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The Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame and the Historical Museum of Bay County are proud to announce the six 2026 inductees to the MRRL HOF exhibit: Don Was, Jack White, Wilson Lindsey, Sharrie Williams, Sponge, and The Royaltones.
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The most compelling musical divorce during Michigan rock and roll’s first decade was the breakup of Jackie Wilson with the songwriting team led by Berry Gordy Jr. Gordy, along with his sister Gwen and his friend Billy Davis, had teamed up to provide Wilson with his first five hits as a solo artist. These included “Lonely Teardrops”, the song that made Jackie Wilson a major recording star. It was also the song he was performing when he suffered the stroke and subsequent head injury from his fall on stage that tragically ended his career in 1975.
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This collection of interesting and mostly obscure recordings from the 1960s by Michigan artists were originally featured as my Michigan Songs of the Week the Week for the MMHP989 podcast, produced in the Hall of Fame Studio at the Historical Museum of Bay County in Bay City, Michigan.
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To those of a certain age the name Roll Air brings to mind soft summer nights watching the lights glow in the summer dusk, large crowds, laughter, and the feel of rock and roll vibrating across the roller rink as the Battle of the Bands became the heartbeat of the venue and Roll Air was transformed into a mecca for teens in mid-Michigan.
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Ten classic posters by Michigan artists were generously loaned to the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame exhibit for the past three years by Ann Arbor collector S. H. Kahn. The MRRL HOF will be returning the posters in June. Please visit the Historical Museum of Bay County, located at 321 Washington Avenue in downtown Bay City, to view this valuable collection listed below. Museum hours are 10:00 to 4:00, Tuesday – Saturday.
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Thanks to donors like Coonan's Irish Hub, the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame continues to thrive at the Historical Museum of Bay County. I was the "celebrity bartender" last Wednesday, January 28th, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM to support one of Bay City’s great local businesses and to say thanks for their generous donation.
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