Cher finally makes it to Hall of Fame
Central Station | 21 Oct 2024Cher, Mary J Blige and Ozzy Osbourne were among this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees at a star-studded concert gala.
Kool and the Gang, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest and Peter Frampton rounded out the 2024 class of honorees at the ceremony held in Cleveland, Ohio.
Big Mama Thornton, Alexis Korner and John Mayall received special honors for "musical influence" while Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield received awards for "musical excellence." Suzanne de Passe, a trailblazer for women executives in the music business, won the award for non-performing industry professionals.
Dua Lipa kicked off the evening with a performance of Believe, with Cher later joining to finish her 1998 smash hit, which was credited as the first song to use auto-tune technology as an instrument. "I changed the sound of music forever," Cher said.
"It was easier getting divorced from two men than it was getting in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," she quipped.
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