The nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards have been announced, with Metallica and Gregg Allman leading the classic rock pack with two nominations each.
This year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was already set to go forward without nearly half of its 2014 class members - including Kiss, Linda Ronstadt and the late Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. Now, Cat Stevens maybe be bowing out as well.
For Hall & Oates, it means a sort of validation. For Cat Stevens, there's a bit of embarrassment at how good it makes him feel. And for Linda Ronstadt, there's the awful realization that Parkinson's will probably keep her away from her big night.
Kiss, Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, Nirvana, Hall & Oates and Cat Stevens have been elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2014 class. That means Deep Purple, Yes and the Zombies are among the nominees who were not chosen this year.
Known until 1977 as Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam has created some of the most peaceful and calming music in the history of rock music. Many know him as Cat Stevens, but in the 1977 he changed his name--Yusuf Islam--after converting to Islam. He was born in England and started his music career in 1966 with "Matthew and Son" being one of his first hits
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