Hall of Fame Reasons

They're not going to show up, but they deserve the accolade anyway.

She's already in the HOF for her groundbreaking work with ex-husband Ike Turner, but this powerhouse deserves solo induction, too.

There was time when an all-female group didn't write its own songs or play its own instruments.

All the nominees are deserving, but they can't all get in this year.

The singer was a pioneer for female artists and a powerhouse hitmaker.

They've had huge hits and health issues, breakups and hiccups, and seemingly countless comings and goings, then reunion and triumph.

Phil Lynott and his colleagues brought a new level of storytelling to heavy music, and deserve to be honored for it.

He became an underground sensation, a hit-music maker and then a huge influence on successive generations of singer-songwriters.

Eligible for induction since 2004, they were a finalist once, in 2012.

They were foul-mouthed, revolutionary proto-punks. And it's about time the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acknowledged them.

Bryan Ferry and company arrived as the patchouli-oiled '60s faded, with a look and feel like no one else.

The veteran rockers are nominated for the first time in 2018. Their enshrinement is long overdue.