Carole King and Tina Turner both also have a shot to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for a second time—and we’ll find out if they’ve made the cut when the class of 2021 is announced
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just shared its long list of nominees who could possibly be inducted as part of the class of 2021 later this year. The official inductees will be announced in May, but right now a variety of artists are eligible to be selected, including Jay-Z, the Go-Go’s, Rage Against the Machine, Devo, Fela Kuti, Kate Bush and Mary J. Blige. Carole King, Tina Turner and the Foo Fighters are also among the contenders. And that’s notable not just because those artists would forever be enshrined in history, but also because it wouldn’t be the first time that King, Turner or Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl would be inducted. They’re all already in the Rock Hall, for other endeavors. King and Turner were both inducted as part of duos in the 1990s. King was honored in 1990 as a songwriter, alongside her onetime husband and collaborator, Gerry Goffin; Turner, meanwhile, was welcomed to the Hall of Fame in 1991, with her onetime husband and musical partner, Ike Turner. Grohl was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2014, as a member of Nirvana. So, if any of those acts are selected for induction in 2021, King, Turner and Grohl would join an impressive lineage of artists who have been entered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame more than once. Who else has pulled off this feat? Read below to find out. Stevie Nicks If Turner and King are both inducted, they will be the second and third women inducted multiple times. Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks became the first woman to be entered into the Hall multiple times, when she was inducted as a solo artist in 2019. Her first induction, as a member of Fleetwood Mac, took place in 1998. During an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, she spoke about the honor of being inducted twice. “It’s 22 men that are in twice for their solo work and being in a big band,” she said. “So I feel that I definitely broke a big rock’n’roll glass ceiling.” While he may not be the best-known member of Santana or Journey, Gregg Rolie has played in both groups, and was inducted into the Rock Hall with each of them, in 1998 and 2017, respectively.
