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HOA: 1979 eligibles list

Mrs. MacManus’ little boy has landed at the top of the eligibles list for 1979.


You should check out the 1978 results on the results thread if you haven’t done so yet.

Post your ballots on the 1979 voting thread.


HALL OF ACCLAIM: TOP 100 CANDIDATES FOR 1979 ELECTION

Only releases through December 31, 1978 included.

1978 releases indicated with an asterisk.

1. ELVIS COSTELLO
ALBUMS: My Aim Is True (89); This Year’s Model (72)*.
SONGS: Alison (332); Watching the Detectives (521); (I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea (782)*; Pump It Up (978)*; Radio Radio (610)*; (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love & Understanding (1030)*.

2. STEELY DAN
ALBUMS: Can’t Buy a Thrill (425); Countdown to Ecstasy (385); Pretzel Logic (284); Katy Lied (780); The Royal Scam (1316), Aja (271).
SONGS: Do It Again (1303); Reeling in the Years (449); The Boston Rag (2830); Rikki Don’t Lose That Number (927); Deacon Blues (2825).

3. KRAFTWERK
ALBUMS: Autobahn (282); Radioaktivitat (2450); Trans-Europa Express (97); Die Mensch Maschine (280)*.
SONGS: Autobahn (196); Trans-Europa Express (707); The Robots (1986)*; Das Model (531)*.

4. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND
ALBUMS: Safe as Milk (415); Trout Mask Replica (53); Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1594); Clear Spot (566); The Spotlight Kid (2051); Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1181)*.
SONG: Big Eyed Beans from Venus (1448).

5. THE CLASH
ALBUMS: The Clash (52); Give ‘em Enough Rope (1046)*.
SONGS: White Riot (563); Complete Control (393); (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (144)*.

6. THE EAGLES
ALBUMS: The Eagles (2837); Desperado (1004); One of These Nights (2218); Hotel California (86).
SONGS: Take It Easy (2176); Desperado (1176); One of These Nights (1039); Take It to the Limit (2740); New Kid in Town (2513); Hotel California (43).

7. ELTON JOHN
ALBUMS: Elton John (2981); Tumbleweed Connection (1757); Honky Chateau (1199); Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (141); Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1828).
SONGS: Your Song (306); Tiny Dancer (1061); Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (540); Candle in the Wind (1093); Bennie and the Jets (1257); Philadelphia Freedo (1364).

8. GRATEFUL DEAD
ALBUMS: Anthem of the Sun (2397); Live/Dead (347); Aoxomoxoa (1818); Workingman’s Dead (357); American Beauty (305).
SONGS: Dark Star (684); Uncle John’s Band (1217); Box of Rain (651).

9. T. REX
ALBUMS: Electric Warrior (182); The Slider (695).
SONGS: Get It On (Bang a Gong) (110); Jeepster (2240); Telegram Sam (603); Children of the Revolution (569); 20th Century Boy (570).

10. BRIAN ENO
ALBUMS: Here Come the Warm Jets (391); Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (978); Another Green World (198); Discreet Music (1921); Before and After Science (506); Ambient 1: Music for Airports (936)*.
SONGS: Cindy Tells Me (2495); Baby’s on Fire (2430).

11. ROD STEWART
ALBUMS: The Rod Stewart Album (2085); Gasoline Alley (816); Every Picture Tells a Story (154); Never a Dull Moment (1621); Atlantic Crossing (2621); A Night on the Town (2819).
SONGS: Maggie May (107); You Wear It Well (1867); Tonight’s the Night (1520); Da Ya Think I’m Sexy (2284)*.

12. CREAM
ALBUMS: Fresh Cream (1129); Disraeli Gears (183); Wheels of Fire (428).
SONGS: I Feel Free (1560); Sunshine of Your Love (461); White Room (2395); Crossroads (1296); Badge (1711).

