Welcome to Northeast Ohio Rock & Roll Through The Years. Here you’ll find Rock, Pop, and R&B performers that have a connection to Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Kent, Youngstown and more. You can read about, listen to, and watch them all here in one place.
When you see this 🎸, you’ll know that performer has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Info about the Info
The information on each of the performers here comes from various places on the internet, and you can follow the links to get more information. Each band and their members and the individual performers have their own detailed stories that are only touched on here.
A great book that has a ton of information is the book by Deanna Adams – Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection. That book goes into great detail on all of these performers and more, as well as stories and quotes from her conversations with them. It’s a great book.
NEO Music Connections Playlist
This Spotify Playlist has one song for each artist in order of the year that the song was released. Click the Play icon next to a song to hear a preview. Click the Spotify icon in the upper right to go to the Playlist on your Spotify.
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THE MOONGLOWS, SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS, THE PONI-TAILS
RUBY AND THE ROMANTICS, THE DRIFTERS, THE GRASSHOPPERS, THE OUTSIDERS, THE CHOIR, THE HESITATIONS, CYRUS ERIE
JAMES GANG, GLASS HARP, THE DAMNATION OF ADAM BLESSING, EDWIN STARR, CLIMAX
BOBBY WOMACK, THE O’JAYS, THE RASPBERRIES
BARNSTORM, JOE VITALE, CIRCUS, MICHAEL STANLEY, ERIC CARMEN, DAVID ALLAN COE
PERE UBU, WILD CHERRY, THE MICHAEL STANLEY BAND, ALEX BEVAN, DEAD BOYS
THE EUCLID BEACH BAND, THE CARS, RACHEL SWEET, PRETENDERS, BREATHLESS
DEVO, WILD HORSES, KOOL & THE GANG, THE BALONEY HEADS, LOVE AFFAIR, AMERICAN NOISE
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, The Generators, The Dazz Band, the waitresses, joan jett, levert, beau coup
tracy chapman, james ingram, marc cohn, nine inch nails, marily manson, dave grohl, macy gray
michael stanley, mushroomhead, bone thugs-n-harmony, kid cudi
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