From the 1976 remake of a Star is Born, Barbara Streisand is that said star where she is the lead singer of the Oreos (She sings with two black women…the Oreos, get it?). The film is really about her rise to stardom and gives Streisand the chance to show off her singing acumen. This may not have been the best movie in the world, but it did give Streisand another hit album and kept her string of success going. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: A Star is Born (1976) Actors: Barbara Streisand (Esther Hoffman) Venetta Fields (One) Clydie King (Two)…

Come on get happy! The Partridge Family may have been campy and the songs were a little on the cheesy side, but this was a very successful program for four years. Music wise, there was nothing deep about what they recorded, but that was never expected from the bubblegum genre. In that aspect, they represented themselves well as they delivered everything you wanted from that type of act; cute songs, a teen idol up front and harmless lyrics. The teen idol in question was breakout star was David Cassidy, who embarked on a solid touring career and was more musically…

The Simpson’s foray into the world of Boy Bands (with a very special cameo by N*Sync) gave us a chance to join the Navy; that is if we fell for the hidden messages to enlist. In reality, they couldn’t sing a lick and were typecast to fill Boy Band roles. Does that mean they are realistic contenders here? The Bullet Points: TV Show Appeared: The Simpsons (2001) Actors: The Fictional Band: Bart Simpson Milhouse Van Houten Nelson Muntz Ralph Wiggum Songs you might remember: Drop Da Bomb Let’s Re-Up Tonight Why you should vote for them: Didn’t they have a…

Was this the episode that made Tina Yothers incorrectly think that she should try a singing career? Either way, the Family Ties episode that featured Jennifer Keaton as the lead singer of an all-girl New Wave band (with Skippy as their roadie) was terrible but it gave us a pre-Married With Children, Christina Applegate and Michael J. Fox as their manager. This is the 1980’s at its best!   The Bullet Points: TV Show Appeared: Family Ties (1987) Actors: Tina Yothers Christina Applegate Songs you might remember: Nothing. Absolutely Nothing. Why you should vote for them: Their manager was Alex…

We don’t really know much about the Pinheads other than that Marty McFly fronted them and played lead guitar. We saw them audition for the Battle of the Bands by playing the Huey Lewis and the News song, “The Power of Love”, though we did not see them for long.   They were told by the judges (one of them being Huey Lewis in a cameo) seconds after debut that they were “too loud”. We are not sure what became of the Pinheads, but we suspect that the lead singer might sound a bit like Chuck Berry.    The Bullet Points:…

After the Sgt. Pepper’s film fiasco of the late 1970’s, you would think that nobody would dare attempt to make a musical film based on the Beatles, but in 2007, Across the Universe came out to mixed reviews and the proof that the Beatles will probably still be relevant for generations to come. Using the Beatles discography, a storyline in the film showcases a band (naturally), which gives us our nominee here. The actors/singers did a fine job, but somehow watching any Beatles tribute only makes us long for the real thing that much more. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared:…

Mel’s Rockpile was one of our favorite running sketches on SCTV. Watching the confused and nerdy host, Mel Slirrup try to connect with the kids was a great send up of the many shows from that time frame that featured hosts nearly as clueless. Mel would have a lot of musical guests and with the possible exception of Richard Harris; we were fond of the Punk Band, the Queenhaters who well…hated the Queen. We only saw them once, and we don’t know any of the band member’s names but it certainly struck a chord with us. The Bullet Points: TV…

From Velvet Goldmine, we have the Rats; who were basically the Stooges. With all due respect to the backing band, the star here was Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) who was modeled after Iggy Pop. Wild was the lover of the main star of the film (who was modeled after David Bowie) and his on stage antics was certainly worth remembering. Had this gained a bigger audience, we think this would really be a dark horse candidate. Hey, this is Obi-Wan Kenobi after all. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: Velvet Goldmine (1998) Actors: Ewan McGregor (Curt Wild, Lead Singer) Alan Fordham…

The final film of Bernie Mac’s career saw him pair up with Samuel L. Jackson as the backup singers of a Motown band called “The Real Deal”. Decades later after the passing of their lead singer who had long since left them and became a huge success (played by John Legend) they reunite and go on tour and make it to the famed Apollo Theatre, though of course with the standard trials and tribulations you would expect along the way since they have not spoken to each other in thirty years. This didn’t do well at the box office (isn’t…

We can’t say that we exactly remember what the plotline was that brought Chad and Jeremy to the classic 60’s sitcom, Dick Van Dyke Show, but since they were asked to play a British Invasion group called the “Redcoats”, we imagine that the duo who were a British Invasion band themselves had no issue with the role.   The Bullet Points: TV Show Appeared: The Dick Van Dyke Show (1965) Actors: Chad & Jeremy Songs you might remember: We are guessing one of their own songs? Sorry, we don’t remember. Why you should vote for them: This was a fake…

The Sacred Cows appeared in Get Smart where they were a part of the “Groovy Guru’s” plot to cause the youth of America to run wild. They were not exactly deep with their lyrics “kill kill kill” but they were actually written and performed by three session musicians. It was campy, but so are so many on this ballot. The Bullet Points: TV Show Appeared: Get Smart (1968) Actors: Jerry Scheff John Greek Ben Benay Songs you might remember: None Why you should vote for them: They were not that bad. Why you should not vote for them: It was…

From the great nation of Australia, we have a nice film about an All-Aboriginal female singing group who went to Vietnam to entertain the troops. It is very loosely based on a real life group and the film is equal parts drama and comedy; though a little cliché ridden. Still, for non-Australians who may not be familiar with it, it is work a look. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: The Sapphires (2012) Actors: Deborah Mailman (Gail McCrae) Jessica Mauboy (Julie McCrae) Shari Shebbens (Kay McCrae) Miranda Tapsell (Cynthia McCrae) Songs you might remember: Multiple covers, which were relevant to the…

We are not sure that a polka act really belongs in a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (even if it is fictitious) but when it comes from SCTV, we have to give it a strong look. The Schmenge Brothers (John Candy and Eugene Levy) came from Leutonia and became stars on the Polka circuit in North America, especially Melonville!   They would appear in multiple sketches and had an HBO Movie spoofing the Scorsese film about “The Band”, with “The Last Polka”. We know this isn’t Rock, but this seems like a solid candidate to us. The Bullet Points: TV…

A satire of the Swinging London scene, “Smashing Time” gave us what we believe is the only screen credit of future Progressive Rock superstar, Steve Howe (from Yes). Here he is in a couple of brief scenes with his then Psychedelic band, Tomorrow where they were billed as the “Snarks”. The band actually was decent, though we admit had a member of the group not become part of Yes, they probably would not be on this ballot.   The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: Smashing Time (1967) Actors: Tomorrow Songs you might remember: None Why you should vote for them: The only…

In the Coen brothers hit, O Brother, Where Art Thou, music played a big part of the picture, both in plot and soundtrack. Set in rural Mississippi during the Great Depression, Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Pete (John Turturro) and Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) escape a chain gang and set out to retrieve the 1.2 Million Dollars that McGill claims to have stolen prior to his incarceration. Along the way they meet up with a bluesman that sold his sole to the devil at the legendary Crossroads and found their way to a radio station where they recorded “I Am…

Many musicians who went on to prominence in the 80’s and early 90’s have been vocal about their love of the cult film, “Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains”. Featuring a very young Diane Lane and Laura Dern, we have an all girl Punk band, which inspired a generation of young women across America with their pre Riot Girl ethos. We were treated to the rise and fall of the band, featuring their sellout to the corporate machine. This could be a dark horse candidate for our Hall of Fame, especially if its cult status rises. The Bullet Points: Movie…

Hmmmm.   Maybe a sequel shouldn’t have happened. A year after the decent British film, “That’ll Be the Day” took place starring David Essex as an aspiring Rock Star. After he left his wife and kid, this was the band he formed, and the sequel that should have been aborted. The biggest note in the pantheon of pop culture is that the Rockabilly revival band, The Stray Cats, took their name from this. That isn’t enough to get them in our eyes. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: Stardust (1974) Actors: David Essex We don’t know who else. Songs you might remember:…

We’ll be honest as until we started this Hall of Fame, we did not even know that this existed. As it turns out we found a rare miss by Will Ferrell (not his fault) and J.J. Abrams (the producer) about a one hit wonder who reunites. Sadly after finding this (while drunk) we don’t really remember what that hit was and imagine that those involved in the film forgot too. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: The Suburbans (1999) Actor: Donal Ward (Danny, Lead Singer) Craig Bierko (Mitch, Guitar) Will Ferrell (Gil, Bass) Tony Guma (Rory, Drummer) Songs you might remember:…

From the musically savvy film, Tapeheads, we have two down and out music enthusiasts who meet their childhood idols, the “Swanky Modes”, who were played by legit musical legends Junior Walker and Sam Moore. The enthusiasts (played by John Cusack and Tim Robbins) hijack a Menudo concert and broadcast the video around the world, so that everyone can remember how great the Swanky Modes were. Maybe all Menudo concerts should have been hijacked? The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: Tapeheads (1988) Actors: Sam Moore (Billy Diamond) Junior Walker (Lester Diamond) Songs you might remember: Ordinary Man Why you should vote for…

A regular sketch from the late 80’s on Saturday Night Live saw the Sweeney Sisters (Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks) who were a pair of big haired lounge singers who mashed up songs that usually ended into a creshendo where they would sing “Bang Bang Bang, Goes the Trolley” and nonsensical scats. Incidentally, there was a third Sweeney Sister, Audrey who was played by Mary Tyler Moore. The Bullet Points: TV Show Appeared: Saturday Night Live (1986-89) Actors: Jan Hooks (Candy Sweeney) Nora Dunn (Liz Sweeney) Songs you might remember: None Why you should vote for them: In a downtime…

Inspired by his stint in the U.S. Army, Elvis Presley starred in G.I. Blues where he and two of his friends form a band while serving in Germany. The plot really doesn’t matter in an Elvis movie, as long as there is a lot of music. As this was a period where his music was decent, that is good enough for most people. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: G.I. Blues (1960) Actors: Elvis Presley (Tulsa McLean) Robert Ivers (Cookie James Douglas (Rick) Songs you might remember: Wooden Heart Blue Suede Shoes Why you should vote for them: The music was…

Although we already knew that the A Capella genre would be heavily represented on the ballot, at this very moment we are realizing just HOW MUCH it is here! From the hit and miss film, The Break-Up, Jennifer Aniston’s brother (John Michael Higgins) led the “Tone Rangers” who practice at her apartment, much to the dismay of Vince Vaughn; who gives us a standard Vince Vaughn response. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: The Break-Up (2006) Actors: John Michael Higgins Gunnar Madsen Karl Solis Michael Winther Eric Bradley Paul Peterson Sean P. Gorecki Songs you might remember:   None Why you should…

From the underappreciated concept album (The Turtles present the Battle of the Bands) by the Turtles we have an album where different “bands” appeared. This allowed the group to not only stretch their skills musically, as each “band” had a completely different sound and also showcase their humor. The first track set the tone for the album as more of an intro piece. It may not be one of the better songs on the album, but how cool a fake name is the “U.S. Teens featuring Raoul”? That alone gets a thumb up from us! The Bullet Points: Album Appeared:…

When you have a film called “Slacker”, is it not a surprise that a band featured in the film is called “The Ultimate Losers”? We see them briefly in a dingy Texas bar though we don’t see them for long as this film does not stay with any character for very long. Still, when the band’s music (as brief as we heard it) goes so well with the film, do we have a reason to expect a vote or two for the Ultimate Losers? The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: Slacker (1991) Actors: Scott Marcus and Unknown members Songs you might…

We guess there was a British Invasion in Bedrock too. The Way-Outs were such a band whose gimmick was that they were from outer space, which apparently was believed by some in the Stone Age. Basically, they entered this list for their catchy song, which is stuck in our head while we are typing this. If you have seen it, you know what we are talking about. The Bullet Points: TV Show Appeared: The Flintstones (1965) Actors: Unknown Songs you might remember: Way Out Why you should vote for them: They had a catchy song, which anyone who saw remembered.…