Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston to go into R&B Hall Of Fame October 19, 2012 - 19:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston are amongst the first group of inductees to the R&B Hall Of Fame, Digital Spy said. The Official R&B Music Hall of Fame Museum was announced earlier this week, with plans to honour artists who have made significant contributions to the genre. Alongside the late Jackson and Houston are 23 other inductees, as announced on the R&B Hall of Fame's website on Thursday (October 18). Other members of the 'Hall of Fame Class of 2013' include James Brown, Otis Redding, The Temptations, and Aretha Franklin. Reverend Al Sharpton will also be honoured with the Ron Banks Humanitarian Award for his support of soul and R&B artists, including his mentor James Brown. An induction ceremony is scheduled to take place on May 5, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. Plans for an American Pop Music Hall of Fame are currently in the works. Partner news  Top stories The museum artifacts were moved to a place of safety after the fire was put out; reconstruction works are currently in progress. Oldman made his directorial debut in 1997 with the critically-acclaimed family drama "Nil by Mouth." Yuri Shevchukexpressed a wish to meet representatives of the Armenian rock, noting it as one of the key goals of his visit. The Hunger Games star joins a cast featuring John Malkovich, Ben Kingsley, Michael Sheen and Teresa Palmer.   Partner news |  Latest news Venezuelan leading university attacked, buses torches  The fire from the second vehicle burned for more than a half-hour and damaged the building, plus important works of art.LinkedIn suffers outage due to ‘DNS issue’ "We determined it was a DNS issue, we're continuing to work on it. Thanks for your patience,” the network tweeted.UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff. |