13. CROSBY, STILLS, NASH (& YOUNG)
ALBUMS: Crosby, Stills and Nash (315); Dèjá Vu (151); Four-Way Street (1287).
SONGS: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (1331); Helpless (1552); Ohio (547).

14. RANDY NEWMAN
ALBUMS: 12 Songs (336); Sail Away (384); Good Old Boys (424); Little Criminals (1021).
SONG: Sail Away (701).

15. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
ALBUMS: Surrealistic Pillow (164); After Bathing at Baxter’s (1277); Crown of Creation (2083); Volunteers (926).
SONGS: Somebody to Love (476); White Rabbit (223).

16. DEEP PURPLE
ALBUMS: In Rock (348); Machine Head (242); Made in Japan (407).
SONGS: Highway Star (2098); Smoke on the Water (509).

17. QUEEN
ALBUMS: Sheer Heart Attack (1101); A Night at the Opera (171).
SONGS: Killer Queen (2758); Bohemian Rhapsody (68); We Are the Champions (1113); We Will Rock You (995).

18. JANIS JOPLIN/BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY
ALBUMS: Cheap Thrills (227); Pearl (193).
SONGS: Piece of My Heart (753); Me and Bobby McGee (372).

19. SONNY ROLLINS
ALBUMS: Tenor Madness (1049); Saxophone Colossus (332); Way Out West (904); Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1 (965); Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 2 (1088); The Bridge (1133).
SONG: St. Thomas (2627).

20. THE SUPREMES
ALBUMS: Where Did Our Love Go (1881); The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland (1907).
SONGS: Where Did Our Love Go (219); Baby Love (737); Stop! In the Name of Love (142); You Can’t Hurry Love (415); You Keep Me Hangin’ On (867).

21. ORNETTE COLEMAN
ALBUMS: Something Else!!! (1843); The Shape of Jazz to Come (293); Change of the Century (763); Free Jazz (473); This Is Our Music (1674); At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 (1586).
SONGS: none.

22. DEREK AND THE DOMINOS
ALBUM: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (69).
SONG: Layla (47).

23. AEROSMITH
ALBUMS: Toys in the Attic (337); Rocks (349).
SONGS: Dream On (443); Sweet Emotion (2060); Walk This Way (340).

24. LOVE
ALBUMS: Love (2529); Da Capo (1700); Forever Changes (50).
SONG: Alone Again Or (221).

25. TALKING HEADS
ALBUMS: Talking Heads 77 (283); More Songs About Buildings and Food (288)*.
SONGS: Psycho Killer (226); Take Me to the River (1227)*; The Big Country (2770)*.

26. CAROLE KING
ALBUM: Tapestry (59).
SONGS: Home Again (2507); It’s Too Late (349); I Feel the Earth Move (1344); You’ve Got a Friend (997).

27. BLONDIE
ALBUMS: Blondie (939); Parallel Lines (109)*.
SONGS: Heart of Glass (206)*; One Way or Another (1451)*.

28. JACKSON BROWNE
ALBUMS: Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using) (1509); For Everyman (1763); Late for the Sky (333); The Pretender (724); Running on Empty (736).
SONGS: Late for the Sky (1659); Running on Empty (1639).

29. CAN
ALBUMS: Monster Movie (1529); Tago Mago (258); Ege Bamyasi (684); Future Days (631); Soon Over Babaluma (1661).
SONGS: none.

30. LYNYRD SKYNYRD
ALBUMS: (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) (576); Second Helping (626), Street Survivors (1272)*.
SONGS: Free Bird (258); Sweet Home Alabama (418).

31. THE BEE GEES
ALBUM: Saturday Night Fever (121).
SONGS: To Love Somebody (1718); Jive Talkin’ (2521); Stayin’ Alive (98); Night Fever (2065).

32. TIM BUCKLEY
ALBUMS: Goodbye and Hello (1171); Happy Sad (440); Blue Afternoon (2172); Starsailor (557); Greetings from L.A. (1202).
SONG: Song to the Siren (869).

