Steve Dahl? Pumpkins? Lionel Richie? IL Rock HOF Voting Here

Joliet IL

14 February, 2022

11:12 PM

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JOLIET, IL — A sold-out crowd attended last summer's first-ever Illinois Rock & Roll Museum Hall of Fame induction ceremony, held at the Rialto Square Theatre. Now, the time has arrived for the downtown Joliet's museum second-ever Hall of Fame class with ties to Illinois music. A ballot has been emailed to all charter members of the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum to do the final voting. You can get your charter membership card at the museum's website. Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame voting spans five categories. Four bands or solo artists will be chosen as winners, as will two songwriters, one disc jockey, one radio station and one recording label or record company. There are 12 bands or solo artists on the final ballot: (pick four winners to be announced) Dan FogelbergStyxNew Colony SixSmashing PumpkinsSam CookeAlison KraussChuck BerryChi-LitesHowlin' WolfNat King ColeChaka Khan Jackie DeShannon There are five songwriters on the final ballot: (pick two winners) Jim PeterikLionel RichieDennis DeYoungWillie DixonRichard Marx Lionel Richie graduated from Joliet East High School. He became one of America's great pop stars. John Ferak/Patch There are five disc jockeys on the final ballot: (one winner) Mitch MichaelsSteve DahlTerri HemmertJohn Records LandeckerBob Sirott There are three radio stations on the final ballot: (one winner) WXRTWLUP (The Loop)WCFL There are three recording labels/record companies on the ballot: (one winner) Alligator RecordsVee-Jay RecordsMercury Records Ron Romero hopes to open his Illinois Rock & Roll Museum in downtown Joliet sometime this year. File/John Ferak/Patch The Illinois Rock & Roll Museum, which is being built created in a Joliet historic building with four levels at 9 West Cass St., across from The Forge, hopes to open this year. The Illinois Rock & Roll Museum is 100 percent reliant on private donations for the remodeling. There are no government funds or city of Joliet subsidies provided for the project. Museum founder Ron Romero told Joliet Patch that the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum currently tops 600 charter members. He expects to have the votes tallied in March. The recent nomination process was open to everybody, Romero explained. For its second Hall of Fame class, the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum received 5,262 nominations from people in 28 states, plus several major international locations including France, Germany, Ontario, Great Britain, Mexico, Hungary, Ireland, Norway and Zimbabwe. "There was a tremendous amount of support for Dan Fogelberg," remarked Romero. Born in Peoria, Fogelberg died in 2007 at age 56 from prostate cancer, according to The New York Times. Romero said it's his goal to bring all the 2021 winners, or their family members, to downtown Joliet to attend this year's induction ceremony, which will be at the Rialto again. These were winners selected for the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum's inaugural Class of 2020: REO SpeedwagonChicagoCheap TrickBuddy GuyMuddy WatersDick BiondiLarry LujackWLS Radio - AMIdes of MarchThe BuckinghamsChess Records Related Joliet Patch coverage: Ferak Column: Lionel Richie As Joliet's Next City Manager? Konkol: Meet The Guy Who Fixed Billy Corgan's Stolen Guitar 2021 Photos: Illinois Rock & Roll Museum On Route 66 Sneak Peek Joliet's New IL Rock & Roll Museum Inducting 1st Hall of Fame Ron Romero hopes to open his Illinois Rock & Roll Museum in downtown Joliet sometime this year. File/John Ferak/Patch