A Diamond in a Mountain of Rock

Finally got around to watching the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. LAME. Peter Gabriel was too busy to be there for the Genesis induction, and then they didn't even perform. Phish played a couple of their songs.
Only two members of ABBA bothered to show, Frida and Bjorn. The dude played piano while Faith Hill sang "The Winner Takes it All". Nice version, but...
The Hollies were all there, and they sang, but it sounded AWFUL.
Iggy Pop was interesting. He ripped off his shirt and looked like a rocker. The rest of the Stooges looked like accountants...pudgy, bald and in suits. At least they played, w/ Iggy pleading people to come on stage and dance to "I Wanna Be Your Dog". Only a few (Eddie Vedder, a couple members of Green Day, and one or two others) actually did. He kept yelling, "c'mon, rich people can have fun!"...all evidence to the contrary.
The best part was when they inducted a bunch of songwriters and had different artists sing their songs. It was actually quite entertaining. The segment featured, among others, Ronnie Spector, Eric Burden and Chris Isaak.
This brings me to an amazing artist who I am ashamed to admit that, until recently, I knew nothing about.
A few months ago a songwriter named Ellie Greenwich died. Little Steven made a big deal about it on my beloved Underground Garage show. I hadn't previously heard of her. She was inducted last night and after hearing her resume my only question was "HOW THE HELL DID IT TAKE THIS LONG". This is just a sampling of the songbook she wrote and or co-wrote with her husband Jeff Barry:
Baby I Love You. Da Do Ron Ron. Christmas Baby Please Come Home. