Guns N’ Roses, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donovan, Laura Nyro, The (Small) Faces are inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place in Cleveland.

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Rocker Alice Cooper and his wife, Sheryl, arrive for the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland on Saturday, April 14, 2012.

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George Clinton, left, arrives for the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

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Actor David Arquette arrives on the red carpet.

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Singer Darlene Love waves from the red carpet before the ceremony.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, center, introduces former members Jack Irons, left, and Cliff Martinez with Mike "Flea" Balazary, second from right, and Josh Klinghoffer before the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .

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Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner speaks at the opening of the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.

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Green Day, from left, Tre Cool, Billy Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, perform to open the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.

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Billy Gibbons, left, and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top announce the induction of Freddie King .

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Wanda King, right, accepts induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her late father, Blues singer Freddie King.

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Presenter John Mellencamp speaks onstage.

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Inductee Donovan speaks during the 27th Annual Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony .

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John Mellencamp, left, and Donovan Leitch perform after Donovan's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Derek Trucks and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top perform onstage.

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Bette Midler introduces the late Laura Nyro for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Sara Bareilles performs a Laura Nyro song onstage.

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Darlene Love performs onstage.

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Ian McLagan, right, holds up his trophy after he and Ron Wood, left, and Kenney Jones, background, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as members of the Small Faces/Faces.

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Inductee Ron Wood of Faces performs.

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Ledisi performs a memorial song as a picture of singer Whitney Houston is displayed during the 2012 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

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Dick Richards, center, from Bill Haley's backup band The Comets reacts after the group was inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

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Chuck D, left, and LL Cool J induct the Beastie Boys.

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Adam Horovitz, left, and Mike Diamond of the Beastie Boys accept induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as presenters Chuck D and LL Cool J, right, listen.

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Travie McCoy, Black Thought and Kid Rock perform Beastie Boys songs onstage.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers perform during a concert for the Fuse cable channel May 9, 2006.

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The Beastie Boys, from left, Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz and Adam Yauch, perform at the Huntridge Theater in Las Vegas on June 9, 2004.

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Little Freddie King performs with his band on the Abita Beer Stage at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans on April 10, 2010.

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Guns N' Roses, from left, Michael "Duff" McKagan, Dizzy Reed, Axl Rose, Saul "Slash" Hudson and Matt Sorum, receives the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award for "November Rain" at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 9, 1992.

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Laura Nyro performs a song in Northhampton, Mass., on June 24, 1988. Nyro, a singer-songwriter, influenced a generation of female artists with songs such as "Eli's Coming" and "Stoned Soul Picnic'" and her intimate blend of pop, folk and jazz.

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Record producer Glyn Johns in his London home on Jan. 2, 1975.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and folk singer Donovan, right, talks with Brian Jones of the "Rolling Stones" at the Mayfair Suite of the Hanover Grand Hotel in London on Jan. 18, 1968.

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Ian McLagan, Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenny Jones of The (Small) Faces.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Don Kirshner, left, with songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin. Kirshner is the man Time magazine once dubbed the "Man With the Golden Ear."

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