2023 Inductees

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A celebration of Music's Highest Honor through significant artifacts from legendary concert tours, iconic music videos, studio sessions and other pivotal career moments. Featuring Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine, The Spinners, DJ Kool Herc, Link Wray, Chaka Khan, Al Kooper, Bernie Taupin, and Don Cornelius.

MISSY ELLIOTT HEADPIECE C. 1997
MISSY ELLIOTT HEADPIECE C. 1997, DESIGN BY JUNE AMBROSE. ELLIOTT WORE THIS HEADPIECE WITH THE NOW-ICONIC BLACK INFLATABLE JUMPSUIT IN THE ICONIC MUSIC VIDEO FOR HER DEBUT SOLO SINGLE “THE RAIN (SUPA DUPA FLY).”
SHERYL CROW 1999 GIBSON J-200 ACOUSTIC GUITAR
SHERYL CROW 1999 GIBSON J-200 ACOUSTIC GUITAR. CROW PLAYED THIS GUITAR IN THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR HER 2002 HIT “SOAK UP THE SUN.”
GEORGE MICHAEL SHIRT, 1984
GEORGE MICHAEL SHIRT, 1984. DESIGN BY KATHERINE HAMMETT. GEORGE MICHAEL WORE THIS SHIRT IN THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR WHAM!’S 1984 HIT “WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO.” A DESIGN ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY, WHAM! SPORTED THE SLOGAN AS PART OF AN ANTI-DRUG, ANTI-SUICIDE CAMPAIGN.
HENRY FAMBROUGH OF THE SPINNERS SUIT, C. 1979
HENRY FAMBROUGH OF THE SPINNERS SUIT, C. 1979. DESIGN BY HARVEY LOUIS KRANTZ. THIS SUIT WAS MADE FOR AND WORN ON STAGE BY FAMBROUGH AROUND 1979. FAMBROUGH, THE LAST SURVIVING ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE GROUP, STATED THAT HE WILL REMAIN A PART OF THE SPINNERS AMIDST HIS RETIREMENT.

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