Long Island Music Hall of Fame

The Long Island Music Hall of Fame is an organization located in Lake Grove, New York. It was incorporated in July 2005 under the New York State Board of Regents as a non profit organization and holds a provisional charter to operate as a museum in the state of New York. Expansion plans include a museum of Long Island music history, a multimedia resource center, an educational facility and outreach program, and will also serve as a venue for musical performances. [http://www.limusichalloffame.org/about.html About LIMHOF] ]

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Long Island musical heritage

The Hall of Fame gives the "Long Island Sound Award" to musical performers who have contributed to "Long Island's musical heritage", [ [http://www.limusichalloffame.org/lisa.html Long Island Sound Award] ] and held its first inaugural induction gala on October 15, 2006 at The Patchogue Theatre in Patchogue, New York. [http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/462292p-388950c.html Hall of a night for L.I. music] , NY Daily News, Oct 17, 2006] The decision of the Hall to define "Long Island" geographically, adding Brooklyn and Queens counties in addition to the more common definition which typically only refers to Suffolk and Nassau counties has been questioned, but the Hall states that the inclusion of all four counties on the land mass is in keeping with the historic mission of the museum. [ [http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/ny-ffmus4928962oct15,0,5776567.story?coll=bal-artslife-music&?track=sto-relcon Roll call for homegrown icons] Glenn Gamboa, Baltimore Sun]

2006 Inductees

*Mose Allison
*Sam Ash
*Tony Bennett
*Gary U.S. Bonds
*Harry Chapin
*George M. Cohan
*John Coltrane
*Perry Como
*James (Jimmy) D'Aquisto
*George Gershwin
*Richie Havens
*Joan Jett
*Billy Joel
*Cyndi Lauper
*Little Anthony and the Imperials
*Long Island Philharmonic
* Edward "Little Buster" Forehand
*Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge
*Marian McPartland
*George "Shadow" Morton
*Run-DMC
*Neil Sedaka
*Gene Simmons
*Paul Stanley
*Peter Criss
*Stray Cats
*Stony Brook University
*Sam "Bluzman" Taylor
*Twisted Sister
*Vanilla Fudge
*Leslie West

2008 Inductees

*Louis Armstrong
*Count Basie
*Walter Becker
*Pat Benatar
*Blue Öyster Cult
*Bob Buchmann
*Mariah Carey
*Aaron Copland
*Neil Diamond
*The Good Rats
*Arlo Guthrie
*Marvin Hamlisch
*Carole King
*Guy Lombardo
*Eddie Money
*Public Enemy
*The Ramones
*Jean Ritchie
*Beverly Sills
*Simon and Garfunkel
*Barbra Streisand
*The Tokens
*Kenny Vance

External links

* [http://www.limusichalloffame.org Long Island Music Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/opinion/nyregionopinions/26LI-Webb.html "What's the Long Island Sound?"] Jimmy Webb, NY Times, Nov 6, 2006

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