Dave Clark Five, Ventures to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

After three nominations and a possible voting-rules scandal uncovered by FOX News last year, The Dave Clark Five will finally be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008, during its 22nd annual ceremony in New York City. The British Invasion group, second in line behind the Beatles in chronological order of invasion and famous for hits like "Glad All Over" and "Bits and Pieces," have long been favored to enter the hall, but have been denied twice times in favor of other artists. In 2007, Fox News' Roger Friedman reported that the voting rules were changed by HOF chairman Jann Wenner in order to allow the first hip-hop group, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, to enter.

Also finally getting their place in the sun are the godfathers of instrumental rock, The Ventures, who just scored their first nomination this year. Madonna, John Mellencamp, and Leonard Cohen round out the list of main '08 inductees, with blues harp master Little Walter (Muddy Waters) being honored in the Sidemen category and the masterminds of Philadelphia International's "Philly Soul," the production team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, The O'Jays), to receive the first Ahmet Ertegun Award (the Non-Performer category, renamed in honor of the recently deceased Atlantic Records founder). Here's the complete list of past HOF inductees as of 2007.