Rock Hall Class of 1995


New York | Waldorf Astoria Hotel | January 12, 1995 | Private Event | MTV

These artists were voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, but the induction ceremony took place in 1995. Click here for a list of artists who were first eligible in 1994 and haven't gotten in yet.

ArtistInducted ByCategory
Al GreenNatalie ColePerformer
The Allman Brothers BandWillie NelsonPerformer
Frank ZappaLou ReedPerformer
Janis JoplinMelissa EtheridgePerformer
Led ZeppelinSteven Tyler and Joe PerryPerformer
Martha and the VandellasFred Schneider and Kate PiersonPerformer
Neil YoungEddie VedderPerformer
Paul AckermanAhmet ErtegunNon-Performer
The OriolesDeborah Chessler and Seymour SteinEarly Influence
⇦ 19941996 ⇨

Nominees who didn't make the cut in 1995

These artists were officially nominated in the Performer category for induction in 1995, 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.

NomineeEventually Inducted
Buffalo Springfield1997
The Jackson Five1997
Jefferson Airplane1996
Joni Mitchell1997
Little Willie John1996
Parliament-Funkadelic1997
The Shirelles1996
The Velvet Underground1996

Nominating Committee who determined the 1995 performer ballot

Seymour Stein, chairmanJon Landau, vice-chairmanFrank Barsalona
Clive DavisAnthony DeCurtisEd Eckstine
Ahmet ErtegunSuzan Evans, ex officioDanny Fields
Gregg GellerJeff GoldBob Hilburn
Don IennerLenny KayeBob Krasnow
Arthur LevyKurt LoderDave Marsh
Joe McEwenBob MerlisDoug Morris
Lisa RobinsonTom SilvermanRussell Simmons
Joe SmithPhil SpectorAl Teller
Jerry WexlerNoreen Woods

⇦ 19941996 ⇨


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