I do agree on Runs and Noses but then again I wandered away from mainstream popular music long before they appeared on the scene. The Beastie Boys, Rock & Roll uh no. I disagree on Donovan however. In the late 60s he was a very well known act and second only to Dylan and Peter Paul and Mary in carrying the Folk torch in that era. He was friends with and influenced a large diverse circle of musicians - Jeff Beck, Beatles, Stones, etc. and was a disciple of the Maraharishi Mahesh Yogi. (He is the guy with the hooka in "My Dinner With Jimi).
Rock & Roll is a diverse media umbrella where sound styles get pigeonholed into genres, typecast into segments so that record stores knew where to put/how to market a particular artist. The R&R Haul of Business seems to have little to do with the music and more to do with the money. Not knowing who got in before and (not going to look either) my RRR Hall of Fame would include: Beatles, Beach Boys, Kinks, Dave Clark 5, Yardbirds, Herman's Hermits, Who, Donovan, Turtles, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Doors, Blues Project, Jimi, Rascals, Hollies, Searchers, Animals, Lovin' Spoonful, The Mammas & the Papas, Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Jan & Dean, Moody Blues, Todd Rundgren, Spirit, The Nice, Soft Machine, Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Caravan, ELO, XTC, Parliment/Funkadelic
