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Dance Music Hall of Fame To Be Formed To Honor Disco Dance Music Artists and DJs

Announcing the Formation of
THE DANCE MUSIC HALL OF FAME
First Awards Ceremony to be Scheduled for Spring 2004

(New York, NY -- October 30, 2003) Announcing the formation of the Dance Music Hall of Fame. With regular annual events, The Dance Music Hall of Fame will recognize the contributions of those who have had a significant impact on the evolution and development of dance music and will celebrate the history and significance of dance music.

Artists and others that helped to shape the dance music industry become eligible for induction 25 years after their first contribution or record release. Criteria include the influence and significance of the nominee's contributions to the development and perpetuation of dance music.

Founding board-members of The Dance Music Hall of Fame include: Brian Chin (Music Historian and Former Billboard Magazine Editor), Daniel Glass (President, Artemis Records), Eddie O'Loughlin (President, Next Plateau Entertainment), John Parker (Vice President, A&R/Dance Promotion, Robbins Entertainment) and Thomas Silverman(Chairman, Tommy Boy Entertainment).

The Dance Music Hall of Fame Board of Advisors is composed of dance music professionals, historians and journalists. At the time of this release the list of Board of Advisors includes: John ìJellybeanî Benitez, Joey Carvello, Mel Cherin, Michael Ellis, Dimitri of Paris, Frankie Knuckles, Jurgen Korduletsch, Brad LeBeau, John Luongo, Guy Moot, Vince Pellegrino, Cory Robbins, Pete Tong, Cary Vance, Louie Vega, Pete Waterman and Judy Weinstein.

The nominating committee and Board of Advisors will select nominees each year in the categories of Performer, Producer, Record, Remixer, and DJ. Ballots are then sent to an international voting committee of over 1,000 dance music experts. An awards ceremony announcing the first inductees into the Dance Music Hall of Fame will take place at a formal dinner in New York City in Spring of 2004. At this event, The Dance Music Hall of Fame will induct three performers, three records, one producer, one remixer and one DJ.

"Since the beginning, the dance music genre has been largely ignored and dismissed by most of the music industry press and other music industry professionals. There are legendary producers and artists in the dance music industry that have laid the foundation for the popular musical styles of today, including rap and hip-hop, yet they have never been acknowledged for their work." States Thomas Silverman, Hall of Fame board-member and Chairman of Tommy Boy Entertainment. "Through The Dance Music Hall of Fame we will be able to give proper credit to these great music industry pioneers."

Visit the Dance Music Hall of Fame web site for info.

UPDATE Sept 21, 2004:
On Sept. 20, 2004 the first annual Dance Music Hall of Fame ceremony kicked off at New York City's Club Spirit on 27th Street. Click to view photos from the Dance Music Hall of Fame

UPDATE Jan 2, 2009:
The Dance Music Hall of Fame is no longer online so the link above was removed. This pretty much means the DMHF is no more in operation. How sad that something that looked so promising has been left to fade out.

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