Rock Hall Class of 1992 New York | Waldorf Astoria Hotel | January 15, 1992 | Private Event | not televised

These artists were voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, but the induction ceremony took place in 1992. Click here for a list of artists who were first eligible in 1991 and haven't gotten in yet.

Artist	Inducted By	Category
Bobby "Blue" Bland	B.B. King	Performer
Booker T. and the M.G.'s	Jim Stewart	Performer
The Isley Brothers	Little Richard	Performer
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Neil Young	Performer
Johnny Cash	Lyle Lovett	Performer
Sam & Dave	Billy Joel	Performer
The Yardbirds	The Edge	Performer
Bill Graham	Carlos Santana	Non-Performer
Doc Pomus	Phil Spector	Non-Performer
Leo Fender	Keith Richards	Non-Performer
Elmore James	Robbie Robertson	Early Influence
Professor Longhair	Aaron Neville	Early Influence

⇦ 1991

1993 ⇨

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Nominees who didn't make the cut in 1992

These artists were officially nominated in the Performer category for induction in 1992, but didn't receive enough votes from the "international voting body of rock experts" to get in that year. Roughly 72% of nominated artists who don't get in eventually get inducted in a later year.

Nominee	Eventually Inducted
Buffalo Springfield	1997
Cream	1993
David Bowie	1996
Duane Eddy	1994
Etta James	1993
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers	1993
Gene Pitney	2002
The Velvet Underground	1996

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Nominating Committee who determined the 1992 performer ballot

Seymour Stein, chairman	Jon Landau, vice-chairman	Bob Altshuler
Frank Barsalona	Clive Davis	Anthony DeCurtis
Ahmet Ertegun	Suzan Evans, ex officio	Danny Fields
Gregg Geller	Nelson George	Jim Henke
Bob Hilburn	Lenny Kaye	Bob Krasnow
Arthur Levy	Kurt Loder	Dave Marsh
Joe McEwen	Bob Merlis	Doug Morris
Bob Porter	Lisa Robinson	Joe Smith
Phil Spector	Jeff Tamarkin	Al Teller
Jerry Wexler	Noreen Woods

⇦ 1991

1993 ⇨

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