Previously Considered Artists

The following is an incomplete list of artists who have been nominated (but not yet inducted) or have consistently received several votes in the Nominating Committee or have been discussed but never made a ballot.

ArtistFirst EligibleNominations
Afrika Bambaataa20051
Ashford and Simpson19980
The Average White Band19980
The B-52's20030
Bad Brains20071
Bad Company19990
Barry White19880
Beck20181
Ben E. King19863
The Big Bopper19830
Big Brother & the Holding Company19920
Billy Ward & The Dominoes19790
Black Flag20030
Blind Faith19940
Blood, Sweat & Tears19930
Blues Incorporated19870
The Blues Project19910
Bobby Brown20110
Boogie Down Productions20120
Boz Scaggs19900
Brook Benton19840
Canned Heat19920
Captain Beefheart19910
The Chantels19832
Chic200211
Chubby Checker19850
Chuck Brown19970
Chuck Willis19766
Cliff Richard & the Shadows19850
Coldplay20230
The Commodores19990
Conway Twitty19841
Country Joe & the Fish19920
Crazy Horse19960
The Crystals19880
Cyndi Lauper20081
De La Soul20130
Delaney and Bonnie19940
Devo20023
Dick Dale19870
Donny Hathaway19950
Doug Sahm19980
Dr. Hook19960
Emerson, Lake & Palmer19950
Eric B. & Rakim20112
Esther Phillips19751
Fela Kuti19952
Fishbone20100
The Five Keys19760
The Five Satins19810
The Flying Burrito Brothers19940
Freddy Cannon19840
The Gap Band19990
George Jones19820
Grace Jones20000
Gram Parsons19923
The Guess Who19900
The Harptones19780
Herman's Hermits19900
Hot Tuna19950
Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns19840
Ice-T20070
Iron Butterfly19930
Iron Maiden20042
Ivory Joe Hunter19700
The J. Geils Band19955
The J.B.'s19951
Jack Scott19800
The Jam20020
Jane's Addiction20122
The Jayhawks20110
Jethro Tull19930
Joe Cocker19940
Joe Tex19905
John Prine19961
Johnny Ace19802
Johnny Burnette and the Rock N Roll Trio19810
Johnny Hallyday19850
Johnny Winter19940
Joy Division/New Order20031
Judy Collins19860
Junior Parker19830
Junior Walker & the All-Stars19900
Junior Wells19900
Keith Richards20130
The Last Poets19950
Lee Andrews & the Hearts19790
Lee Dorsey19860
Lenny Kravitz20141
Lesley Gore19880
Living Colour20130
Los Lobos20031
Love19910
Lucinda Williams20040
Manfred Mann19880
Mariah Carey20151
The Marshall Tucker Band19980
The Marvelettes19862
Mary Wells19861
The Meters19944
Mick Jagger19950
Mitch Ryder19910
The Monkees19910
Motörhead20021
Neil Sedaka19840
The Neville Brothers20030
New York Dolls19983
Nick Drake19940
Oasis20191
Otis Rush19810
Outkast20180
Pat Boone19800
Patsy Cline19820
Paul Anka19830
Peter Tosh20010
Pixies20120
Poco19940
Procol Harum19921
The Replacements20061
Rufus Thomas19880
Rufus with Chaka Khan19984
Ry Cooder19950
Sade20091
The Shangri-Las19900
Simple Minds20040
Sinead O'Connor20121
The Sir Douglas Quintet19901
Slim Harpo19860
The Smiths20082
Sonic Youth20070
Sonny & Cher19900
Soundgarden20112
The Spencer Davis Group19900
Steppenwolf19931
Steve Winwood19961
Sting20071
Sugarhill Gang20040
Teddy Pendergrass20020
Ten Years After19920
Thin Lizzy19951
Three Dog Night19940
Tim Hardin19910
Tommy James & the Shondells19910
Treacherous Three20050
The Turtles19900
War19963
Warren Zevon19941
The White Stripes20231
X20030