33. KING CRIMSON
ALBUMS: In the Court of the Crimson King (135); Islands (2717); Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (1579); Red (562).
SONG: 21st Century Schizoid Man (1102).

34. SANTANA
ALBUMS: Santana (1256); Abraxas (168), III (2454); Caravanserai (1411); Lotus (2655).
SONGS: Black Magic Woman (722); Oye Como Va (1353).

35. IGGY POP
ALBUMS: The Idiot (600); Lust for Life (210).
SONGS: The Passenger (1199); Lust for Life (339).

36. THE JAM
ALBUMS: In the City (755); All Mod Cons (219)*.
SONGS: In the City (876); All Around the World (2301); Down in the Tubestation at Midnight (376)*.

37. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
ALBUMS: Idlewild South (2941); At Fillmore East (101); Eat a Peach (1446); Brothers and Sisters (1852).
SONGS: Whipping Post (1384); Ramblin’ Man (1374); Jessica (1567).

38. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
ALBUMS: A Girl Called Dusty (2878); Dusty in Memphis (95).
SONGS: I Only Want to Be with You (2959); You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (1103); Son of a Preacher Man (205).

39. JIMMY CLIFF
ALBUM: The Harder They Come (194).
SONGS: Many Rivers to Cross (167); Vietnam (2105); The Harder They Come (429).

40. THE FOUR TOPS
ALBUM: Second Album (2673); Reach Out (1462).
SONGS: Baby I Need Your Loving (845); I Can’t Help Myself (1466); It’s the Same Old Song (1642); Reach Out (I’ll Be There) (36); Standing in the Shadows of Love (1626); Bernadette (2692).

41. BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
ALBUMS: Buffalo Springfield (1459); Buffalo Springfield Again (326).
SONGS: For What It’s Worth (99); Expecting to Fly (1115).

42. NICO
ALBUMS: The Velvet Underground & Nico (4); Chelsea Girl (2511); The Marble Index (1402); Desertshore (2571).
SONGS: All Tomorrow’s Parties (1305); Femme Fatale (2075); These Days (1145).

43. HERBIE HANCOCK
ALBUMS: Takin’ Off (1503); Empyrean Isles (1500); Maiden Voyage (459); Mwandishi (1748); Sextant (2238); Head Hunters (524).
SONGS: none.

44. STAN GETZ
ALBUMS: Hamp & Getz (2194); Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (2742); Focus (1668); Jazz Samba (804); Getz/Gilberto (372); Stan Getz and Bill Evans (2501).
SONGS: The Girl from Ipanema (553); Corcovado (2516).

45. MC5
ALBUMS: Kick Out the Jams (212); Back in the USA (624).
SONG: Kick Out the Jams (368).

46. FAIRPORT CONVENTION
ALBUMS: Fairport Convention (2508); What We Did on Our Holidays (2391); Unhalfbricking (498); Liege and Lief (399).
SONGS: Who Knows Where the Time Goes (401); A Sailor’s Life (2490).

47. NEW YORK DOLLS
ALBUMS: New York Dolls (139); Too Much Too Soon (844).
SONG: Personality Crisis (577).

48. BILL EVANS
ALBUMS: Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1659); Portrait in Jazz (1707); Explorations (2281); Sunday at the Village Vanguard (455); Waltz for Debby (475); Undercurrent (2208).
SONG: Waltz for Debby (2760).

49. COUNT BASIE
ALBUMS: Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (1268); April in Paris (975); At Newport (1439); The Atomic Mr. Basie (594).
SONGS: One O’Clock Jump (911); Lester Leaps In (2346); April in Paris (1338).

50. ABBA
ALBUM: Arrival (629).
SONGS: Waterloo (697); S.O.S. (1346); Dancing Queen (116); Knowing Me Knowing You (1335).

51. BUZZCOCKS
ALBUMS: Another Music in a Different Kitchen (550)*; Love Bites (2667)*.
SONGS: Breakdown (987); Orgasm Addict (922); What Do I Get? (1125)*; Ever Fallen in Love? (193)*

52. TODD RUNDGREN
ALBUMS: Something/Anything? (262); A Wizard, a True Star (658); Todd (2206).
SONG: I Saw the Light (704).

