Rachael Ray Campaigns For Hall & Oates' Rock Hall Induction

Hall & Oates were not among the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2010. In fact, the Philadelphia duo has never been nominated for the Rock Hall. Talk show host and celebrity chef Rachael Ray believes this is an injustice, and has started a petition to get Hall & Oates into the Hall. The pair appeared on an episode of her show that won't air until November 6th, but Ray's Hall & Oates petition — or the comments section of her blog — has attracted 465 votes.

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Will the support of Ray be enough to get the "Maneater" dudes into the Rock Hall? Some would argue John Oates' moustache alone is worthy of its own wing in the Cleveland museum dubbed the Rock Hall & Oates. Have your say in our own comments section, and check out a preview of Hall & Oates on the Rachael Ray Show here.

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Song Stories

“All Along the Watchtower”

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

Jimi Hendrix got hold of Bob Dylan's early John Wesley Harding tapes and in late 1967 recorded a version of "All Along the Watchtower" with the Experience in London. Dissatisfied with that first development, Hendrix brought those tapes with him to New York in early 1968 when he began work on Electric Ladyland. Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's engineer at the time, told Rolling Stone that Hendrix "was still looked upon by his basically white audience as the mammoth black guitar hero. There was a constant fight within him to expand himself." Hendrix's successful take on Dylan's work has long been recognized by the songwriter. "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way," Dylan wrote in the liner notes to his Biograph box set. "Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."

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