Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
Rock Hall Class of 1987New York | Waldorf Astoria Hotel | January 21, 1987 | Private Event | not televised |
These artists were voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, but the induction ceremony took place in 1987. Click here for a list of artists who were first eligible in 1986 and haven't gotten in yet.
| Artist | Inducted By | Category |
| Aretha Franklin | Keith Richards | Performer |
| B. B. King | Sting | Performer |
| Big Joe Turner | Doc Pomus | Performer |
| Bill Haley | Chuck Berry | Performer |
| Bo Diddley | ZZ Top | Performer |
| Carl Perkins | Sam Phillips | Performer |
| Clyde McPhatter | Ben E. King | Performer |
| The Coasters | Lester Sill | Performer |
| Eddie Cochran | Mick Jones | Performer |
| Jackie Wilson | Peter Wolf | Performer |
| Marvin Gaye | Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson | Performer |
| Muddy Waters | Paul Butterfield | Performer |
| Ricky Nelson | John Fogerty | Performer |
| Roy Orbison | Bruce Springsteen | Performer |
| Smokey Robinson | Daryl Hall and John Oates | Performer |
| Ahmet Ertegun | Jann S. Wenner and Walter Yetnikoff | Non-Performer |
| Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Brian Wilson | Non-Performer |
| Jerry Wexler | Jann S. Wenner | Non-Performer |
| Leonard Chess | Ewart Abner | Non-Performer |
| Hank Williams | Seymour Stein | Early Influence |
| Louis Jordan | Seymour Stein | Early Influence |
| T-Bone Walker | Seymour Stein | Early Influence |
| ⇦ 1986 | 1988 ⇨ |
Nominees who didn't make the cut in 1987
These artists were officially nominated in the Performer category for induction in 1987, but didn't receive enough votes from the "international voting body of rock experts" to get in that year. Roughly 72% of nominated artists who don't get in eventually get inducted in a later year.
Nominating Committee who determined the 1987 performer ballot
| ⇦ 1986 | 1988 ⇨ |
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