53. ALICE COOPER
ALBUMS: Love It to Death (1379); Killer (957); School’s Out (1298); Billion Dollar Babies (1246).
SONGS: I’m Eighteen (1386); School’s Out (396).

54. THIN LIZZY
ALBUMS: Jailbreak (725); Live and Dangerous (340)*.
SONGS: Whiskey in the Jar (1579); The Boys Are Back in Town (460).

55. TRAFFIC
ALBUMS: Mr. Fantasy (488); Traffic (966); John Barleycorn Must Die (504); The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys (2557).
SONGS: Paper Sun (2926); Dear Mr. Fantasy (2225).

56. DIZZY GILLESPIE
ALBUMS: Bird & Diz (1548); Jazz at Massey Hall (494); Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge (1526); Groovin’ High (1463); At Newport (2176); Gillespiana (2221).
SONGS: Groovin’ High (2795); A Night in Tunisia (2603); Manteca (1219).

57. IKE AND TINA TURNER
ALBUM: River Deep Mountain High (893).
SONGS: A Fool in Love (2646); It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (2085); River Deep Mountain High (22).

58. ISAAC HAYES
ALBUMS: Hot Buttered Soul (358); Shaft (1152).
SONGS: Walk On By (2664); By the Time I Get to Phoenix (1975); Theme from Shaft (247).

59. THE RONETTES
ALBUM: Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica (1414).
SONGS: Be My Baby (13); Baby, I Love You (2524); Walking in the Rain (2576).

60. THE ISLEY BROTHERS
ALBUM: 3+3 (903).
SONGS: Shout (Parts 1 and 2) (237); Twist and Shout (1038); This Old Heart of Mine (1502); It’s Your Thing (999); That Lady (1302).

61. GENESIS
ALBUMS: Foxtrot (895); Selling England by the Pound (707); The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (406); A Trick of the Tail (2791).
SONG: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (2414).

62. LITTLE FEAT
ALBUMS: Sailin’ Shoes (466); Dixie Chicken (517); Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (1313); Waiting for Columbus (2310)*.
SONGS: Willin’ (2547); Dixie Chicken (2974).

63. THE DRIFTERS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Money Honey (972); There Goes My Baby (277); Save the Last Dance for Me (694); Up on the Roof (896); On Broadway (938); Under the Boardwalk (1512).

64. MOTT THE HOOPLE
ALBUMS: All the Young Dudes (981); Mott (526); The Hoople (2818).
SONG: All the Young Dudes (203).

65. WIRE
ALBUMS: Pink Flag (235); Chairs Missing (479)*.
SONG: Three Girl Rhumba (2672).

66. PAUL McCARTNEY
ALBUMS: Ram (1388); Band on the Run (386).
SONGS: Maybe I’m Amazed (840); Live and Let Die (1643); Band on the Run (2972); Jet (963).

67. CHEAP TRICK
ALBUMS: Cheap Trick (2305); In Color (1530); Heaven Tonight (1491)*; At Budokan (641)*.
SONGS: I Want You to Want Me (1284); Surrender (562)*.

68. YES
ALBUMS: The Yes Album (873); Fragile (544); Close to the Edge (615); Tales from Topographic Dreams (2769).
SONGS: none.

69. B.B. KING
ALBUMS: Singin’ the Blues (2412); Live at the Regal (248); Live in Cook County Jail (1959).
SONGS: Sweet Little Angel (2833); The Thrill Is Gone (398).

70. JONATHAN RICHMAN/THE MODERN LOVERS
ALBUMS: The Modern Lovers (203); Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers (2792).
SONG: Roadrunner (248).

