Musical legends enter Hall of Fame

Irish rockers U2, R&B singers The O'Jays and soul balladeer Percy Sledge are among five musical legends to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the foundation's 20th annual induction ceremony on March 14.

U2, who became one of the planet's most popular bands in the 1980s with the megahit The Joshua Tree, is still making the charts. Their November release, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, is No 2 on the album charts.

The O'Jays had eight No 1 R&B hits during the 1970s and 80s, including Love Train and Use Ta Be My Girl. Sledge will forever be associated with When a Man Loves a Woman, one of the songs that made him a figure in deep southern soul in the late 60s.