Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inducts Eminem, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie and Carly Simon

Huge evening in Cleveland Saturday, when musical legends have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

How’s this for a formidable listing … Dolly Parton, Eminem, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie and Carly Simon.

It was nearly overload taking all of it in … Sheryl Crow inducted Pat Benatar and hubby/collaborator Neil Giraldo. Sheryl stated Pat “rocked as laborious as any man however nonetheless maintained her identification as a lady.”

But wait, there’s extra. Janet Jackson bestowed the Musical Excellence Award to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

Bruce Springsteen offered Jimmy Iovine with the Rock Hall’s Ahmet Ertegun Award. Bruce additionally paid tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis, singing “Great Balls of Fire” and “High School Hop” with John Mellencamp.

And Lenny Kravitz did the honors for the enduringly superior Lionel Richie! LK stated Lionel’s music was “the soundtrack of my life, your life and everybody’s life.” Then he threw in some cornball humor … naming all the parents who adopted Lionel “would take, effectively, all evening lengthy.”

Dr. Dre inducted his longtime pal and musical accomplice, Eminem. Dre stated he was thunderstruck when he came upon Em was a white man … “That utterly f***ed me up!”

Eminem sang “My Name Is,” “Forever,” “Not Afraid” … with assists from Steven Tyler and Ed Sheeran.

Eminem was humble, saying, “I’m not purported to be right here tonight,” following his set. “One, I’m a rapper; two, I nearly died from an overdose; and three, I actually needed to battle my means by way of… I’m a highschool dropout with a hip hop schooling.”

As for Dolly, Pink did the honors, after which Dolly proclaimed … “I’m a rock star now!” She added, “I nonetheless received rock and roll down in my nation soul.”

Parton closed the present together with her most iconic music, “Jolene,” as others joined in … others, as in Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Simon Le Bon, Rob Halford and the Eurythmics.