The Spinners headed to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, becoming 21st Detroit artist inducted

The Spinners will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November, as part of the 2023 class announced Wednesday morning.

The long-running R&B group will become the 21st Detroit artist enshrined in the rock hall since its 1986 launch.

Not making Wednesday’s cut were rock duo The White Stripes, who were part of a 14-artist nominees shortlist revealed in February. Their omission is somewhat surprising: Artists named to the ballot in their first year of eligibility, as The White Stripes were, typically win induction that same year.

The Spinners are part of an inductees list that includes Willie Nelson, George Michael, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine and Kate Bush.

They were selected by a body of 1,000-plus artists, historians and other music professionals, combined with a public vote. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held Nov. 3 at the Barclays Center in New York.

"I am in shock and tears and feeling so grateful," said Claudreen Jackson, widow of late Spinners bass singer Pervis Jackson. "Pervis would have been humbled and amazed. The thing about the Spinners was that however high their career went, they were still humble and thankful. They were first class onstage and offstage. I’m just so happy this has happened for them."

The Spinners, who formed in Ferndale in the 1950s and did a stint with Motown before bigger success with Atlantic Records in the ‘70s, were triumphant Wednesday after three previous RRHOF nominations. With rich harmonies and an ear for catchy material, the group piled up pop and R&B hits such as “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love,” “One of a Kind (Love Affair),” “Then Came You,” “Games People Play," “The Rubberband Man” and "Working My Way Back to You."

Working with producer Thom Bell, the Spinners became closely associated with the Philly sound that prevailed in ‘70s R&B. The group remains active, although the last remaining original member, 84-year-old baritone Henry Fambrough, recently announced his retirement.

The current incarnation of the group is scheduled to perform May 20 with the Stylistics at Music Hall in Detroit.

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Detroit artists in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

• Aretha Franklin: 1987

• Marvin Gaye: 1987

• Smokey Robinson: 1987

• Jackie Wilson: 1987

• The Supremes: 1988

• The Temptations: 1989

• Stevie Wonder: 1989

• Hank Ballard: 1990

• Four Tops: 1990

• John Lee Hooker: 1991

• Martha and the Vandellas: 1995

• Gladys Knight & the Pips: 1996

• Little Willie John: 1996

• Parliament-Funkadelic: 1997

• Bob Seger: 2004

• Madonna: 2008

• The Stooges: 2010

• Alice Cooper: 2011

• The Miracles: 2012

• Eminem: 2022

• The Spinners: 2023

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit's The Spinners headed to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame