? That Marvin Gaye has that same range? Should they be in the Rock Hall? Those who are questioning Whitney’s induction… there is a way of reconciling where pop or popularity fit in the equation. How does that get measured? On her merits, you need to remember the election is by ballot of her peers. Other musicians and such believed she belonged.
But then there is Kraftwerk, who have equally deep, if not deeper, impact, and yet, nothing after six times. Are you sick of hearing about them and Chaka Khan getting nominated all these times with no induction? Same with Todd Rundgren? The nominating committee meets, usually in September. About 30 people, they meet in person, no phone-ins. Each advocates for two nominees, and then there is a series of voting to create a ballot. That ballot then goes out to a body of about a thousand, augmented by historians, critics, writers — that is the industry vote. Then the fan vote comes up, either through the Rock Hall’s web site or through Google, and that vote is tallied.
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