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Ahmet Ertegun founded the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation on the 20th of April 1983. He gathered a team that included Jann Wenner from Rolling Stone magazine, record executives Seymour Stein, Bob Krasnow, and Noreen Woods, and attorneys Allen Grubman and Suzan Evans.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dedicated its doors on the 1st of September 1995. Yoko Ono and Little Richard cut the ribbon before 10,000 people at the ceremony held at the museum designed by I. M. Pei.
Cleveland won the bid with a pledge of $65 million in public money because civic leaders cited disc jockey Alan Freed as a key reason. Freed coined the term rock and roll and his Moondog Coronation Ball is often called the first major rock concert.
Five to seven performers enter each year alongside three side categories including Early Influences and Non-Performers. The Ahmet Ertegun Award honors behind-the-scenes figures like producers and disc jockeels while the Award for Musical Excellence recognizes session players selected by a committee.
The library and archives sit at Cuyahoga Community College's Metro Campus where scholars can access music business records from executives and labels. Personal letters from Aretha Franklin and Madonna reside there along with handwritten lyrics by Jimi Hendrix and LL Cool J.