Sonny Burgess?

Roger Friedman's latest anti-RRHOF hits some good notes, but he needs to research his material better. Among the acts he says aren't in the Hall, Ben E. King and Al Green, are there, and while I appreciate his exposure of the Hall's fraudulent voting procedures (of which I've mentioned many times before), he's another one of those knucklehead's who believes that only "Rock" acts should get the nod. Well, why else would he diss Madonna, Chic and Donna Summer. But then, he can't make up his mind, because he picks the Spinners and Mary Wells for induction. In his narrowmindedness, they wouldn't be classified as "Rock" either. Say what you will about the Hall, let's give a round of thanks to their definition of Rock and Roll. Sure, Kiss and Yes and Alice Cooper belong in there. But the Hall's definition of Rock is in keeping with the 50's explosion of the "Rock Era". Speaking of research, he's wrong about Madonna. She has co-written most, if not all of her hits. But why should that be a criteria for induction? And he's so busy naming non-inductees that his own version of a RRHOF starts to become a parody of the Hall itself.

Sonny Burgess, Ringo Starr, Turtles, Carla & Rufus Thomas? Sounds like he's adopted the dreaded, "Let's induct everyone who's ever made a good record" syndrome.