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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: Charley Pride

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the life story of African American country music superstar, Charley Pride, a 2000 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Click on the arrows to listen to him singing three songs.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Woody Guthrie

For Students 9th - 10th
"The original folk hero", Woody Guthrie was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988. He wrote hundreds of songs that he turned into a way to show his social conscience and left-wing radical politics.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Wilson Pickett

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn interesting biographical details on Sixties soul musician, Wilson Pickett, a 1991 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events and essential songs list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Bonnie Raitt

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers biographical details on Grammy winning blues singer Bonnie Raitt, a 2000 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events and essential songs list.
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Carl Perkins

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers interesting biographical details on Southern rockabilly musician Carl Perkins, a 1987 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, essential songs, and recommended reading list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Clyde Mc Phatter

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an interesting biographical essay on Fifties R&B singer Clyde McPhatter, a 1987 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, essential songs, and recommended reading list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Del Shannon

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn interesting biographical details on rock and roll teen idol, Del Shannon, a 1999 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Hal Blaine

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn interesting biographical details on drummer Hal Blaine, a 2000 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who has played on 40 #1 singles. Includes a timeline of key events, essential songs, and recommended reading list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Howlin' Wolf

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers excellent biographical details on blues musician Howlin' Wolf, a 1991 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events and essential songs list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Little Willie John

For Students 9th - 10th
Read some interesting biographical facts on the great R & B singer, Little Willie John, a 1996 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Queen

For Students 9th - 10th
Read extensive biographical details on Seventies over the top rock group, Queen, 2001 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Ricky Nelson

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides complete biographical details on Fifties teen idol Ricky Nelson, a 1987 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, essential songs, and recommended reading list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Ritchie Valens

For Students 9th - 10th
Read interesting biographical details on Fifties rock and roll artist, Ritchie Valens, a 2001 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Simon and Garfunkel

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers complete biographical details on popular Sixties folk-rock duo, Simon and Garfunkel, 1990 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events and essential songs list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sly and the Family Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
Read interesting biographical details on the "first integrated multi-gender band", Sly and the Family Stone, 1993 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events and essential songs list.
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Smokey Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover many fascinating facts about the life of singer, songwriter, producer and talent scout, Smokey Robinson who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He had 27 Top Forty hits!
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Mamas and the Papas

For Students 9th - 10th
Read complete biographical details on folk-pop artists the Mamas and the Papas, 1998 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, essential songs, and recommended reading list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Platters

For Students 9th - 10th
Features interesting biographical details on popular Fifties black vocal group, the Platters, 1990 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events and essential songs list.
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides complete biographical details on American classic rock band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 2002 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, essential songs, and recommended reading list.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Lead Belly

For Students 9th - 10th
From Lead Belly's posthumous induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. A biography, timeline, audio clips, and the transcript of Pete Seeger's speech inducting Lead Belly into the Hall of Fame.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Andre Agassi International Tennis Hall of Fame Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [30:30] of Andre Agassi's induction speech into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on September 10, 2011, in Newport, Connecticut.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Bob Marley

For Students 9th - 10th
Read impressive biographical information on reggae musician, Bob Marley, a 1994 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Jackson Five

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn informative biographical details on popular Seventies Motown group, The Jackson Five, 1997 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Patsy Takemoto Mink

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography and tribute to Patsy Mink (1927-2002 CE) from the Women's Hall of Fame. Article describes her work for women of all color during the turbulent Women's Rights Movement years.

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