1999

“This year’s class also recognizes the “5” Royales with the early influences award, and former Beatle and solo artist Ringo Starr enters the Hall of Fame – the last of the Fab Four to be inducted as a soloist, following John Lennon in 1994, Paul McCartney in 1999 and George Harrison in 2004.”

He wanted a bigger cut from the Lennon/McCartney credits stating he helped write those songs. Paul was deeply upset by it and felt that a Beatles reunion would be a farce under those circumstances. Therefore, he didn’t attend. George had filed another lawsuit against Paul a few days before the ceremony.

1988

Denny Laine, the only member of Wings to stick it out from beginning to end with Paul and Linda McCartney, says the band does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Wings is part of his induction, separately to the Beatles, actually.”

Cover artwork They are Michael Parkinson, Kenny Lynch, James Coburn, Clement Freud, Christopher Lee and John Conteh. Arrowsmith detailed that the eventual cover was one of the four he found acceptable in the 24 attempts he took.

For fans of soul music, the Spinners are quite simply one of the greatest groups of all-time. The Spinners were nominated three times for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, 2014 and 2015, but have yet to be inducted.

1971

In April 1981, Laine announced he was leaving Wings, citing the lack of tour plans as the reason. While Laine’s departure effectively ended the band, a spokesman for McCartney said that Wings still continued as an active concept.

The album saw the first time a Wings’ album featured every member on lead vocals at least once. While the album received lukewarm reviews, it was a commercial success, supported by the number one singles, “Silly Love Songs” and “Let ‘Em In”….Wings discography.