Salt-N-Pepa and Warren Zevon will be recognized with the Musical Influence Award. Thom Bell, Nicky Hopkins and Carol Kaye will be honored for Musical Excellence. Lenny Waronker, noted producer and DreamWorks/Warner Bros. Records executive, will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

The Queen Village native's hit – and dance move – swept the nation in 1960, fueled in part by his appearances on Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand.'

The musician checks all the boxes that the prestigious institution looks for, from longevity and range to influence and legacy, but has now been shut out twice