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Songs from Van Morrison and a Rolling Stones’ rarity are side-by-side with ones from Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, Hall & Oates and Foreigner

Singles, for the most part, housed just one memorable song. That, like so much else, began to change with the arrival of the Beatles.

“Robby or Jim would come up with the original idea. But boy, the four of us would get together, change and modify and polish the songs.”—Ray Manzarek

The award-winner teamed, often with lyricist Hal David, on such classics as “The Look of Love” and “(They Long To Be) Close To You”

He’s played with Dylan and the Stones, discovered Lynyrd Skynyrd, started Blood, Sweat & Tears. We chat with the new Rock Hall inductee.

Of the 1977 album, he says, “there was no way the band was going to survive this. It [ultimately] served as a bonding experience”

Some of the winners will make you shake your head. You won’t believe who beat out Boston

“And the winner is…” often leads to a lot of head shaking. We’ve identified some that were well-deserved and others that didn’t make sense

Reflecting on the formation of CSN, Nash said, “When that sound happened it was instantly recognized by me, David and Stephen as something stunning.”

Of her 2003 album: “That was my biggest challenge, to break through this phantom tabloid thing I had and put down something substantial.”