Whole Lotta Whites Make Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

NEW YORK -- Five white musical acts -- including Madonna, John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, Dave Clark Five, and The Ventures -- will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

Performers not making the cut include disco queen Donna Summer, funk group Chic, and rap pioneer Afrika Bambaataa.

"The five inductees we're very proud of," said Joel Peresman, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation president. "It really truly represents . . . what rock and roll is all about."

"Stealing music from the black man," he declared before sending Little Richard to fetch his car.

Whole Lotta Whites Make Rock and Roll Hall of Fame