Patti LaBelle performs "If You Don't Know Me By Now" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008. The song, recorded by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, was written by inductees Gamble & Huff. They won a best R&B Grammy for the song in 1989 for the remake by British band Simply Red.
Madonna is congratulated by Justin Timberlake as she is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, at a ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008. According to the "Guinness Book of World Records," Madonna is the most successful female recording artist of all time.
Jann Wenner, co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and publisher of "Rolling Stone," speaks at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008.
Leon Huff, left, and Kenny Gamble accept the Ahmet Ertegun Award at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008. The songwriting and producing team are the architects of the Philadelphia sound made famous in the 1970s by Billy Paul, Jerry Butler, The O'Jays and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, among others.
Jerry Butler performs "Only the Strong Will Survive" in honor of Gamble & Huff at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008.
Ben Harper, left, and James Cotton perform in tribute to inductee Little Walter at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008. Both as a sideman and bandleader, Little Walter revolutionized the sound of blues harmonica through amplification, clasping a mike to the harp as he played.
Damien Rice performs a song in tribute to inductee Leonard Cohen at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, March 10, 2008. Cohen, a poet and songwriter, is best known for his songs "Suzanne" and "Bird On A Wire."
Leonard Cohen is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008.
Bob Spalding, left, and Don Wilson of The Ventures perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008. The Ventures are best remembered for a pair of 1960s smashes, "Walk -- Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O." Yet their most impressive feat was charting 38 albums from 1960 to 1972.
From left, musicians Iggy Pop, Madonna and Justin Timberlake pose backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Monday, March 10, 2008 in New York.
John Mellencamp, left, accepts his award from Billy Joel at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008.
John Mellencamp speaks after his induction during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008. Mellencamp spoke about being born with spinal bifida that was corrected by risky surgery when he was an infant. "I should have been paralyzed from the neck down," he said. "I was born lucky."
John Mellencamp performs after his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame March 10, 2008.
Justin Timberlake gives an innuendo-filled speech as he inducts Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008. Timberlake said he has produced half of the tracks on Madonna's upcoming album "Hard Candy."
Billy Joel describes John Mellencamp's prowess on the football field as he inducts the rocker into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008. Describing a flag football game against Mellencamp's team, Joel said, "They were winning 63 to zip and at the end of the game they all laid down on the field so we could score a touchdown. That's class."
Rocker Iggy Pop performs punk rock versions of two of Madonna's songs, "Burning Up" and "Ray Of Light" in tribute to her during her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame on March 10, 2008.
Hall of Fame inductee John Mellencamp, center, performs with John Fogerty, right, and Joan Jett at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008.
Tom Hanks gives a rousing speech inducting the Dave Clark Five into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, Mar. 10, 2008. The British rockers sold more than 50 million records during the 1960s and had 15 Top 40 singles.
Tom Hanks, right, and the surviving members of the Dave Clark Five: Dave Clark, second from right, Rick Huxley, left, and Lenny Davidson at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York, Monday, March 10, 2008.
Actor Ed Burns and his wife, supermodel Christy Turlington, pose backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Monday, March 10, 2008 in New York.