sun records owner sam phillips created the rock and roll hall of fame.
sun records owner sam phillips created the rock and roll hall of fame.
who created the rock and roll hall of fame?
sun records owner sam phillips
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the rock and roll hall of fame, located in downtown cleveland, ohio, on the shore of lake erie, recognizes and archives the history of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures who have had some major influence on the development of rock and roll. the rock and roll hall of fame foundation was established on april 20, 1983, by ahmet ertegun, founder and chairman of atlantic records. in 1986, cleveland was chosen as the hall of fame's permanent home.









































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before october 2012, deep purple had never been nominated for induction into the rock and roll hall of fame (though they have been eligible since 1993), but were nominated for induction in 2012 and 2013. despite ranking second in the public's vote on the rock hall fans' ballot, which had over half a million votes, they were not inducted by the rock hall committee. kiss bassist gene simmons and rush bassist geddy lee commented that deep purple should obviously be among the rock and roll hall of fame inductees. there have been criticisms in the past over deep purple not having been inducted. toto guitarist steve lukather commented, "they put patti smith in there but not deep purple? what's the first song every kid learns how to play? ["smoke on the water"] ... and they're not in the rock and roll hall of fame? ... the rock and roll hall of fame has lost its cool because of the glaring omissions." guns n' roses and velvet revolver guitarist slash expressed his surprise and disagreement regarding the non-induction of deep purple: "the list of people who haven't even been nominated is mind-boggling ... [the] big one for me is deep purple. how could you not induct deep purple?". metallica band members james hetfield, lars ulrich and kirk hammett have also lobbied for the band's induction. in an interview with "rolling stone" in april 2014, ulrich pleaded: "i'm not going to get into the politics or all that stuff, but i got two words to say: 'deep purple'. that's all i have to say: deep purple. seriously, people, deep purple. two simple words in the english language ... 'deep purple'! did i say that already?" in 2015, chris jericho, wwe wrestler and current vocalist of rock band fozzy, stated: "that deep purple are not in it [hall of fame]. it's bullshit. obviously there's some politics against them from getting in there."
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