Wait! I've never heard of this! Is the LA Hall Of Fame to make an official display about DT? When? Why? Of which magnitude? Will the band be alterted/invited? Amazing stuff! 
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https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/li-music-hall-of-fame-finally-gets-a-home-1.3090380Aug. 11, 2011
LI Music Hall of Fame finally gets a home
By Carl MacGowan
It's been five years since Vanilla Fudge was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. But the inventive 1960s rock band has no plaque at the hall -- because there is no hall.
That's why lead guitarist Vince Martell drove Thursday to the hall of fame's future home in Port Jefferson from his house in Cherry Hill, N.J. He had broken rock star tradition, rising before dawn to watch Town of Brookhaven officials turn over a century-old building to hall organizers, who will create a museum there.
"I had to get up early to get here, but this is beautiful," Martell said of the Richardsonian Romanesque structure at Main and East Main streets that formerly housed the First National Bank of Port Jefferson. "I can't wait for them to fill it up."
Thursday's lease-signing ceremony marked the end of a long, frustrating search by hall of fame organizers, who since 2006 have inducted 73 members -- including Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand, The Ramones, Mariah Carey, Guy Lombardo and Beverly Sills -- while looking for a home.
The nonprofit hall will lease the building from the town for at least 15 years for a token one-time rent payment of $10.
The vacant building, which over the years also has been a hotel and town tax office, needs extensive renovations.
"The great musicians of Long Island and the rich musical history of Long Island will finally have a home," said hall of fame chairman James Faith, pumping his fist as he addressed a crowd outside the building. "It's about time, Long Island. This is it."
Faith said after the ceremony that he didn't know when the museum will open. The hall's board is working to raise as much as $1.5 million for renovations, he said.
Besides Martell, inductees at the ceremony included brothers Peppi and Mickey Marchello of The Good Rats, disc jockey Denis McNamara, and Carole Demas and Paula Janis, the stars of the 1970s children's TV show "The Magic Garden."
Demas and Janis, both 71, sang their tune, "The Hello Song," to help christen the hall.
Janis noted that their show debuted on WPIX / 11 "a long, long time ago."
"You know how long ago it was when you're in a museum," Janis said.
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https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/columnists/glenn-gamboa/li-music-hall-of-fame-goal-2-million-1.4147948Oct. 26, 2012
LI Music Hall of Fame goal: $2 million
by Glenn Gamboa
It was an amazing night of rock, rap and pop from several different decades as the Long Island Music Hall of Fame kicked off its fundraising campaign with its fourth Induction Gala earlier this month.
The group's goal is to raise $2 million to fund its permanent home in Port Jefferson, creating a center that both pays tribute to Long Island's musical legacy and is an inspiration for the next generation to carry that legacy forward. The Hall of Fame's chairman, Jim Faith, says the group plans to start renovations on the building as soon as it raises the funds.
"People are really rooting for this," Faith said as he walked the red carpet at the Paramount in Huntington before the event.
But what exactly are we all waiting for? While $2 million is certainly a large sum, charities across the area often raise that figure and more in one star-studded night. Can't Long Island's music industry band together to do the same and get things rolling?
"American Idol" Season 10 hopeful Robbie Rosen walked the red carpet before the Induction Gala, genuinely excited to be a part of a community of Long Island artists.
"I just want to introduce myself and my music to everybody here," the Merrick singer-songwriter said. "It's so exciting."
After all, it wasn't so long ago that Long Island success didn't count, according to the music industry. There are generations of rockers and rappers who told people they were from New York, instead of shouting out their actual Long Island roots to gain acceptance.
Twisted Sister's Mark Mendoza says that even though the band would sell out major venues in Manhattan, it was still dismissed as "a Long Island thing."
Isn't it time for that to end?
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