Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this month and will be the only the female inducted into the Cleveland based institution.
In an interview with Billboard, Jett wants to see more female rock stars inducted into the Rock Hall.
“There should be more women in the Hall of Fame, and more women in rock…They’re out there, they just don’t get the notice the pop girls do. Go to any city and there’s an all-girl rock band. It’s just a matter of society wanting to hear that kind of music. But people’s tastes change, so you have to do what you love and hope other people love it too.”
It was only a few years ago that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame had a tribute to female rockers and the powers that be decreed that it would like to see more females inducted.
With all due respect to Jett, there realistically aren’t that many worthy women to induct.
In looking at our top 250 acts, there are not a lot of representatives of the female gender that are currently eligible, in our mind worthy. Those women are:
#20 Kim Deal of the Pixies
#26 Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth
#34 Janet Jackson
#51 D’Arcy Wretzky of the Smashing Pumpkins
#57 Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson of the B-52’s
#60 Exene Cervenka of X
#65 Mary Wells
#66 Pat Benatar
#81 The Runaways
#92 The Shangri-La’s
#99 The Go Go’s
#102 Debbie Googe and Bilinda Butcher of My Bloody Valentine
#104 Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics
#108 Carole King (though she is inducted as a songwriter with Gerry Goffin)
#121 Mariah Carey
#126 Stevie Nicks (already inducted as a member of Fleetwood Mac)
#128 Tina Turner (already inducted as one half of Ike and Tina Turner and not as a solo artist.
#130 Tracy Chapman
#131 Chaka Khan from Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
#137 Sarah McLachlan
#139 Kate Bush
#144 Cyndi Lauper
#147 Cher
#156 The Pointer Sisters
#172 Salt-N-Pepa
#178 Joan Baez
#183 Siouxsie and the Banshees
#188 Diana Ross (already inducted with the Supremes, but not as a solo act)
#206 Whitney Houston
#234 The Marvelettes
#241 Hole (featuring Courtney Love)
That is a pretty good list, but percentage wise in comparison to men it is very low.
With all due respect to Jett and women in rock in general, based on the mathematics behind what we have seen, one female inductee seems about right, though we think this was more of a call for women to be associated with rock and roll as opposed to a shot at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com welcome your thoughts on women in the Rock Hall!
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