2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced

      MUSIC NEWS - KISS, ABBA, Darlene Love,  Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, Laura Nyro, LL Cool J, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Chantels, The Hollies, Donna Summer and The Stooges are the twelve artists nominated for possible induction next year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

A voting process will determine which five acts will be inducted into the Rock Hall at the 25th Annual Induction Ceremony, scheduled for March 15, 2010 at New York City's Waldorf Astoria hotel. The five inductees will be picked via ballots sent to 500 members of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.   In January, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will announce which of the 12 acts will make it.   To qualify, it has to have been 25 years since releasing their first recording, this year's group of nominees released their first single or album no later than 1984.  

The 2009 Rock Hall inductees were  Metallica, Run-D.M.C., Jeff Beck, Bobby Womack, and Little Anthony and the Imperials.