DEAN MARTIN AMONG 2014 HALL OF FAME NOMINEES

Hey pallies, likes dudes it doesn't seem likes Dino-philes  likes you and I often have many ops to show our extreme passion for our great great man and know that devotion can make a real difference to our  most beloved Dino and his legacy of cool.   Today's Dino-gram from ilovedinomartin provides info on a very real and a very tangible way of  spreadin' our Dino-love.....lettin' out voices be heard in honorin' homagin' of our King of Cool!

From the pages of the blog for  America's Pop Music Hall Of Fame comes the wondrously wonderful news that our most beloved Dino is 'mong the 25 nominees for 2014 induction into said Hall Of Fame.  It woulda appear that our most beloved Dino has been up for this honor before, and hard to believe he was not elected.

Now, likes we don't want that to happen 'gain, so pallies, likes if you clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram and looks up at the top of the page of the America's Pop Hall Of Fame blog, you will see the line..."VOTE HERE! “TOP 25″ HALL OF FAME NOMINEES."  Likes, simply clicks it on and then go to our Dino's name and check it.  You can vote for a total of ten, but likes we only voted for our most beloved Dino....'cause as all you Dino-holics know, truly, truly only Dino matters.

Likes do it now pallies so that you don't forget...it's quick, simply and oh so easy to VOTE DINO!  Let's let the whole world know our deepest, purest, and truest devotion to our great great man!  Thanks to the pallies at America's Pop Music Hall Of Fame" for givin' the nod to our Dino, and thanks to all youse Dino-devotees for makin' your Dino-adulation known.  In Dino, DMP

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 · 5:41 AM

BEE GEES, MONKEES, DEAN MARTIN AMONG 2014 HALL OF FAME NOMINEES

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

BEE GEES, MONKEES, DEAN MARTIN AMONG 2014 HALL OF FAME NOMINEES

Carole King, Dion, Buddy Holly are first time candidates

On-line voting to begin September 23

The Bee Gees, Monkees and Dean Martin are among the candidates to be inducted into America’s Pop Music Hall of Fame in 2014. The 25 nominees for induction were announced Monday, September 23.

First-time nominees – selected by a panel of musicians, disc jockeys and journalists based on artists’ breadth and depth of pop hits, as well as influence – include Dion, Buddy Holly and Carole King, Artists must have placed a hit on the Billboard charts between 1945 and 1970 to qualify.

As the hall of fame focuses on popular music, inductees are determined by an on-line popular vote. Participants are restricted to one vote each for 10 of the 25 nominees.

The 2014 nominees are:

The Bee Gees                            Tony Bennett                                   Pat Boone

The Carpenters                           Chicago                                           Dion

The Everly Brothers                    The Four Seasons                          Connie Francis

Buddy Holly                                  Elton John                                     Carole King

Dean Martin                                 The Monkees                                  Ricky Nelson

Roy Orbison                                  Patti Page                                     Gene Pitney

The Platters                                  Simon & Garfunkel                        Smokey & Miracles

The Supremes                              Three Dog Night                            Dionne Warwick

Andy Williams

The public may vote at america’spopmusichalloffame.org. Voting ends October 31. Inductees will be announced in December.

America’s Pop Music Hall of Fame was formed in 2011 to honor artists and other contributors to pop music. It is based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, home of Perry Como, Bobby Vinton and the Four Coins, who together placed nearly 200 songs on America’s pop charts.

Plans are continuing for construction of a hall of fame structure that may include a large performance center, as well as wings for both permanent and rotating collections and memorabilia.

In a ceremony March 15, 2013 with Johnny Tillotson as master of ceremonies, the 2013 inductees into America’s Pop Music Hall of Fame were announced. They are the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond, Brenda Lee, Johnny Mathis, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Vinton and Stevie Wonder.

Iconic songs inducted to date are: 1940s: “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby; 1950s: “Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley; 1960s: “The Twist” by Chubby Checker; 1970s: “American Pie” by Don McLean.

First-time nominees – selected by a panel of musicians, disc jockeys and journalists based on artists’ breadth and depth of pop hits, as well as influence – include Dion, Buddy Holly and Carole King, Artists must have placed a hit on the Billboard charts between 1945 and 1970 to qualify.