Entertainment

Rock Hall Of Fame: Double Paul?

By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff

September 23, 1998 / 12:40 PM EDT / CBS

Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel are on the list of 15 nominees being considered for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

Paul McCartney is also among them, even though he has already been inducted as a member of the Beatles. If he winds up on the inductees' list this time, it would be for his work as a solo artist.

Bruce Springsteen (AP)

Springsteen has been nominated without his backing group, the E Street Band, because he released his 1973 debut album, Greetings From Asbury Park, New Jersey, as a solo artist.

Other nominees include:

Heavy-metal pioneers Black Sabbath
Doo-wop groups the Flamingos and the Moonglows
Gospel group the Staples Singers
Pop singers Darlene Love, Gene Pitney, and Dusty Springfield
Soul singers Solomon Burke and Curtis Mayfield
Early rockers Del Shannon and Ritchie Valens
Jazz-rock alchemists Steely Dan

Billy Joel (AP)

Musicians are eligible for nomination to the rock hall 25 years after the release of their first recording.

Ballots were mailed this week to more than 800 artists and others with ties to the music industry. The artists who will be inducted next year will be announced in November.