8 R&R hall of fame members on 1 song

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I wonder if any other song has more than 8 , not all from 1 group.

Tom Petty Neil Young Eric Clapton Bob Dylan Roger McGuinn George Harrison Steve Cropper Duck Dunn also at the show:

Lou Reed
Ron Wood
Chrissie Hynde
John Mellencamp

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Also Stevie Wonder and Pearl Jam were there. Willie Nelson was there and he’s in the country music HOF

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16 members of Parliament-Funkadelic are in the HoF, so presumably any recording featuring that lineup would meet your requirement.

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The final scene of Blues Brothers 2000(yeah I know we all try to repress the memory of it) when the Gator Boys and Blues Brothers played together would be a candidate.

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Maybe the finale of The Last Waltz? I’m too lazy to check right now.

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I said not all in 1 group.

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We Are The World maybe deserves mention.

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OK I looked it up. In addition to The Band, the following were on stage:

Paul Butterfield - harmonica, vocals / Bobby Charles - vocals / Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals / Neil Diamond - guitar, vocals / Dr. John - piano, guitar, congas, vocals / Bob Dylan - guitar, vocals / Ronnie Hawkins - vocals / Joni Mitchell - acoustic guitar, vocals / Van Morrison - vocals / Larry Packer - violin / John Simon - piano / Ringo Starr - drums / Stephen Stills - guitar / Muddy Waters - vocals / Ronnie Wood - guitar / Neil Young - guitar, harmonica, vocals / Bob Margolin - guitar (for Muddy Waters) / Pinetop Perkins - piano (for Muddy Waters) / Dennis St. John - drums (for Neil Diamond) / Carl Radle - bass (on second encore Jam)

So, I am guessing more than 8 hall of famers, for whatever that’s worth.

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Rockestra Theme (studo version)

Paul McCartney
Denny Laine
John Paul Jones
Kenny Jones
Pete Townshend
David Gilmour
John Bonham
Ronnie Lane
Bruce Thomas

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jaycat

Nice research. Thank you.

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One strange example of a song with a lot of famous musicians doing backup is “Basketball Jones”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_Jones_featuring_Tyrone_Shoelaces
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It reached #15 on the US chart. While Earache My Eye with only studio musicians reached #9. There must be a lesson in there somewhere. A really, really stupid lesson.

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I’m counting 13 plus the Jackson Five count as 1? 5? (Then you have to get into Hall & Oates, etc.) Also producer Quincy Jones is in. Lionel Richie isn’t in it???

A lot of other Hall of Fames: Songwriter, Country, Hollywood Walk of, etc. Two of the session musicians are in the Iowa R&R Hall.

It’s predecessor, Do They Know It’s Christmas?, seems to have only 4. British, many from the same few groups like Boomtown Rats and Duran Duran. Boy George’s old group Culture Club has a song in the R&R HoF.

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“Sun City” by Artists United Against Apartheid

26 Hall of Fame members:

Bruce Springsteen
Steve Van Zandt & Clarence Clemmons (E Street Band)
Bob Dylan
Miles Davis
Lou Reed
Peter Gabriel
Ringo Starr
Run Simmons, Daryl McDaniel & Jam Master Jay (Run DMC)
Melle Mel (Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five)
David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations)
Darlene Love
Bobby Womack
Jackson Browne
Bono
George Clinton (Parliament/Funkadelic)
Keith Richards
Ron Wood
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Jimmy Cliff
Bonnie Raitt
Joey Ramone