CLEVELAND (AP) 69制片厂制作传媒 Hollywood stars and bookended Saturday69制片厂制作传媒檚 inductions into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, giving a little stardust to an eclectic lineup that included heavy metal69制片厂制作传媒檚 Ozzy Osbourne, hip-hop soul queen soft rockers Foreigner and 83-year-old soul icon
It was a five-hour-plus show that also honored hip-hop trailblazers A Tribe Called Quest, punk pioneers the MC5, the effortless dance music of the soft rock of the beach bum tunes of and the jam band fusion of Dave Matthews Band.
opened the show singing Cher69制片厂制作传媒檚 69制片厂制作传媒淏elieve69制片厂制作传媒 before the 78-year-old icon joined her onstage, giving way to Zendaya who noted that Cher is the only woman to have a No. 1 hit on a Billboard chart in each of the past seven decades. 69制片厂制作传媒淐her has got the goods,69制片厂制作传媒 Zendaya said before Cher performed a rocking version of 69制片厂制作传媒淚f I Could Turn Back Time.69制片厂制作传媒
In her speech, Cher thanked her mother for instilling in her to always get back up after defeat. 69制片厂制作传媒淚 never give up," she said. "I'm talking to the women 69制片厂制作传媒 down and out, we keep going.69制片厂制作传媒
Roberts helped induct Dave Matthews Band 69制片厂制作传媒 she69制片厂制作传媒檚 a self-avowed superfan and she appeared in the band69制片厂制作传媒檚 video for the 2005 single, Roberts, wearing a band T-shirt, said the appeal of the group is 69制片厂制作传媒渟pontaneous abandon,69制片厂制作传媒 adding the first time she danced with her husband was to one ofn their songs.
The jam band, with their mix of funk, folk-rock, jazz, blues and pop, then played 69制片厂制作传媒淎nts Marching69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒 asking the crowd to sing the chorus 69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒淐rash69制片厂制作传媒 and 69制片厂制作传媒淪o Much to Say.69制片厂制作传媒 The arena was still full when they hit the stage after midnight, with the crowd singing along and swaying.
Matthews hugged Roberts, handed out the trophies to his bandmates, and called the class of 2024 impressive. 69制片厂制作传媒淲e're swimming in very deep water here,69制片厂制作传媒 he said. He thanked the current and former band members and the bar owner who gave them a home in Charlottesville, Virginia. When he thanked the fans, they roared back.
Dr Dre inducted who is credited with creating a completely new category of music 69制片厂制作传媒 hip-hop soul. The nine-time Grammy-winner69制片厂制作传媒檚 best-known song is 69制片厂制作传媒滷amily Affair69制片厂制作传媒 from her triple-platinum 2001 album 69制片厂制作传媒淣o More Drama.69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒淲hen you listen to Mary, you understand you69制片厂制作传媒檙e not alone in heartbreak,69制片厂制作传媒 Dre said.
Blige, wearing shiny black hat, a sparkly dress and long black gloves and boots, sang a mix of her hits, including 69制片厂制作传媒淟ove No Limit,69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒淏e Happy69制片厂制作传媒 and 69制片厂制作传媒淔amily Affair.69制片厂制作传媒 At the end of her set, a dancer brought up a cloak to wrap around her, in an echo of James Brown. 69制片厂制作传媒淢ove with grace. Trust the journey,69制片厂制作传媒 she advised. 69制片厂制作传媒淵ou are worthy.69制片厂制作传媒
inducted saying 69制片厂制作传媒淭his is a long-due celebration.69制片厂制作传媒 The band had 12 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including the 1980 chart-topper 69制片厂制作传媒淐elebration69制片厂制作传媒 as well as 69制片厂制作传媒淐herish,69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒淕et Down On It,69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒淛ungle Boogie,69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒淟adies Night69制片厂制作传媒 and 69制片厂制作传媒淛oanna.69制片厂制作传媒 They69制片厂制作传媒檝e been eligible for the hall since 1994.
The Roots helped the band do a medley of hits that got the crowd grooving led by Robert 69制片厂制作传媒淜ool69制片厂制作传媒 Bell 69制片厂制作传媒 bass guitarist, co-founder and last original member 69制片厂制作传媒 and longtime singer James 69制片厂制作传媒淛T69制片厂制作传媒 Taylor. Confetti shot into the arena and Taylor asked the crowd to use their cellphone lights as he read off the names of 10 members who were critical to the band's success.
arrived at the ceremony only a few days after attending a memorial to her longtime friend and collaborator, . Teyana Taylor called her 69制片厂制作传媒渢ruly one of a kind69制片厂制作传媒 as well as telling off the teleprompter operator for not putting "Ms." before her name. Jennifer Hudson sang 69制片厂制作传媒淚69制片厂制作传媒檒l Never Love This Way Again69制片厂制作传媒 and was joined by Warwick, who also sang 69制片厂制作传媒淲alk On By.69制片厂制作传媒
Warwick said this year was the third time she was nominated for the Hall. 69制片厂制作传媒淚 am so pleased to be here,69制片厂制作传媒 she said. 69制片厂制作传媒淚'm just going to say this and get off the stage: Thank you, thank you, thank you.69制片厂制作传媒
helped induct A Tribe Called Quest 69制片厂制作传媒 Q-Tip, Jarobi, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and the late Phife Dawg 69制片厂制作传媒 the lone hip-hop group to make the cut this year. Chappelle said the group incorporated "jazz and soul in a way hip-hop had never seen." Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes, Common, The Roots and De La Soul were on hand to perform a medley of Tribe hits, including 69制片厂制作传媒淏onita Applebum,69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒淪cenario69制片厂制作传媒 and 69制片厂制作传媒淐an I Kick It?"
