Rock Hall To Induct Music Legends Today

On Monday night, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, the Mamas and the Papas, Lloyd Price, Santana and Gene Vincent will join the ranks of rock's greatest musicians as they are recognized in the 13th annual Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony.

On October 23, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced the artists who will join the likes of the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry, musicians who all laid the groundwork for rock 'n' roll.

Jelly Roll Morton will be inducted as an "Early Influence" on rock music and Allen Toussaint will be included in the "Non Performer" category.

The induction ceremony will take place on Jan. 12 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York and will air on VH1 on Jan. 19 at 9 p.m. (EST)

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Song Stories

“The Pretender”

Foo Fighters | 2007

This song wasn't part of the planned track listing for 2007's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, and was put together in a day. "It happened after we recorded a lot of stuff," said Dave Grohl. Yet it ended up as the album opener and the lead single. Grohl called it "a stomping Foo Fighters uptempo song with a little bit of Chuck Berry in it." The singer hinted at the lyrics' political overtones: "Everyone's been f---ed over before and I think a lot of people feel f---ed over right now and they're not getting what they were promised."

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