An AM staple, Poco was often in the shadows of fellow Country Rockers, the Eagles. Throughout the 70’s Poco quietly amassed a series of minor hits that reached the Pop, Country, and Adult Contemporary Charts. Their melodic Soft Pop gained a lot of respect as it was deeper than other AM offerings at the time, and though carved out a nice career chances are it won’t be enough to gain then a nomination.

Although their songs were somewhat consistent, the 5th Dimension has been categorized as everything from Psychedelic, Adult Contemporary, Sunshine Pop and Soul. As diverse as those styles may be, all those designations seem accurate. With rich harmonies and a monster hit “Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” that helped define an era, the 5th Dimension may have done enough to at least get a look from the Hall.

It may be forgotten just how big Wham! was in the 80’s though we suspect that many thirty something women remember. The duo of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley (or just George Michael and some other guy riding off his coat tails) had a series of Pop success that few could rival. As bubblegum as it sounded, the carefully constructed Pop was actually good for what it was. Still, we don’t see any reason for Ridgeley to book that flight to Cleveland to give that induction speech.

Perhaps the biggest footnote about the Del-Vikings was that they were a successful racially integrated Doo Wop group in the 1950’s. They had a few hits, their biggest being the still sweet and calming “Come Go With Me”, which remains a very well known song today. The Del-Vikings have a shot as any successful Doo Wop group with more than one hit should have a chance to make the Hall.