From 1986, there were four categories of induction: performers, non-performers, early influences, and lifetime achievement. In 2000, "sidemen" was introduced as a category.
The "non-performer" category honors songwriters, producers, disc jockeys, concert promoters, record company executives, etc. Several of the inductees in this category (most notably, Carole King, Herb Alpert and Allen Toussaint) were in fact fairly well-known as performers as well. The following were inducted as non-performers in the years shown:
Some people have been inducted more than once. The current record holder is Eric Clapton who has been inducted three times. Multiple inductees include:
The most honored band is the Beatles. Three of the Fab Four have been inducted as solo artists. Their longtime producer Sir George Martin has also been inducted, as has Phil Spector who produced the album Let It Be.
Several performers have been inducted as members of one band, but were not officially inducted when one of their other bands got enshrined. Some examples:
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