Time To Vote Todd Into The Rock ‘n Roll Hall Of Fame!
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame just announced the nominees for 2019, and Todd Rundgren fans are excited to have his incredible music career acknowledged…need proof?
Here’s Todd performing his classic hit “Hello It’s Me” in 2016 at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills…
The song is from his brilliant 1972 double album “Something / Anything?” – listed as one of the 500 greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone magazine…see more of the great songs from the album here – like “I Saw The Light” and “It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference”:
Maybe this will help: Todd’s masterpiece “Hermit Of Mink Hollow”, with his classic hit “Can We Still Be Friends”:
You can see more videos and music from this classic album of power pop by clicking here:
Or, how about this sports anthem – yes, Todd wrote “Bang The Drum All Day!”
Here he is performing it in 2016:
Todd was on David Letterman’s late night show many times, and always wowed the Host with this musical prowess:
Here is a look at his appearances:
Todd has followed his own musical path for decades, and just this year released another great album:
This new album included musical collaborations with Daryl Hall, Donald Fagen and many more…see those music videos here:
Finally, Todd also has an incredible career producing music for others as well:
Did you know that Todd produced Meatloaf’s “Bat Out Of Hell” – one of the biggest selling albums of all time? How About his exceptional work on Grand Funk’s classic “We’re An American Band”? And Daryl Hall and John Oates! Patti Smith! XTC! Cheap Trick – and many more…see those hits here:
https://johnrieber.com/2014/04/25/hall-oates-meatloaf-funk-todd-rundgrens-top-5-producing-efforts/
OK, now it’s time for fans to step up and vote Todd into the Hall…here’s how you can do it!
Fans and an international voting body of more than 1,000 artists, historians and members of the music industry will select the Rock Hall Class of 2019 from a list of 15 iconic musicians and bands.
The following artists are the 2019 nominees.
Def Leppard
Devo
Janet Jackson
John Prine
Kraftwerk
LL Cool J
MC5
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Roxy Music
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
Stevie Nicks
The Cure
The Zombies
Todd Rundgren
Six out of the 15 nominees hit the Hall of Fame ballot for their first time. Def Leppard, Devo, John Prine, Roxy Music, Stevie Nicks and Todd Rundgren have never before been considered.
The other nine are returning contenders for the honor.
The Hall of Fame plans to announced the inductees in December with an induction ceremony on March 29, 2019.
You can click here and vote once a day until Dec. 9th!
https://www.rockhall.com/fanvote/vote?v=1
Let’s all step up and vote Todd in!
