Such as? I'm not a hater, and I'm not arguing that she shouldn't be in the hall, but mass popularity does not always equal "musical accomplishments."
Not before Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Billy Fury and Johnny Kidd and The Pirates or is this an American Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame ?
These songs alone merit her inclusion: Cher - Gypsys Tramps And Thieves Cher - Half Breed [Official Music Video] Cher - Hell on Wheels [OFFICIAL HD MUSIC VIDEO] Cher - Heart of Stone (Official Music Video)
Hell yes. She was an original on Rock &Roll music radio long before FM came around. Quite a hot little singing TV host too.
Should she? My own opinion, like others here is why not? Could she? She could help sell tickets to the dinner. Will she? Thinking that if she were a viable candidate, she'd have at least been already nominated, if not inducted. It's known that if a certain artist is disliked by certain influential members of the committee, there's zero chance. Cher seems like she's always spoken her mind, and there has to be a relatively long list of industry heavyweights who probably don't care for her personally. Pat Benatar also hardly gets mentioned, while she was rocking it while there weren't that many women front and center. FM stations still play her songs. Suspect that she's gotten some of the bigwigs hacked off too.
HOF eligibility now established by a standard deviation of one major genre or 2 subgenres from the namesake. And we won't mark ballots with red pens.
Everyone should be in the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame to stop these "should so-and-so be in the RnRHOF?" threads.
On one hand, hell no. On the other, they've already botched RnR HoF so badly one more mediocre pop star won't matter.