71. PAUL SIMON
ALBUMS: Paul Simon (664); There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (818); Still Crazy After All These Years (867).
SONGS: Kodachrome (2610); 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (1381).

72. THE ANIMALS
ALBUMS: The Animals (2909); Animalisms (2330); Animalism (2549).
SONGS: House of the Rising Sun (61); Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (1380); We Gotta Get Out of This Place (846).

73. WILLIE NELSON
ALBUMS: Phases and Stages (1508); Red Headed Stranger (401); Stardust (861)*.
SONG: Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (1441).

74. ERIC DOLPHY
ALBUMS: Outward Bound (1961); Out There (1792); Live at the Five Spot, Vol. 1 (1780); Far Cry (2438); Iron Man (2308); Out to Lunch (287).
SONGS: none.

75. THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Little Latin Lupe Lu (2713); You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (24); Unchained Melody (827).

76. THE O’JAYS
ALBUMS: Back Stabbers (708); Ship Ahoy (1822).
SONGS: Back Stabbers (519); Love Train (573); I Love Music (1628).

77. MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Heatwave (665); Dancing in the Street (58); Nowhere to Run (1063).

78. KISS
ALBUMS: Alive! (572); Destroyer (751).
SONGS: Rock ‘n’ Roll All Nite (805); Detroit Rock City (1431).

79. PERE UBU
ALBUMS: The Modern Dance (223)*; Dub Housing (762)*.
SONGS: Final Solution (2917); Non-Alignment Pact (2755)*.

80. PATSY CLINE
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Walkin’ After Midnight (1452); Crazy (147); I Fall to Pieces (424); She’s Got You (1706); Sweet Dreams (Of You) (1894).

81. DION
ALBUM: Born to Be with You (1868).
SONGS: I Wonder Why (833); A Teenager in Love (762); Runaround Sue (315); The Wanderer (1460); Abraham, Martin and John (1684).

82. THE KINGSMEN
ALBUMS: none.
SONG: Louie Louie (11).

83. THE JACKSON 5
ALBUMS: Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 (2365); ABC (2931); Destiny (2602)*.
SONGS: I Want You Back (32); The Love You Save (2036); I’ll Be There (2306).

84. ART BLAKEY
ALBUMS: A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (1203); A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (2254); A Night in Tunisia (1789); Moanin’ (745); Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1475); Free for All (2070).
SONGS: none.

85. THE CRYSTALS
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: He’s a Rebel (325); He’s Sure the Boy I Love (2637); Da Doo Ron Ron (163); Then He Kissed Me (1026).

86. JAMES TAYLOR
ALBUM: Sweet Baby James (351); JT (2743).
SONGS: Fire and Rain (269); You’ve Got a Friend (2363).

87. THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS
ALBUM: The Gilded Palace of Sin (152).
SONGS: Sin City (1278); Hot Burrito #1 (2093).

88. PROCOL HARUM
ALBUMS: Procol Harum (1632); A Salty Dog (996).
SONG: A Whiter Shade of Pale (117).

89. CHARLIE PARKER
ALBUMS: Charlie Parker with Strings (1813); Bird & Diz (1548); Jazz at Massey Hall (494).
SONGS: Koko (821); Ornithology (2555).

90. AUGUSTUS PABLO
ALBUMS: King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (417); East of the River Nile (1425)*.
SONG: King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (513).

91. JETHRO TULL
ALBUMS: Stand Up (1562); Aqualung (450); Thick as a Brick (1553).
SONG: Aqualung (1111).

92. SERGE GAINSBOURG
ALBUM: Histoire de Melody Nelson (555).
SONGS: Bonnie & Clyde (1106); Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus (287).

93. ROBERT WYATT
ALBUM: Rock Bottom (231).
SONG: Sea Song (557).

94. GEORGE HARRISON
ALBUMS: All Things Must Pass (306); The Concert for Bangladesh (1942).
SONG: My Sweet Lord (650).

95. JOHN CALE
ALBUMS: The Academy in Peril (2538); Paris 1919 (370); Fear (1513); Slow Dazzle (2567).
SONG: Andalucia (1245).

