- Bad Company
- Chubby Checker
- Joe Cocker
- Cyndi Lauper
- The White Stripes
- Outkast
- Soundgarden
- Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye will be honored for Musical Excellence.
- Lenny Waronker, noted producer and DreamWorks/Warner Bros. Records executive who signed Prince and R.E.M., and had a part in records from Madonna, Randy Newman, the Doobie Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul Simon and Gary Clark Jr. will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
Lenny Waronker