Hit Parade Hall of Fame

From Conservapedia

Created by a senior radio programmer, John Rook, and Gil Bateman, a former recording executive, the Hit Parade Hall of Fame was established allowing fans to vote for their favorite recording artists of any genre, pop, country and Rhythm & Blues.

In 2007 more than 63,000 votes were cast at [1] from around the world. Fans had over 100 nominees to choose from to guide a nominating committee of more than thirty leading radio and recording industry executives in deciding the first inductees of the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

With 18% of all votes coming from outside the United States, Elvis Presley topped all nominees at year’s end, with twenty-eight recording stars inducted. Alphabetically they are, Paul Anka, The Beatles, Tony Bennett, Pat Boone, Beach Boys, Teresa Brewer, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Chubby Checker, Jimmy Clanton, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond, Fats Domino, Four Seasons, Aretha Franklin, Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, Johnny Mathis, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Patti Page, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross & the Supremes; Neil Sedaka, and Frank Sinatra.

In January of each year voting begins for a new group of nominees. Focusing on three decades beginning in 1950, each nominee is required to have at least two Top 10 hits, singles or album of any genre. Besides voting for recording stars already nominated, visitors to the Hit Parade Hall of Fame website are also encouraged to suggest the names of future nominees. In 2007, fans gave the nominating committee more than five hundred names to consider.

Once nominated a recording artist has three years to gain enough votes for induction into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. A total of eighty-two 2007 nominees continue to vie for votes with sixty-two new nominees joining them in 2008.