Little Anthony & the Imperials

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer

Category: Performer

Inducted: 2009

Inducted by: Smokey Robinson

Nominated: 2009

First Eligible: 1986 Ceremony

Inducted Members: Anthony Gourdine, Clarence Collins, Tracy Lord, Glouster "Nat" Rogers, Sammy Strain and Ernest Wright Jr.

Induction Ceremony Songs:

SongPerformed By
Tears on My Pillow  Little Anthony & the Imperials
Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2025 (ranked #291) .
Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Tears On My Pillow (1958)☆☊
Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop (1959)☆☊
Goin' Out Of My Head (1964)☆☊
I'm on the Outside (Looking In) (1964)☆☊
Hurt So Bad (1965)☆☊

Little Anthony & the Imperials @ Wikipedia



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***LITTLE ANTHONY & The IMPERIALS***

"THE VERY LAST"

ANOTHER THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION....


And this is REALLY SIGNIFICANT. Apart from R&B groups inducted by Special Committee (Miracles, Famous Flames, and Midnighters-2012) and R&B groups inducted as Early Influences (The "5" Royales-2015) LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS were the very LAST R&B-IDENTIFIED GROUP that was actually inducted into the ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME by the Voting Body.

"THE VERY LAST"

In the SIX years SINCE their INDUCTION in 2009, NOT ONE SINGLE R&B GROUP HAS BEEN VOTED IN. NOT ONE !!!

THE SPINNERS were nominated TWICE. THEY DIDN'T GET IN.

THE MARVELETTES were nominated TWICE. THEY DIDN'T GET IN EITHER.

CHAKA KHAN and RUFUS were nominated once...NO, SORRY.

WAR (which is more of a Latin/R&B group) has been nominated at least 3 times...NO SIR !!

And, we're not even gonna TALK about CHIC.

Does that mean that there's SOMETHING WRONG with R&B Groups ...?

...Or , is there SOMETHING WRONG....

....With the ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME ??

(Think about it)

Posted by bill g on Saturday, 03/28/2015 @ 02:39am

Don't know why these groups can't get inducted, Bill. They don't seem to have anything against R&B in general: since Little Anthony & The Imperials, they have inducted Darlene Love, Hall & Oates, Donna Summer and Bill Withers. Bobby Womack was inducted in the same year as Little Anthony & The Imperials. And if they truly had something against R&B Groups, The "5" Royales wouldn't have made it either. I thought last year at least one of the groups you mentioned would get inducted, whether it was War, Chic, The Marvelettes or The Spinners. Maybe next year?

Posted by The_Claw on Saturday, 03/28/2015 @ 09:29am

The Inducted Members page doesn't list if Glouster "Nat" Rogers is alive or not.

http://futurerocklegends.com/inductees.php

Can someone fix that?

Posted by Follower on Tuesday, 10/10/2017 @ 20:07pm

The Rock Hall's website does not list Glouster "Nat" Rogers as an inductee. Not sure if its on the plaque.

Posted by Jason Voigt on Monday, 11/18/2019 @ 23:09pm

Inducted in 2009

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 09/3/2020 @ 07:53am

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