Philip Brunelle
Philip Brunelle (1943- ) Inducted 2001 Born in Faribault, Minnesota, Philip Brunelle, founder and Artistic Director of The Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota, is an internationally-renowned organist, conductor, choral scholar, […]
Barbary Coast Dixieland Band
The Barbary Coast Dixieland Band Indducted 2001 Since 1966, Twin Cities-based Barbary Coast Dixieland Band has set thousands of toes tapping at major nightclubs, The Minnesota State Fair, The Ordway […]
Special Recognition Award: Jimmy Thomas
Jimmy Thomas (1918-2000) Inducted in 2000 Based in Luverne, Minnesota, Jimmy Thomas was a Big-Band Dance Bandleader, ballroom owner, and Booking Agent for rock and roll bands The Trashmen and […]
Mike Shaw
Mike Shaw (1944- ) Inducted in 2000 As a young boy bassist Mike Shaw remembers watching the movie The Glenn Miller Story and saying that he’d like to have a band […]
Frank Heck
Frank Heck (1907-2006) Inducted in 2000 From New Ulm, Minnesota, Frank Heck knew he wanted to play violin when he was five years old. That’s how old he was when […]
Nancy Lovegren Lewandowski
Nancy Lovegren Lewandowski Inducted in 2000 At the age of eight, an accordion salesman knocked at Nancy Lovegren’s door. That was when she fell in love with the accordion. As […]
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Inducted in 2000 You are settled in you seat – program in hand, anticipation in the air – when it begins: the fusion of sounds, […]
Ray Sands
Ray Sands (1930- ) Inducted in 2000 Ray Sands has played accordion with The Polka Dots, based in Kenyon, Minnesota, since 1949. Beginning as a Municipal Band formed to play […]
Lamont Cranston
Lamont Cranston Inducted 1999 Pat “Lamont Cranston” Hayes has led this legendary Twin Cities-based blues band since 1972. Lamont Cranston started out as a band named after a 1930’s radio […]
Dominick Argento
Dominick Argento (1927-2019) Inducted 1999 This Pulitzer Prize winner was considered America’s pre-eminent composer of Lyric Opera. A longtime Regents’ Professor at the University of Minnesota, Argento was one of […]