YEAR
1991
INDUCTED BY
Seymour Stein
CATEGORY
Ahmet Ertegun Award
An eye for talent and an ear for hits.
The list of people Ralph Bass worked with is a roster of R&B greats: Etta James, Sam Cooke, James Brown and on and on. He changed popular music forever and for the better.
Ralph Bass
HALL OF FAME
ESSAY
By Harry Weinger
Ralph Bass was a co-creator of some of the indisputable landmarks of rock & roll: producer of and/or witness to “Call It Stormy Monday” (T-Bone Walker), “Sixty-Minute Man” (the Dominoes), “Sleep” (Earl Bostic), “Work With Me, Annie” (Hank Ballard & the Midnighters), “Please Please Please” (James Brown), and so many more.
His life spans five decades of music and stints with such pioneering indie labels as Black & White, Savoy, King, and Chess.
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