Hit Parade Hall of Fame
2009 Inductees Are Here!
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Sixty-four recording stars have been inducted into the
2009 Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
It was the vote of fans and the decision of the
Nominating
Committee that recording artists...
America, the Ames
Brothers, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass,
Louis
Armstrong, Frankie Avalon, Brook Benton,
Buckinghams,
Glen Campbell, Chordettes,
Petula Clark, Sam Cooke,
Dave Clark Five,
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Buddy
Holly & the Crickets,
Sammy Davis, Jr., Doors, Drifters, Tommy Edwards,
5th Dimension, Eddie Fisher,
Fleetwood Mac,
Johnny Horton, Tennessee Ernie Ford,
Four Aces,
Four Lads, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Lesley
Gore,
Michael Jackson & the Jackson Five, Joni James,
Sonny James,
Billy Joel, George Jones, Kitty Kallen,
KC & the Sunshine Band, Andy Kim, Carole King,
Gladys
Knight & the Pips, Little Richard, Barry Manilow,
Al Martino, Mamas & The Papas, McGuire Sisters,
Les Paul & Mary Ford, Peter, Paul & Mary, Gene Pitney,
Platters, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Helen Reddy,
Marty Robbins, Rolling Stones, Jimmie Rodgers,
Bobby
Rydell, Del Shannon, Simon & Garfunkel,
Jo Stafford,
Barbra Streisand, Temptations,
Three Dog Night, Bobby
Vee, Bobby Vinton,
Dionne Warwick and Andy Williams
...are among the largest group of inductees of any given year since the formation of the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2006.
Once nominated, recording stars who have had two or
more top ten hits
in the '50s, '60s or '70s have three
years in which to be inducted
into the
Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
Each year in January inductees of the past year are announced with the new nominees for the New Year in the second week of February.
John Rook, creator of the Hit Parade Hall of Fame said,
“in announcing this, the largest class of inductees to the
Hit Parade Hall of Fame, the nominating committee
attempted to pay tribute to many recording stars who
are long overdue the recognition they so richly deserve.”
View the Hit Parade Hall of Fame video here.
