DATE=3-29-2002

TYPE=Special English Feature

NUMBER=7-22768

TITLE=SPECIAL ENGLISH AMERICAN MOSAIC #863-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame New Members

BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach

TELEPHONE=619-2585

DATELINE=Washington

EDITOR=Shelley Gollust

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HOST:

Several famous recording artists were named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last week during a ceremony in New York City. The Hall of Fame has been honoring rock and roll singers and songwriters for seventeen years. Musicians can become members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after their first recordings. Mary Tillotson tells us about the new members.

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A group called the Ramones became a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last week. They performed what is called "punk rock." Perhaps you remember their song, "I Wanna Be Sedated."

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Two other groups were chosen for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are The Talking Heads and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Singer Gene Pitney, musician Chet Atkins and record producer Jim Stewart also were made members of the Hall of Fame.

The only woman to become a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year is Brenda Lee. She sings mostly country music today, but started out singing popular music as a child. Brenda Lee recorded one of her best known songs before she was sixteen years old. It is "I'm Sorry."

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Another new member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is African-American performer Isaac Hayes. He is probably best known for the theme song from the hit movie "Shaft." He performed that song at the Hall of Fame ceremonies in New York. We leave you now with Isaac Hayes' recording of the "Theme from Shaft."

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