Talk about quality of inductees going downhill quick. Check out what it used to mean to be inducted.
R&R HOF List
1986
Chuck Berry (1926 - )
James Brown (1933 - 2006)
Ray Charles (1930 - 2004)
Sam Cooke (1931 - 1964)
Fats Domino (1928 - )
The Everly Brothers (formed 1956; disbanded 1973; reformed 1983)
Buddy Holly (1936 - 1959)
Jerry Lee Lewis (1935 - )
Little Richard (1932 - )
Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977)
1987
The Coasters (formed 1955)
Eddie Cochran (1938 - 1960)
Bo Diddley (1928 - )
Aretha Franklin (1942 - )
Marvin Gaye (1939 - 1984)
Bill Haley (1925 - 1981)
B. B. King (1925 - )
Clyde McPhatter (1932 - 1972)
Ricky Nelson (1940 - 1985)
Roy Orbison (1936 - 1988)
Carl Perkins (1932 - 1998)
Smokey Robinson (1940 - )
Big Joe Turner (1911 - 1985)
Muddy Waters (1915 - 1983)
Jackie Wilson (1934 - 1984)
1988
The Beach Boys (formed 1961)
The Beatles (formed 1960; disbanded 1970)
The Drifters (formed 1953)
Bob Dylan (1941 - )
The Supremes (formed 1959; disbanded 1977)
1989
Dion (1939 - )
Otis Redding (1941 - 1967)
The Rolling Stones (formed 1962)
The Temptations (formed 1960)
Stevie Wonder (1950 - )
1990
Hank Ballard (1927 - 2003)
Bobby Darin (1936 - 1973)
The Four Seasons (formed 1961)
The Four Tops (formed 1954)
The Kinks (formed 1961; disbanded 1996)
The Platters (formed 1953)
Simon & Garfunkel (formed 1964; disbanded 1970)
The Who (formed 1964)