![]() This story has been edited to correct the spelling of Sheryl Crow's name. “We got a star-studded stage up here,” Parton said. She closed the night leading an all-star jam of her fellow inductees on her country classic “Jolene.” Le Bon, Benatar and even Judas Priest singer Rob Halford took a verse. “I‘ve been rockin’ rockin' rockin' rockin' since the day I was born,” she sang, “and I'll be rockin' to the day I'm gone.” She disappeared and emerged moments later decked out in black leather with an electric guitar and broke into a song she wrote just for the occasion. Princess Diana of Wales shakes hands with John Taylor of the Duran Duran pop group 7/20, as lead singer Simon Le Bon and fellow group member. Select from premium Duran Duran of the highest quality. Parton said she would have to retroactively earn her spot. Find Duran Duran stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. ![]() "This is a very, very, very special night." “I’m a rock star now!” she shouted as she accepted the honor. She was convinced otherwise, and ended up the headliner Saturday night. When the nominees were announced in May, Parton “respectfully” declined, saying it didn't seem suitable for her to take a spot as a country-to-the-core artist. Janet Jackson appeared in a black suit with a massive pile of hair atop her head, remaking the cover of her breakthrough album “Control," as she inducted the two men who made that and many other records with her, writer-producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Olivia Rodrigo, 60 years Simon's junior and by far the youngest performer of the night, took the stage to sing Simon's signature song, “You're So Vain.” Inductees absent from the ceremony included Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor, who is four years into a fight with advanced prostate cancer, the 95-year-old Belafonte and Simon, who lost sisters Joanna Simon and Lucy Simon, both also singers, to cancer on back-to-back days last month.Ĭarly Simon was a first-time nominee this year more than 25 years after becoming eligible. “We are young!” the 69-year-old sang, her long, gray hair flowing as she soared through a version of 1983's “Love is a Battlefield." “Pat always reached into the deepest part of herself and came roaring out of the speakers," Sheryl Crow said in her speech inducting Benatar.īenatar, inducted along with her longtime musical partner and husband Neil Giraldo, took the stage with him and displayed that power moments later. These members include lead singer Simon Le Bon, bassist John. Duran Duran’s current lineup boats four core members. Dre, whom he credited with saving his life.īut hitmakers of the 1980s defined the night. A post shared by Duran Duran (duranduran) on at 6:38pm PDT. He was inducted by his producer and mentor Dr.
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