Congratulations to the 2007 inductees of the Iowa Rock'nRoll Music Association's Hall of Fame!
 | Rarely do we find a person for induction into the Iowa Rock' N Roll Music Association Hall of Fame that had as short a career with such a lasting impact on the history of Rock and Roll as that of Ritchie Valens. Only two 45 rpm re... More Details >> |
 | The Smoke Ring was formed in 1966 by combining two Norfolk, NE rock bands, The Strollers and Little Joe and the Ramrods . This combination put together, for the first time, three brothers, Bob Hupp (guitar), Nick Hupp (bass) & "... More Details >> |
 | One of the wildest speaker-rattlin', eardrum-breakin' slabs of wax to ever come out of the state of Iowa is "Stick Around / Come On Baby" by Cedar Rapids' Al's Untouchables. The two-sided rock masterpiece has since become the Ho... More Details >> |
 | George Patrick, was born in De Witte Iowa. During WW2 he was assigned to the Armed Forces Radio station in New York. His Rock and Roll career began in 1956 at KXEL Radio in Waterloo, Ia. He was on from 3-5PM daily and start... More Details >> |
 | Founded in 1941 by Pearl West, West Music began as a service and repair center for educational musicians. During World War II, there was a great shortage of instruments as valuable metals had other more critical uses. But soon aft... More Details >> |
 | Fifth Generation was a Carroll, Ia., band that was started by two lifetime friends in 1964. As playmates and then neighbors they took an interest in music when they first heard the Beatles recordings of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand." W... More Details >> |
 | The Koats of Male band was formed in 1965 at the height of the garage band era when Bob Metcalf and Greg Anliker from the Tam Shanders joined with Dave Chapman and Terry Ellis from Somethin Else. The four Spencer, Iowa area teens ... More Details >> |
 | From Holly to Hendrix, British Invasion to California Country, the 60's were a time of incredible expansion for Rock music. Few Iowa bands were better suited to embrace and adapt to those changes than The Quarry from Des Moines. T... More Details >> |
 | Sometime in early 1966 two sets of brothers: Kenny and Gary Singer of Le Mars; Lee and Craig Henderson of Paullina; hooked up with drummer Denny Seel of Marcus to form a band. The Singer boys handled the guitar parts while Lee pla... More Details >> |
 | In 1979 Frank Wiewel had recorded a number of tracks when his wife Denise convinced him the songs were good enough and insisted they be sent out to the major record labels. Interest was shown by Columbia Records A&R man Paul Atkin... More Details >> |
 | Bob Dorr & The Blue Band started in Cedar Falls IA, in the early summer of 1981 simply as a way to satisfy the remaining contracted obligations of a band that had broken up in the spring of '81. Blue Band founding members Bob Dorr... More Details >> |
 | In 1968 Patrick Hazell and Jeff Weber founded the Mother Blues Band in Iowa City. The band quickly became one of the most popular in the region and established a strong home base in the Upper Mississippi Valley. Well known for the... More Details >> |
 | The Yetti was formed in Oskaloosa, Iowa in the spring of 1966. The band began as a typical garage band with good friends getting together to jam and play at an occasional high school gathering or special event. With their lead gui... More Details >> |
 | In 1964 Kurt Keller was approached by two guys at high school, Russ Morgan and Wally Ackerson, to see if he was interested in putting a band together. He has just left the Road Runners so recruited his friend Rick Wynant and the f... More Details >> |
 | The Great Imposters began as a group called Larry Rai & The Red Tops in Atlantic, Iowa playing English cover tunes. One evening in early 1964 while sitting in a Holiday Inn with their manager, they were approached by a couple who ... More Details >> |
 | Born in Sioux City, Russell Bizzett grew up in a family of musicians and started playing on his father's knee at age 5. Both grandfathers were professional musicians. His mother's father was a boogie-woogie piano player and his fa... More Details >> |
 | Odebolt native Gary Johnson is a unique performer. He was stricken with polio as a boy and lost the use of his right arm. In spite of this limitation, he developed a way to play the guitar. He tunes his guitar to a D chord (D-A-D-... More Details >> |
 | It started out as a natural pond, referred to as Carmen's pond, by the local farmers. Riley Robbins owned the land and in the 1920's, with assistance from his son, made a lake. They used teams of horses to dredge it out. In 1929 R... More Details >> |
 | Under the ownership of Larry Nemmers of Bancroft, the Bancroft Ballroom was the site of rock and roll dances for nearly 30 years from 1965-1995. The Bancroft Ballroom was built during the late 30's or early 40's as was originally ... More Details >> |
 | Thomas L. "Tommy" Rempp was born Feb. 28, 1946, in Omaha, the adopted son of William and Victoria "Belle" Rempp. He moved to Sioux City in 1951, where he lived for the rest of his life, most of it with his mother, and attended Ce... More Details >> |
 | Steve Brown grew up in a musical family in Des Moines, his mother was an accomplished Pianist and Organist. However, her musical skills did not rub off on him. He became interested in communications and electronics as an earl... More Details >> |
 | Northeast Iowa native James Ronan was born in Dubuque and raised in Decorah. Having an older sister who listened to the early rock and roll hits of the 1950s helped him tune into music at an early age. He got his first taste of li... More Details >> |
 | Harriet Hilliard Nelson was born Peggy Lou Snyder in Des Moines on July 18, 1914. She attended St. Agnes Academy. A beauty queen, she chose singing with big bands as her vocation and selected the "stage name" of Harriet Hilliard. ... More Details >> |
