ARUN RATH, HOST:
Finally, tonight The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will name a new crop of inductees any day now. Among those being considered - Sting, Bill Withers, The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lou Reed, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Kraftwerk, Chic, N.W.A, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, The Marvelettes, The Spinners and War. And if you think that's a long list, consider some of the iconic artists that still haven't made the cut. Check this out.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LEADER OF THE PACK")
THE SHANGRI-LAS: (Singing) That's why I fell for the leader of the pack.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MISIRLOU")
DICK DALE: (Singing) Oh, oh...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BORN TO BE WILD")
STEPPENWOLF: (Singing) Born to be wild.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SHE'S NOT THERE")
THE ZOMBIES: (Singing) Well, let me tell you about the way she looks...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "STAND BY ME")
BEN E. KING: (Singing) Oh darling, darling, stand by me.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BLOWING IN THE WIND")
JOAN BAEZ: (Singing) The answer is blowing in the wind.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SMOKE ON THE WATER")
DEEP PURPLE: (Singing) Smoke on the water.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AQUALUNG")
JETHRO TULL: (Singing) Whoa, aqualung...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ROUNDABOUT")
YES: (Singing) I'll be the roundabout...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "21st CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN")
KING CRIMSON: (Singing) Twenty-first century schizoid man...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CRAZY TRAIN")
OZZY OSBOURNE: All aboard. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WEREWOLVES OF LONDON")
WARREN ZEVON: (Singing) Aaahoo. Werewolves of London.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SULTANS OF SWING")
DIRE STRAITS: (Singing) We're the Sultans of Swing.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "JOLENE")
DOLLY PARTON: (Singing) Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ON THE ROAD AGAIN")
WILLIE NELSON: (Singing) On the road again.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WANT YOU TO WANT ME")
CHEAP TRICK: (Singing) I want you to want me.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LOVE IS THE DRUG")
ROXY MUSIC: (Singing) Love is the drug for me.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ZOMBIE")
FELA KUTI: (Singing) Zombie, oh Zombie...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CLOSE TO ME")
THE CURE: (Singing) This close to me.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ENJOY THE SILENCE")
DEPECHE MODE: (Singing) All I ever wanted, all I ever needed is here.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PLANET ROCK")
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA: (Rapping) Rock, rock to the planet rock.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY RADIO")
LL COOL J: (Rapping) I can't live without my radio.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN")
THE PIXIES: (Singing) This monkey's gone to heaven.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WILL DARE")
THE REPLACEMENTS: (Singing) Meet me any place or anywhere...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WAITING ROOM")
FUGAZI: (Singing) Everybody's moving, moving, moving, moving.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ACE OF SPADES")
MOTORHEAD: (Singing) The ace of spades, the ace of spades.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "RUN TO THE HILLS")
IRON MAIDEN: (Singing) Run to the hills...
RATH: Just some of the acts that haven't made it into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame yet. If you're struggling to figure out who some of them were, run to our website for a list - nprmusic.org.
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