aretha franklin was the first female rock and roll hall of fame.
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sam & dave are members of the rock and roll hall of fame, the grammy hall of fame, the vocal group hall of fame, the memphis music hall of fame, and are grammy award and multiple gold record award-winning artists. according to the rock & roll hall of fame, sam & dave were the most successful soul duo and brought the sounds of the black gospel church to pop music with their call-and-response records. recorded primarily at stax records in memphis, tennessee, from 1965 through 1968, these included "soul man," "hold on, i'm comin'," "you don't know like i know," "i thank you," "when something is wrong with my baby," "wrap it up," and many other southern soul classics. except for aretha franklin, no soul act during sam & dave's stax years (1965–1968) had more consistent r&b chart success, including 10 consecutive top 20 singles and 3 consecutive top 10 lps. their crossover charts appeal (13 straight appearances and 2 top 10 singles) helped to pave the way for the acceptance of soul music by white pop audiences, and their song "soul man" was one of the first songs by a black group to top the pop charts using the word "soul," helping define the genre. "soul man" was a number one pop hit ("cashbox": november 11, 1967) and has been recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the grammy hall of fame, the rock & roll hall of fame, "rolling stone" magazine, and riaa songs of the century. "soul man" was featured as the soundtrack and title for a 1986 film and also a 1997–1998 television series, and "soul men" was a 2008 feature film.
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before october 2012, deep purple had never been nominated for induction into the rock and roll hall of fame (though they have been eligible since 1993), but were nominated for induction in 2012 and 2013. despite ranking second in the public's vote on the rock hall fans' ballot, which had over half a million votes, they were not inducted by the rock hall committee. kiss bassist gene simmons and rush bassist geddy lee commented that deep purple should obviously be among the rock and roll hall of fame inductees. there have been criticisms in the past over deep purple not having been inducted. toto guitarist steve lukather commented, "they put patti smith in there but not deep purple? what's the first song every kid learns how to play? ["smoke on the water"] ... and they're not in the rock and roll hall of fame? ... the rock and roll hall of fame has lost its cool because of the glaring omissions." guns n' roses and velvet revolver guitarist slash expressed his surprise and disagreement regarding the non-induction of deep purple: "the list of people who haven't even been nominated is mind-boggling ... [the] big one for me is deep purple. how could you not induct deep purple?". metallica band members james hetfield, lars ulrich and kirk hammett have also lobbied for the band's induction. in an interview with "rolling stone" in april 2014, ulrich pleaded: "i'm not going to get into the politics or all that stuff, but i got two words to say: 'deep purple'. that's all i have to say: deep purple. seriously, people, deep purple. two simple words in the english language ... 'deep purple'! did i say that already?" in 2015, chris jericho, wwe wrestler and current vocalist of rock band fozzy, stated: "that deep purple are not in it [hall of fame]. it's bullshit. obviously there's some politics against them from getting in there."
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