introduced and thanked their fans for their tenacity to demand inclusion. The English-American rockers 69制片厂制作传媒 with hits like 69制片厂制作传媒淐old as Ice,69制片厂制作传媒 and 69制片厂制作传媒淲aiting for a Girl Like You69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒 topped the charts in the 1970s and 69制片厂制作传媒80s but never made it into the Hall 69制片厂制作传媒 much less a ballot 69制片厂制作传媒 until last year, despite being eligible for more than 20 years.
Hagar noted that Foreigner currently tours without any original members. 69制片厂制作传媒淭hat's how good the songs are,69制片厂制作传媒 he said. 69制片厂制作传媒淲ho deserves this more than Foreigner?69制片厂制作传媒 Demi Lovato and Slash joined the touring Foreigner for 69制片厂制作传媒淔eels Like the First Time69制片厂制作传媒 and Hagar then took lead for "Hot Blooded." Kelly Clarkson thrilled with a powerful 69制片厂制作传媒淚 Want to Know What Love Is69制片厂制作传媒 but the arena erupted when original singer Lou Gramm joined her.
Saturday's induction ceremony was at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, where the Hall has promised to return to every few years. A TV special with performance highlights will air on ABC on Jan. 1.
Roger Daltrey of The Who inducted Frampton. 69制片厂制作传媒淚t69制片厂制作传媒檚 about bloody time!69制片厂制作传媒 he said. 69制片厂制作传媒淧eter has had the most amazing career of all time. It69制片厂制作传媒檚 probably easier to name the people he hasn69制片厂制作传媒檛 worked with than the people he has,69制片厂制作传媒 Daltrey said.
Frampton earned his way into the Hall in large part on the strength of his 1976 live double album 69制片厂制作传媒淔rampton Comes Alive!,69制片厂制作传媒 buoyed by the hit songs 69制片厂制作传媒淪how Me the Way69制片厂制作传媒 and 69制片厂制作传媒矪aby, I Love Your Way.69制片厂制作传媒 Daltrey noted Frampton has always played with a wide smile.
A fittingly grinning Frampton 69制片厂制作传媒 who played at last year's ceremony to honor Sheryl Crow 69制片厂制作传媒 brought on Keith Urban to trade licks on 69制片厂制作传媒淒o You Feel Like I Do69制片厂制作传媒 and showed why he is considered one of rock's great guitarists. He hooked up his famous talk box effect and the crowd roared.
Dave Matthews 69制片厂制作传媒 before his band's inducement 69制片厂制作传媒 helped honor Buffett with an acoustic version of the late singer-songwriter69制片厂制作传媒檚 69制片厂制作传媒淎 Pirate Looks at Forty.69制片厂制作传媒 James Taylor then came out to call Buffett 69制片厂制作传媒 who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist song 69制片厂制作传媒淢argaritaville69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒渓arger-than-life but at the same time right-sized and always authentic.69制片厂制作传媒 Taylor, Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally then performed Buffett's 69制片厂制作传媒淐ome Monday.69制片厂制作传媒
Musician-actor Jack Black toasted saying that 69制片厂制作传媒渉eaven opened up above me69制片厂制作传媒 when he first listened to the album 69制片厂制作传媒淏lizzard of Ozz.69制片厂制作传媒 Black called Osbourne 69制片厂制作传媒渢he Jack Nicholson of rock69制片厂制作传媒 and joked that his reality TV show 69制片厂制作传媒淭he Osbournes69制片厂制作传媒 was possibly 69制片厂制作传媒渢he most evil thing he ever did.69制片厂制作传媒
Osbourne, seated in a throne, credited the late guitarist Randy Rhoads and his wife, Sharon, for his career and life. This is the second time Ozzy has entered the Hall, the first time being in 2006 with the seminal metal band Black Sabbath. A tribute band to the Prince of Darkness 69制片厂制作传媒 including Jelly Roll, Billy Idol, Maynard James Keenan, Wolfgang Van Halen, Steve Stevens and Robert Trujillo 69制片厂制作传媒 played 69制片厂制作传媒淐razy Train,69制片厂制作传媒 69制片厂制作传媒淢ama, I69制片厂制作传媒檓 Coming 69制片厂制作传媒69制片厂制作传媒 and 69制片厂制作传媒淣o More Tears.69制片厂制作传媒
The In Memoriam section included tributes, among others, to Cissy Houston, David Sanborn and Dave Matthews Band performed 69制片厂制作传媒淏urning Down the House69制片厂制作传媒 from the Talking Heads as fans filled out.
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