96. JACKIE WILSON
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet) (543); Lonely Teardrops (501); (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (272).

97. BUD POWELL
ALBUMS: The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 1 (761); Jazz at Massey Hall (494); The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 2 (2882).
SONG: Un Poco Loco (1688).

98. BEN E. KING
ALBUMS: none.
SONGS: Spanish Harlem (621); Stand by Me (67).

99. THE SMALL FACES
ALBUMS: There Are But Four Small Faces (2630); Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake (363).
SONGS: All or Nothing (2845); Itchycoo Park (757); Tin Soldier (2727); Lazy Sunday (1842).

100. THEM
ALBUM: (The Angry Young) Them (760).
SONG: Gloria (115).

****

MOVING UP: Elvis Costello, Kraftwerk, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, The Clash, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Little Feat, The Jackson 5.

NEW TO THE LIST: Blondie, The Jam, Buzzcocks, Thin Lizzy, Wire, Cheap Trick, Willie Nelson, Pere Ubu, Augustus Pablo.

FELL OFF THE LIST: Woody Guthrie, The Mamas and the Papas, Suicide, Sam and Dave, Bill Haley and His Comets.

BUBBLING UNDER: The Police, Devo, The Impressions, Blue Öyster Cult, Eric Clapton.

Re: HOA: 1979 eligibles list

1. Steely Dan – I’m keeping them at #1 until they get in. The contrasts were always heady: fiendishly complex music (executed by the best session pros money could buy), performed in brilliantly crafted and highly accessible pop contexts, all in the service of a ferociously cynical and near-misanthropic view of the world. Becker and Fagen are the Coen Brothers of rock, and the early albums – made before, to borrow Robert Christgau’s phrase, pursuit of The Tasty became its own reward – are masterpieces.

2. Elvis Costello – Even after only two albums, it should have been clear to anyone listening beyond the angry-young-man hype (which absurdly tried to link him to punk) that Mr. MacManus was nothing less than the finest songwriting craftsman of his generation. And with ‘78’s ferociously brilliant THIS YEAR’S MODEL, he introduced the Attractions, quite possibly the greatest backing band ever. (At the very least, keyboard maestro Steve Nieve has to be considered one of the most invaluable musical partners any artist has ever had.)

3. The Clash – The Pistols are obviously more influential, but the Clash were the greatest punk band, and while they may not have been The Only Band That Mattered (in the words of their hyperbolic slogan), at their very best they sure sounded like it. Like a lot of great bands they thrived on the tension between two strong personalities, with Strummer’s passionate agitprop tendencies tempered by Jones’ (rather unexpected, for a punk “guitar hero”) popcraft.

4. Talking Heads – After a more-than-promising debut, David Byrne and company hooked up with Brian Eno, resulting in one of the most fertile (literally, given Byrne’s lyrical obsession with birth and creation) artist/producer combinations in rock history. They might have made more innovative records in the future, but for my money nothing can top ‘78’s MORE SONGS…; combined with 77 that’s already enough to merit their induction.

5. New York Dolls – They only made two albums, but they’re one of the all-time great bands, and their influence is incalculable. David Johansen and Johnny Thunders came off like Mick & Keith if they’d never taken off the drag from the “Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby” video and started gobbling amphetamines 24/7. The Dolls were unabashedly hip, but there wasn’t a cynical bone in their bodies: they may have needed both a fix and a kiss, but you always sensed that the kiss was more important (even if that sadly wasn't true for some of them in real life).

6. Kraftwerk
7. Wire
8. Randy Newman
9. Captain Beefheart
10. Blondie

BACKSTAGE WING
1. Holland-Dozier-Holland
2. Nicky Hopkins
3. Rudy Van Gelder

Re: HOA: 1979 eligibles list

Ah, crap. Sorry about that.