Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 2009

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 2009

Metallica, Run DMC, Jeff Beck, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 2009

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 2009. (L) Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell, Darryl "D.M.C" McDaniels, and Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons, Run-D.M.C. took hip hop from the streets of New York to the national stage. The group is arguably the most important and influential act in the history of hip hop widely credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music. Rolling Stone named them one of the greatest musical artists of all time.

Jeff Beck is one of the three noted guitarists to have recorded with the band TheYardbirds. Rolling Stone ranked him as one of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." Beck has guested at scores of sessions with everyone from Stevie Wonder and Buddy Guy to Tina Turner and Mick Jagger.

Metallica's Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and James Hetfield. Metallica is the most successful heavy metal band of the past quarter century. Bassists the late Cliff Burton, and Jason Newsted, are also being inducted. Metallica's early releases included fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the "big four" of the thrash metal subgenre alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax.

DJ Fontana is best known as the drummer for Elvis Presley for 14 years. Fontana, joined a band consisting of Scotty Moore (lead guitar), Bill Black (bass) and Elvis Presley (rhythm guitar), calling themselves "The Blue Moon Boys". The band would perform and record the vast majority of the Elvis Presley hits of the 50's including "Heartbreak Hotel", "Hound Dog", "Don't Be Cruel", and "Jailhouse Rock".

Wanda Jackson is an American rockabilly and country music singer who began recording in the mid-50s. She was one of the first female rockabilly singers to come to popularity during the 1950s. Jackson began her professional career while she was still in high school after being discovered by Hank Thompson in 1954. She mixed regular country music material with fast-moving rockabilly music.

Little Anthony and the Imperials is a rhythm and blues/soul/doo-wop vocal group from New York, first active in the 1950s. Lead singer Jerome Anthony "Little Anthony" Gourdine was noted for his high-pitched falsetto voice influenced by Jimmy Scott. Changing their name to The Imperials in 1957, they signed with End Records in 1958. Their first single was "Tears on My Pillow", which was an instant hit.

From left, Elvis Presley, with bass player Bill Black, guitarist Scotty Moore and Sun Records and Memphis Recording studio head Sam Phillips, far right. Black played double bass on early Presley recordings including "Good Rockin' Tonight", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Hound Dog"; and eventually became one of the first bass players to use the Fender Precision Bass guitar in popular music on "Jailhouse Rock" in the late 1950's.

"Spooner" Oldham is a keyboard player, songwriter, and session musician. An American, he recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and at FAME Studios on such hit R&B songs as "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett and "I Never Loved a Man" by Aretha Franklin. As a sideman, Oldham has recorded and performed with a countless number of artists including Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne and Neil Young.

Here are some past inductees. Pop singer Madonna was inducted in 2008.

R.E.M. was inducted in 2007.

U2 were inducted in 2005.

Prince was inducted in 2004.

AC/DC were inducted in 2003.

James Brown was inducted in 1986.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 2009. (L) Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell, Darryl "D.M.C" McDaniels, and Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons, Run-D.M.C. took hip hop from the streets of New York to the national stage. The group is arguably the most important and influential act in the history of hip hop widely credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music. Rolling Stone named them one of the greatest musical artists of all time.

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