With Bruce and Lou getting into the Hall, Frank Zappa bounces up to the top slot.

As promised, I’ve expanded the eligibles list to the top 100. I just thought that, as the pool of potential artists grows larger, it’s only fair to get a broader view.


You should check out the 1976 results on the results thread if you haven’t done so yet.

Post your ballots on the 1977 voting thread.


HALL OF ACCLAIM: TOP 100 CANDIDATES FOR 1977 ELECTION

Only releases through December 31, 1976 included.

1976 releases indicated with an asterisk.

1. FRANK ZAPPA/THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
ALBUMS: Freak Out! (279); Absolutely Free (1054); We’re Only in It for the Money (166); Uncle Meat (718); Hot Rats (191); Over-Nite Sensation (2239).
SONG: Willie the Pimp (Parts I and II) (2796).

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

3. 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)*.

4. 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 Freedom (1364).

5. 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).

6. 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).

7. 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).
SONG: Big Eyed Beans from Venus (1448).

8. 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)*.

9. 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).

10. 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).

11. 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).

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

13. PATTI SMITH
ALBUMS: Horses (22); Radio Ethiopia (2205)*.
SONGS: Piss Factory (1977); Gloria (348); Land: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer(de) (2588).

14. CURTIS MAYFIELD
ALBUMS: Curtis (507); Curtis/Live (1515); Superfly (155); There’s No Place Like America Today (2629).
SONGS: (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go (2508); We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue (1935); Move On Up (643); Freddie’s Dead (1333); Superfly (1993).

15. 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).

16. 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).

17. 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).

18. RAMONES
ALBUM: Ramones (35)*.
SONG: Blitzkrieg Bop (145)*.

19. 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.

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

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

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

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

24. 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).

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

26. BRIAN ENO
ALBUMS: Here Come the Warm Jets (391); Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (978); Another Green World (198); Discreet Music (1921).
SONGS: Cindy Tells Me (2495); Baby’s on Fire (2430).

27. QUEEN
ALBUMS: Sheer Heart Attack (1101); A Night at the Opera (171).
SONGS: Killer Queen (2758); Bohemian Rhapsody (68).

28. 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).

29. 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).

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

31. 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).

32. 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).

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

34. LYNYRD SKYNYRD
ALBUMS: (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd) (576); Second Helping (626).
SONGS: Free Bird (258); Sweet Home Alabama (418).

35. 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).

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

37. 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).

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

39. 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).

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

41. 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).

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

43. 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).

44. 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).

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

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

47. 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).

48. JACKSON BROWNE
ALBUMS: Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using) (1509); For Everyman (1763); Late for the Sky (333); The Pretender (724)*.
SONG: Late for the Sky (1659).

49. 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).

50. 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).

51. 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).

52. 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).

53. 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).

54. 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).

55. 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).

56. 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).

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

58. 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).

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

60. LITTLE FEAT
ALBUMS: Sailin’ Shoes (466); Dixie Chicken (517); Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (1313).
SONGS: Willin’ (2547); Dixie Chicken (2974).

61. 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).

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

63. 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).

64. KRAFTWERK
ALBUMS: Autobahn (282); Radioaktivitat (2450).
SONG: Autobahn (196).

65. 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).

66. 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.

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

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

69. SEX PISTOLS
ALBUMS: none.
SONG: Anarchy in the U.K. (9)*.

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

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

72. 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).

73. 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).

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

75. 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.

76. FLEETWOOD MAC
ALBUMS: Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac (1650); Then Play On (1456); Fleetwood Mac (787).
SONGS: Albatross (1816); Oh Well (1158); Rhiannon (1053).

77. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

88. 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).

89. 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).

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

91. 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).

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

93. WOODY GUTHRIE
ALBUM: Dust Bowl Ballads (583).
SONG: This Land Is Your Land (165).

94. THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS
ALBUM: If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (961).
SONG: California Dreamin’ (96).

95. SAM AND DAVE
ALBUM: Soul Men (1753).
SONGS: Hold On, I’m Coming (764); When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (2386); Soul Man (354).

96. BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS
ALBUM: Rock Around the Clock (1969).
SONG: (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (46).

97. THE IMPRESSIONS
ALBUMS: The Impressions (2925); Keep On Pushing (2607); People Get Ready (1314).
SONGS: Gypsy Woman (2080); I’m So Proud (2822); People Get Ready (139).

98. BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
ALBUMS: Blue Öyster Cult (2970); Tyranny & Mutation (2486); Secret Treaties (1723); Agent of Fortune (1230)*.
SONG: (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (252)*.

99. THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL
ALBUMS: Do You Believe in Magic (2468); Daydream (2282).
SONGS: Do You Believe in Magic (638); Summer in the City (186).

100. DAVE BRUBECK
ALBUMS: Jazz Goes to College (2881); Time Out (323).
SONG: Take Five (759).

****

MOVING UP: Rod Stewart, Patti Smith, Aerosmith, Jackson Browne, Genesis.

NEW TO THE LIST: The Eagles, Ramones, ABBA, Jonathan Richman/The Modern Lovers, Sex Pistols, Kiss, Blue Öyster Cult.

FELL OFF THE LIST: Well, nobody, actually.

BUBBLING UNDER: Wilson Pickett, Wayne Shorter, Booker T. & the MG’s, Boston, Del Shannon.