Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Soundgarden round out this year's inductees, set to be honored in November at the induction show in Los Angeles.

Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke and Mick Ralphs are looking forward to being in good company in November when their band Bad Company is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "It is pretty amazing and very cool to be part of an iconic American institution that celebrates music,

Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon will be recognized with the Musical Influence Award. Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye will be honored for Musical Excellence. Lenny Waronker, noted producer and DreamWorks/Warner Bros. Records executive, will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award.