Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the , a class that also includes folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and .
Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thornton earned the Musical Influence Award, while MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield will get the Musical Excellence Award. Pioneering music executive Suzanne de Passe won the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
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