Rock Hall Class of 1994 New York | Waldorf Astoria Hotel | January 19, 1994 | Private Event | not televised

These artists were voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, but the induction ceremony took place in 1994. Click here for a list of artists who were first eligible in 1993 and haven't gotten in yet.

Artist	Inducted By	Category
The Animals	Dave Pirner	Performer
The Band	Eric Clapton	Performer
Bob Marley	Bono	Performer
Duane Eddy	Mick Jones	Performer
Elton John	Axl Rose	Performer
The Grateful Dead	Bruce Hornsby	Performer
John Lennon	Paul McCartney	Performer
Rod Stewart	Jeff Beck	Performer
Johnny Otis	Etta James	Non-Performer
Willie Dixon	Chuck Berry	Early Influence

⇦ 1993

1995 ⇨

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Nominees who didn't make the cut in 1994

These artists were officially nominated in the Performer category for induction in 1994, 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.

Nominee	Eventually Inducted
Buffalo Springfield	1997
Frank Zappa	1995
The Jackson Five	1997
Joni Mitchell	1997
Martha and the Vandellas	1995
The Moonglows	2000
Pink Floyd	1996
The (Young) Rascals	1997
The Velvet Underground	1996

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Nominating Committee who determined the 1994 performer ballot

Jon Landau, co-chairman	Seymour Stein, co-chairman	Frank Barsalona
Clive Davis	Anthony DeCurtis	Ed Eckstine
Ahmet Ertegun	Suzan Evans, ex officio	Danny Fields
Gregg Geller	Jeff Gold	Bob Hilburn
Don Ienner	Lenny Kaye	Bob Krasnow
Arthur Levy	Kurt Loder	Dave Marsh
Joe McEwen	Bob Merlis	Doug Morris
Lisa Robinson	Tom Silverman	Russell Simmons
Joe Smith	Phil Spector	Al Teller
Jerry Wexler	Timothy White	Noreen Woods

⇦ 1993

1995 ⇨

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