Patti's In (Finally)!

["Jucha, Gary" <Gary.Jucha>]

>From the NY Times on-line:

Van Halen made a ''jump'' into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday
along with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, R.E.M., the Ronettes
and Patti Smith.

A panel of 600 industry experts selected the five artists to be inducted
at the annual ceremony, to be held March 12 in New York.

Van Halen was the 1980s hard rock quartet led by guitarist Eddie Van
Halen, outrageous lead vocalist David Lee Roth, and later rocker Sammy
Hagar, that put out hits such as ''Jump'' and ''Dreams.''

R.E.M. was the quintessential indie rock band until breaking through to
mass success in the early 1990s with songs like ''Losing My Religion.''

Grandmaster Flash led the most innovative act in early hip-hop, and the
song ''The Message'' was like a letter from urban America.

Punk rock poet Patti Smith and Phil Spector favorites the Ronettes round
out the 2007 class.

To be eligible, artists must have issued a first single or album at
least 25 years before nomination.



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