Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Announces 2013 Nominees: Rush, Public Enemy, Chic, Heart & More

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced its nominees for 2013 induction today. To be eligible for nomination, an artist or band
must have released its first single or album at least 25 years prior to the
year of nomination. The 2013 Nominees had to release their first recording no
later than 1987. Ballots will be sent to an international voting body
of more than 600 artists, historians and members of the music industry.  The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Announces 2013 Nominees:

• The Paul
  Butterfield Blues Band
• Chic
• Deep
  Purple
• Heart
• Joan Jett
  and the Blackhearts
• Albert
  King
• Kraftwerk
• The
  Marvelettes
• The Meters
• Randy
  Newman
• N.W.A
• Procol
  Harum
• Public
  Enemy
• Rush
• Donna
  Summer

The 28^th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony will be held in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on
Thursday, April 18, 2013. The show will be broadcast on HBO at a later date.