RITA MARLEY
ACCEPTS UK HALL OF FAME AWARD; BOB MARLEY INDUCTED AS
FOUNDING MEMBER
(see
original Daily Mail article here)
(see
UK Hall of Fame page for Bob Marley)
Excerpted from Richard Simpson's article in the Daily
Mail, November 12, 2004:
The votes have been counted, the winners announced ...
the first ten entrants to Britain's pop music Hall of Fame
were revealed last night.
...
A panel of senior music industry figures chose five artists or groups -
Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Madonna and U2 - to be founding
members.
...
The names were announced at a star-studded ceremony at the Hackney Empire in
East London last night.
...
Guests at the event included Presley's widow Priscilla, Marley's widow
Rita and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood.
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