Actually very shocked that he hasn't been inducted. An ASAP and long overdue case for Early Influence.

Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 10/18/2013 @ 15:27pm

Besides Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Wynonie Harris is unquestionably the biggest snub in the R&R HOF's Early Influences category. It's beyond baffling Harris hasn't been inducted yet. If the fact that he wasn't a huge influence on Elvis isn't enough, then nothing else will get Harris inducted.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 11/23/2017 @ 22:24pm

Besides Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Wynonie Harris is unquestionably the biggest snub in the R&R HOF's Early Influences category. It's beyond baffling Harris hasn't been inducted yet. If the fact that he wasn't a huge influence on Elvis isn't enough, then nothing else will get Harris inducted.

Posted by Nick on Thursday, 11/23/2017 @ 22:24pm

Roy Brown and The Ravens too!

Posted by Roy on Friday, 11/24/2017 @ 12:22pm

Let me say this, Wynonie Harris was a major influence to Elvis Presley in which Elvis took gyrations from him so this stuff about him being good to blacks alone is nil.you can see it on Wynonie's Wikipedia page. So please, give a man his due and induct him. Ok, he's no longer here, but please. It was bad enough Sister Rosetta Tharpe got in just last year. The only thing I can fathom is that these men did their thing in the 30s, 40s and 50s and those who do know them, they are not with us. Bottom Line: he deserves it!

Posted by Nandi Crawford on Sunday, 04/7/2019 @ 13:05pm

Early Influence

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 05/9/2021 @ 21:08pm

Blacks should be on the nominating boards ,because a vast majority of artist are not even nominated from the forties, fifties, sixties , seventies, eighties, and nineties, these people started the shit. Racism is alive and well in hearts and minds. A cultural appropriation is horrible

Posted by Ricardo Sanders on Friday, 05/21/2021 @ 07:56am