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Feb 26, 2008 3:50 pm US/Eastern
JT Will Induct Madonna Into Hall Of Fame
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Singer Justin Timberlake performs in the Fantasy Lounge during the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards held at The Palms Hotel and Casino on Sept. 9, 2007 in Las Vegas.
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Justin Timberlake will induct Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The "Sexyback" singer has been working with the Material Mom on her upcoming album, expected to be released this year.
Madonna will be among those honored March 10 at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel in Manhattan. Other inductees include Leonard Cohen, John
Mellencamp, The Dave Clark Five, The Ventures and Little Walter.
Tom Hanks will induct The Dave Clark Five, the '60s British pop band
behind the hit "Glad All Over." Billy Joel will pay tribute to
Mellencamp, and Lou Reed will honor Cohen.
Ben Harper will induct Little Walter, who produced 14 Top 10 hits on
the R&B charts before his death in 1968 at 37. John Fogerty will
induct The Ventures, whose hits include "Walk Don't Run" and "Hawaii
Five-O."
Singer-songwriter Jerry Butler will induct Kenny Gamble and Leon
Huff, founders of the Philadelphia International record label that
collaborated with R&B artists such as Butler, The O'Jays, Patti
LaBelle and Lou Rawls.
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