Long Island Music Hall of Fame
The Long Island Music Hall of Fame is an organization recognizing musicians who have contributed to the musical heritage of Long Island, New York. The hall of fame has a business office is in Melville, New York. It was incorporated in July 2005, under the New York State Board of Regents, as a nonprofit organization and holds a provisional charter to operate as a museum in the state of New York. Expansion plans include a museum of Long Island music history, a multimedia resource center, an educational facility and outreach program, and will also serve as a venue for musical performances.[1]
Long Island musical heritage
The Hall of Fame gives the 'Long Island Sound Award' to musical performers who have contributed to "Long Island's musical heritage",[2] and held its first inaugural induction gala on October 15, 2006 at the Patchogue Theatre in Patchogue, New York.[3]
It has been the decision of the Hall to define "Long Island" geographically, adding Kings and Queens counties in addition to the more common definition, which typically only refers to Suffolk and Nassau.
In addition to a biennial induction ceremony, the Long Island Music Hall of Fame is present across Long Island and known for its education initiatives, including annual scholarship presentation to local students,[4] annual speakers series,[5] concert series [6] and the newly announced mobile education museum.
2006 Inductees
- Ron Alexenburg[7]
- Mose Allison
- Sam Ash
- Tony Bennett
- Gary U.S. Bonds
- Harry Chapin
- George M. Cohan
- John Coltrane
- Perry Como
- James (Jimmy) D'Aquisto
- Debbie Gibson
- George Gershwin
- Richie Havens
- Joan Jett
- Billy Joel
- Cyndi Lauper
- Little Anthony and the Imperials
- Long Island Philharmonic
- Edward "Little Buster" Forehand
- Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge
- Marian McPartland
- George "Shadow" Morton
- Run-DMC
- Neil Sedaka
- Gene Simmons
- Paul Stanley
- Peter Criss
- Stray Cats
- Stony Brook University
- Sam "Bluzman" Taylor
- Twisted Sister
- Vanilla Fudge
- Leslie West
2008 Inductees
The second induction ceremony was held at The Garden City Hotel in Garden City, New York, on October 30, 2008. [8]
- Louis Armstrong
- Count Basie
- Walter Becker
- Pat Benatar
- Blue Öyster Cult
- Bob Buchmann
- Mariah Carey
- Aaron Copland
- Neil Diamond
- The Good Rats
- Arlo Guthrie
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Carole King
- LL Cool J
- Guy Lombardo
- Eddie Money
- Public Enemy[9]
- The Ramones
- Jean Ritchie
- Beverly Sills
- Simon and Garfunkel
- Barbra Streisand
- The Tokens
- Kenny Vance
2010 Inductees
The third induction ceremony was held at Oheka Castle in West Hills on November 16, 2010.[10]
- Dream Theater
- Rakim
- Lou Reed
- Eric B
- Eddie Palmeri
- Donnie McClurkin
- My Father's Place
- Denis McNamara
- Teddy Charles
- Morton Gould
- Roy Haynes
- Al Kooper
- Steve Martin - agent
- The Shangri-Las
- Bob Gruen[11]
- Oscar Brand[12]
- The Magic Garden's Carole Demas & Paula Janis
- John Zorn
2012 Inductees
The fourth induction ceremony was held at The Paramount in Huntington on October 18, 2012.[13]
- Ellie Greenwich
- Suffocation
- The Lovin' Spoonful
- Randy Weston
- Ervin Drake
- Leo Kraft
- Zebra
- Stanley Drucker
- Barnaby Bye[15]
- Connie Stevens
- CSS Security Services
- Jones Beach Theater
- Salt-N-Pepa
- Taylor Dayne
- The Thunderbird Sisters and the Shinnecock Indian Nation
- Walk 97.5
- Whodini
2014 Inductees
The fifth induction ceremony took place at the Paramount in Huntington on October 23, 2014.[16]
- Doug Stegmeyer (posthumously)
- Liberty DeVitto
- Richie Cannata
- Clive Davis
- Gerry Goffin
- Kurtis Blow
- Ron Delsener
- Steve Thompson
- Russell Javors
2016 Inductees
The 2016 Induction ceremony took place on Thursday, November 3 at The Space at Westbury.
- Big Daddy Kane [18]
- Charles Koppelman[19]
- Carter Burwell
- Garland Jeffreys[20]
- Sandy Pearlman
- Santo & Johnny
- Jim Steinman
- Steve Vai[21]
- Vince Giordano
- Westbury Music Fair
- Steven Van Zandt was presented the 2016 Harry Chapin Award for his dedication to music education on Long Island and across the nation.
2018 Inductees
- Jon Bauman[23]
- EPMD
- Good Times Magazine
- Michael Lang
- Melanie
- Artie Kornfeld
- Brucie Morrow
- Elliott Murphy
- Seymour Stein
- Taking Back Sunday
- Jimmy Webb
- Tommy Byrnes
See also
References
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