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Previously Considered Artists

The artists listed below have been nominated (but not inducted) or have consistently received several votes in the Nominating Committee or have been discussed but have never been nominated (through the 2009 Inductions).

Artist	First Eligible	Nominations
The "5" Royales	1981	2
Afrika Bambaataa	2005	1
The Average White Band	1998	0
The B-52's	2004	0
Bad Brains	2007	0
Bad Company	1999	0
Barry White	1998	0
Ben E. King	1986	3
The Big Bopper	1983	0
Big Brother & the Holding Company	1992	0
Billy Preston	1988	0
Billy Ward & The Dominoes	1979	0
Black Flag	2003	0
Blind Faith	1994	0
Blood Sweat & Tears	1993	0
The Blues Project	1991	0
Bon Jovi	2008	1
Boz Scaggs	1990	0
Canned Heat	1992	0
Captain Beefheart	1991	0
Carole King	1984	1
The Cars	2003	0
Cat Stevens	1991	1
Chaka Khan	2003	0
The Chantels	1983	2
Cheap Trick	2002	0
Chic	2002	7
Chicago	1994	0
Chubby Checker	1985	0
Chuck Brown	1997	0
Chuck Willis	1976	6
Cliff Richard & the Shadows	1985	0
The Commodores	1999	0
Conway Twitty	1984	1
Country Joe & the Fish	1992	0
The Crystals	1988	0
The Cure	2003	1
Deep Purple	1993	1
Def Leppard	2004	0
Depeche Mode	2006	0
Devo	2003	0
Dick Dale	1987	0
The Doobie Brothers	1996	0
Doug Sahm	1998	0
Dr. Hook	1996	0
The E Street Band	1998	0
Electric Light Orchestra	1996	0
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1995	0
Eric B. & Rakim	2011	1
Esther Phillips	1975	2
Eurythmics	2006	0
Fela	1996	0
Fishbone	2010	0
The Five Keys	1976	0
The Five Satins	1981	0
The Flying Burrito Brothers	1994	0
The Gap Band	1999	0
Grace Jones	2000	0
Gram Parsons	1992	3
Hall & Oates	1997	0
The Harptones	1978	0
Herman's Hermits	1990	0
Hot Tuna	1995	0
Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns	1984	0
Iron Butterfly	1993	0
Iron Maiden	2004	0
Ivory Joe Hunter	1970	0
The J. Geils Band	1995	3
Jack Scott	1980	0
The Jam	2002	0
Jethro Tull	1993	0
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	2005	2
Joe Cocker	1994	0
Joe Tex	1990	4
Johnny Ace	1980	2
Johnny Burnette and the Rock N Roll Trio	1981	0
Johnny Hallyday	1985	0
Johnny Winter	1994	0
Judy Collins	1986	0
Junior Parker	1983	0
Junior Walker & the All-Stars	1990	0
Junior Wells	1990	0
KISS	1999	1
Kraftwerk	1996	2
The Last Poets	1995	0
Lee Andrews & the Hearts	1979	0
Lee Dorsey	1986	0
Lesley Gore	1988	0
Linda Ronstadt	1994	0
LL Cool J	2009	2
Los Lobos	2003	0
Lou Reed	1997	2
Love	1991	0
Lucinda Williams	2004	0
Manfred Mann	1988	0
The Marshall Tucker Band	1998	0
The Marvelettes	1986	1
Mary Wells	1986	2
MC5	1991	1
The Meters	1994	2
Mick Jagger	1995	0
Mitch Ryder	1991	0
The Monkees	1991	0
The Moody Blues	1989	0
N.W.A	2012	1
Neil Sedaka	1984	0
The Neville Brothers	2003	0
New York Dolls	1998	1
Nick Drake	1994	0
Pat Boone	1980	0
Patsy Cline	1982	0
Paul Anka	1983	0
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	1988	2
Peter Gabriel	2002	0
Peter Tosh	2001	0
Poco	1994	0
Procol Harum	1992	1
The Replacements	2006	0
Ringo Starr	1995	0
Roxy Music	1997	0
Rufus Thomas	1988	0
Rufus with Chaka Khan	1999	1
Ry Cooder	1995	0
Sade	2009	0
The Shangri-Las	1990	0
Simple Minds	2004	0
The Sir Douglas Quintet	1993	1
Slim Harpo	1986	0
The Smiths	2008	0
Sonic Youth	2007	0
Sonny & Cher	1990	0
The Spencer Davis Group	1990	0
The Spinners	1986	1
Steve Miller Band	1993	0
Steve Winwood	1996	1
Stevie Ray Vaughan	2008	0
Sting	2007	0
Sugarhill Gang	2004	0
T. Rex	1993	0
Teddy Pendergrass	2002	0
Ten Years After	1992	0
Three Dog Night	1994	0
Tim Hardin	1991	0
Tina Turner	1998	0
Todd Rundgren	1995	0
Tommy James & the Shondells	1991	0
Treacherous Three	2005	0
The Turtles	1990	0
War	1996	2
Whitney Houston	2009	0
Yes	1994	0