SCOTT'S ROCK & SOUL HALL OF FAME (1960-Present)
If the world were to end today (4/22/2009), these are the artists who would make my Rock & Soul Hall Of Fame (the less said about the "real" one the better). This list is based primarily on musical achievement: the quality of one's recordings and live shows. Although success, originality, and influence are factors that may help an artists cause, I won't penalize great artists for a lack of commercial success. Like the rest of the site, this list covers artists from 1960-present, so apologies to '50s greats such as Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Coasters, Buddy Holly, The Platters, and so on who didn't make the cut.

ABBA
Accept
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains
Allman Brothers Band
The Animals
The Band
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Jeff Beck
The Bee Gees
Belle & Sebastian
Big Star
Bjork
Black Sabbath
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Blue Oyster Cult
Blur
Booker T. & The MG's
David Bowie
James Brown
Built To Spill
Solomon Burke
Kate Bush
The Buzzcocks
The Byrds
Can
Captain Beefheart
The Cars
Johnny Cash
Catherine Wheel
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Ray Charles
Chicago
Eric Clapton
The Clash
Leonard Cohen
Sam Cooke
Elvis Costello
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, & Nash (& Young)
The Cure
Deep Purple
Dinosaur Jr.
Dio
The Doors
Nick Drake
The Drifters
Bob Dylan
The Eagles
Earth, Wind, & Fire
Brian Eno
The Everly Brothers
Fairport Convention
Faith No More
Flaming Lips
Fleetwood Mac
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
Aretha Franklin
Fugazi
Peter Gabriel
Marvin Gaye
Genesis
Grateful Dead
Al Green
Guns n' Roses
Jimi Hendrix
The Hollies
Husker Du
The Impressions
Iron Maiden
The Isley Brothers
Michael Jackson
Etta James
Jethro Tull
Billy Joel
Elton John
Janis Joplin
Joy Division
Judas Priest
King Crimson
The Kinks
Kiss
Led Zeppelin
John Lennon
Lovin’ Spoonful
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Madonna
The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Curtis Mayfield
Paul McCartney & Wings
MC5
Meat Puppets
Megadeth
Metallica
Joni Mitchell
The Moody Blues
Van Morrison
Motorhead
My Bloody Valentine
My Morning Jacket
Randy Newman
Nirvana
Oasis
The O'Jays
Roy Orbison
Ozzy Osbourne
Pavement
Pearl Jam
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
P-Funk (includes Parliament and Funkadelic)
Wilson Pickett
Pink Floyd
Pixies
The Police
Elvis Presley
Prince
Queen
Radiohead
Rainbow
Ramones
The Rascals
Otis Redding
R.E.M.
The Replacements
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
The Rolling Stones
Roxy Music
Todd Rundgren
Rush
Sam & Dave
Santana
The Scorpions
Sigur Rós
Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon
Slayer
Sleater-Kinney
Sly & The Family Stone
Smashing Pumpkins
The Smiths
Sonic Youth
Soundgarden
The Spinners
Bruce Springsteen
Steely Dan
Stereolab
Rod Stewart
The Stooges
The Stylistics
The Supremes
Talking Heads
Television
The Temptations
Thin Lizzy
Richard (and Linda) Thompson
Tindersticks
T. Rex
Traffic
U2
Van Halen
Velvet Underground
Tom Waits
War
The Who
Wilco
Lucinda Williams
Jackie Wilson
Stevie Wonder
X
XTC
The Yardbirds
Yes
Yo La Tengo
Neil Young
Frank Zappa
The Zombies
ZZ Top


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