Barbara Mandrell is first woman to be inducted into Steel Guitar Hall of Fame

September 23rd, 2009 It was 60 years ago today (23Sep) that BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN was Born In The U.S.A. and love him or loathe him, there's no question the rocker is a living legend.

September 23rd, 2009 Rocker STEVEN VAN ZANDT has lashed out at his fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominating committee members for honouring the wrong acts. The E Street Band member has spoken out about the difficulty he had in getting his peers at the Cleveland, Ohio music mecca and museum to salute the Rascals and Dave Clark Five - and he fears other truly worthwhile artists will never get inducted.

September 14th, 2009 Basketball great MICHAEL JORDAN fought back tears on Friday night (11Sep09) when he was inducted into the sport's Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. The sporting legend was honoured at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for his success on the court during his 15-year career, in which he won 10 championship titles with the Chicago Bulls.

September 2nd, 2009 Late country star TAMMY WYNETTE will be posthumously honoured for her contribution to music - she is to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in Tennessee. The singer/songwriter, who died in 1998, dominated the country charts throughout the 1960s and early 1970s and is best remembered for her hit single Stand By Your Man.

August 27th, 2009 The slain gay rights activist SEAN PENN played in MILK is set for a major California honour - he's among the 13 heroes and celebrities who will be inducted into the state's Hall of Fame. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver put forward Harvey Milk as a 2009 hall candidate on Tuesday (25Aug09).

August 27th, 2009 DAVE MUSTAINE has blasted his former METALLICA bandmate LARS ULRICH for leaving him out of the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mustaine wasn't among the Metallica members, past and present, in April's Class of 2009, because he didn't feature on any of the band's albums - despite performing with them for two years.

August 14th, 2009 LONDON - Les Paul, the man who introduced solid body electric guitars to the world, has passed away. He was 94. Gibson, the firm that sold his guitars, has revealed that the influential figure died of pneumonia.

August 14th, 2009 Les Paul, 84, father of electric guitar died on August 13. As reported to the Rolling Stone, Paul's manager confirmed that the guitar legend was suffering from sever pneumonia and passed away in a New York hospital due to respiratory failure.

August 13th, 2009 Guitar legend and inventor LES PAUL has died after a battle with pneumonia at the age of 94. The music icon passed away with his family and friends by his bedside at White Plains Hospital in New York on Thursday (13Aug09) after suffering complications from the illness.

August 13th, 2009 Guitar legend and inventor LES PAUL has died after a battle with pneumonia at the age of 94. The music icon passed away with his family and friends by his bedside at White Plains Hospital in New York on Thursday (13Aug09) after suffering complications from the illness.

August 9th, 2009 Veteran rocker CHRISSIE HYNDE has taken aim at the organisers who inducted her into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - insisting the honour fuels rivalry between musicians. The Pretenders frontwoman was inducted with the group in 2005, but 57-year-old Hynde insists she had mixed feelings about accepting the accolade from high-powered music bosses.

July 8th, 2009 Rock Hall of Fame holds Jackson candlelight vigilCLEVELAND — More than 2,000 people have attended a candlelight vigil at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in celebration of the life of Michael Jackson. Fans left handwritten notes, flowers and teddy bears inside the hall of fame lobby Tuesday night.

July 7th, 2009 Rock hall plans Jackson candlelight vigilCLEVELAND — Hours after the memorial service in Los Angeles, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland will honor Michael Jackson with a candlelight vigil. The event scheduled for Tuesday night will include remarks from a local church pastor and from Terry Stewart, president and CEO of the rock hall and museum.

June 20th, 2009 LONDON - Rockstars Jon Bon Jovi and Ritchie Sambora have been inducted into the US Songwriters Hall of Fame. The gala, which celebrated 40 years of inductions, was held last night in New York.

June 19th, 2009 Bon Jovi among those inducted in songwriters hallNEW YORK — Jon Bon Jovi considers writing classic songs as a way of being remembered throughout time. "It's the closest thing to immortality as we're ever gonna see here," he said.