The White Stripes, Spinners nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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Detroit bands the White Stripes and the Spinners are among the 2023 nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Artists were announced Wednesday morning as the rock hall gears up for its latest class of inductees. The Stripes and Spinners would become the 21st and 22nd Detroit artists to be enshrined in the hall of fame.
The White Stripes made the list in their first year of eligibility — meaning 25 years after their first commercial release. As with Eminem, a first-ballot candidate last year, that means the band has strong odds to make the final inductees list when it’s announced in May.
The Stripes and Spinners are part of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees list that includes Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Iron Maiden, Joy Division-New Order, Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, A Tribe Called Quest and Warren Zevon.
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The Spinners formed in Ferndale in the mid-’50s and went on to record for Motown before breaking big in the ‘70s with Atlantic Records, racking up a run of hits including "I'll Be Around," "Could it Be I'm Falling in Love," "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" and "The Rubberband Man." The Spinners were previously nominated for the rock hall in 2015.
The White Stripes, with Jack White on guitar and Meg White on drums, emerged from Detroit’s fertile garage-rock scene, releasing a pair of 1998 singles, “Let’s Shake Hands” and “Lafayette Blues.” The duo found its first big success in England and eventually helped foment a bluesy rock revival via albums such as “White Blood Cells” and “Elephant” and the global anthem “Seven Nation Army.”
The group disbanded in 2011, and Jack White continued on a high-profile career with solo work and bands such as the Raconteurs and Dead Weather. His Third Man Records operation, which includes a Midtown Detroit pressing plant, has been a leader in the vinyl-record resurgence of recent years.
The White Stripes and Missy Elliott are the only first-year nominees on Wednesday's ballot.
Inductees will be selected by more than 1,000 "artists, historians and members of the music industry," as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame described in its Wednesday announcement.
There's also a voting component for the public: Fans can cast selections daily through April 28 at vote.rockhall.com or in person at the hall of fame's Cleveland museum.
Details on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2023 ceremony, set for autumn, haven't been announced.
Detroit artists in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin — 1987
Marvin Gaye —1987
Smokey Robinson — 1987
Jackie Wilson — 1987
The Supremes — 1988
The Temptations — 1989
Stevie Wonder — 1989
Hank Ballard — 1990
Four Tops — 1990
John Lee Hooker — 1991
Martha and the Vandellas — 1995
Gladys Knight & the Pips — 1996
Little Willie John — 1996
Parliament-Funkadelic — 1997
Bob Seger — 2004
Madonna — 2008
The Stooges — 2010
Alice Cooper — 2011
The Miracles — 2012
Eminem — 2022
Related:Eminem hails music that 'saved my life' during Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: The White Stripes, Spinners nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
