# 8 R&R hall of fame members on 1 song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576 "2020-02-07T01:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/1 "2020-02-07T01:37:15Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/2 "2020-02-07T01:43:44Z")
Also Stevie Wonder and Pearl Jam were there. Willie Nelson was there and he’s in the country music HOF ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/3 "2020-02-07T01:45:56Z")
16 members of Parliament-Funkadelic are in the HoF, so presumably any recording featuring that lineup would meet your requirement. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/4 "2020-02-07T01:49:46Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/5 "2020-02-07T01:50:01Z")
Maybe the finale of The Last Waltz? I’m too lazy to check right now. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/6 "2020-02-07T01:51:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > 16 members of Parliament-Funkadelic are in the HoF, so presumably any recording featuring that lineup would meet your requirement. I said not all in 1 group. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/7 "2020-02-07T02:01:51Z")
_We Are The World_ maybe deserves mention. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/8 "2020-02-07T02:27:28Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Maybe the finale of The Last Waltz? I’m too lazy to check right now. 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. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/9 "2020-02-07T02:29:58Z")
Rockestra Theme (studo version) Paul McCartney Denny Laine John Paul Jones Kenny Jones Pete Townshend David Gilmour John Bonham Ronnie Lane Bruce Thomas ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/10 "2020-02-07T05:14:54Z")
**jaycat** Nice research. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/11 "2020-02-07T11:36:14Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/12 "2020-02-07T13:37:31Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > 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 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. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/13 "2020-02-07T22:53:03Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > _We Are The World_ maybe deserves mention. I’m [counting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_World#USA_for_Africa_musicians) 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. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-r-r-hall-of-fame-members-on-1-song/847576/14 "2020-02-17T03:56:10Z")
“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