01. The Beatles
02. The Rolling Stones
03. The Beach Boys
04. Chicago
05. The Bee Gees

INDUCT CHICAGO ALREADY!

Acts like Abba make great pop music, and influenced other acts. Someone like Madonna was a no-brainer for first-year-eligible induction. Aside from the great and revered music, what she has done in her work to challenge gender, racial, sexual, social and societal mores is unparalleled- that makes her very important.

For an act like Chicago- I think the slick, glossy 80s-on music has hurt its chances- much like Heart. I actually enjoy those eras, but I can see why they may leave a bad taste in the mouth of some HOF voters. Heck, I’d love to see Pat Benatar in- but she was never a big critical hit, despite the great voice. Not that all the acts in the HOF were critical/acclaim smashes, mind you, but still.

01. The Beatles
02. The Rolling Stones
03. The Beach Boys
04. Chicago

INDUCT CHICAGO ALREADY!

Bernie Taupin didn’t just write lyrics exclusively for Elton John. Bernie Taupin also wrote the lyrics for songs recorded by Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Kiki Dee, Cher, Alice Cooper, Robert Palmer, Melissa Manchester, Rick Derringer, The Hudson Brothers, Olivia Newton John, The Motels, Starship, Heart, Animotion, Stray Cats, John Waite, Martin Page, Peter Cetera, Bryan Ferry, Tammy Wynette, Little Richard, Marianne Faithful, Courtney Love, John Anderson, Willie Nelson, Teddy Thompson, Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack, Toby Keith, Brian Wilson, and Leon Russell, as well as for his own singing career, both as a solo artist and as a member of his own late-1990s Country-Western band, The Farm Dogs.

Bernie Taupin’s biggest success outside from his work with Elton John was the 1978 album, From the Inside by Alice Cooper, which included ten songs with lyrics by Bernie Taupin and music by Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner, Steve Lukather, Bruce Roberts and David Foster. From the Inside spawned the Top 20 hit, How You Gonna See Me Now. In 1985, Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics to two songs that would go on to hit number one on the Billboard 100 Singles Chart: We Built This City by Starship, and These Dreams by Heart, both with music written by Martin Page. Earlier on in 1974, Ringo Starr scored a Top 5 hit with Snookeroo, a song written for him by Bernie Taupin and Elton John.

Bernie Taupin and Elton John comprise one of the longest running and most successful songwriting teams of all time. Bernie Taupin’s 40 years of collaborative work with Elton John alone should qualify him for the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. Please induct Lyricist Bernie Taupin into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in the Non-Performers category. His induction is long overdue.

FIRST, BARACK OBAMA, A BLACK CHICAGO POLITICIAN FROM HAWAII, BORN IN 1961, IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN 2008. THEN WITH THE HELP OF BARACK OBAMA, THE CITY OF CHICAGO GOT IN THE BIDDING FOR HOSTING THE 2016 OLYMPICS AND THEY LOST. THEN IN 2010 THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE’S CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS WIN THEIR FOURTH STANLEY CUP IN FRANCHISE HISTORY, BUT THEIR FIRST SINCE 1961, THE YEAR OF BARACK OBAMA’S BIRTH. THEN PETER CETERA GAVE THE SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION SPEECH FOR DAVID FOSTER IN 2010. THEN CHICAGO THE BAND IS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME SOMETIME DURING BARACK OBAMA’S EIGHT YEARS/TWO TERMS AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2008-2017).

BARACK OBAMA IS BLACK AND HE IS FROM CHICAGO. THE CHICAGO NHL TEAM IS CALLED THE BLACKHAWKS. CHICAGO THE BAND PLAYS THE MUSIC OF BLACK PEOPLE.

IN 2010, DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN (PRONOUNCED BUFFLIN) BECAME THE FIRST BLACK GOAL SCORER AND FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN IN NHL HISTORY TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP AND HE DID IT DURING A BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENCY. GRANT FUHR WAS THE FIRST BLACK GOALTENDER AND FIRST BLACK HOCKEY PLAYER PERIOD TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP AND HE DID IT FIVE TIMES WITH THE EDMONTON OILERS BETWEEN 1984 AND 1990, BUT GRANT FUHR WAS CANADIAN. WAYNE GRETZKY, WHO WAS GRANT FUHR’S TEAMMATE ON THE EDMONTON OILERS, WAS BORN IN 1961, THE SAME YEAR AS BARACK OBAMA, AND WHEN WAYNE GRETZKY RETIRED IN 1999 HE HELD 61 NHL RECORDS. JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1963. WAYNE GRETZKY WORE THE NUMBER 99 ON HIS JERSEY. WHEN WAYNE GRETZKY RETIRED IN 1999 HE HAD 1,963 CAREER ASSISTS IN REGULAR SEASON NHL PLAY. JOHN F. KENNEDY JR. DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN 1999, THE SAME YEAR THAT WAYNE GRETZKY RETIRED WITH 1,963 CAREER ASSISTS IN REGULAR SEASON NHL PLAY, THE SAME NUMBER AS THE YEAR OF JOHN F. KENNEDY’S ASSASSINATION. JOHN F. KENNEDY JR. DIED ON JULY 16, 1999, ONE DAY BEFORE THE ELEVEN YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF WAYNE GRETZKY AND JANET JONES.

The Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup during a Barack Obama presidency, and now Chicago the band will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame sometime between 2011 and 2017!!