NYT
Raspy voices, girl groups and ghoulish spectacle were celebrated by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its 27th annual induction ceremony on Monday night at the Waldorf-Astoria’s Grand Ballroom.
It was a year of venerable rockers joining the hall: musicians in their 60s and early 70s with careers dating back as far as half a century. Video of the event will be presented on Sunday at 9 p.m. E.D.T. on the Fuse cable channel.
The raspy voices belonged to the songwriters Tom Waits, Dr. John and Neil Diamond. The girl-group catalog — with hits billed as the Crystals, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, and under her own name — belonged to Darlene Love. And the ghoulish, black-rimmed eyes belonged to a pioneer of rock spectacle, Alice Cooper, who had a boa constrictor draped over his shoulders as he accepted his award.
“We’ve always been a hard rock band,” said Mr. Cooper, praising the Kinks, the Who and the Yardbirds as his musical forebears. “We just wanted to decorate it a little differently.”
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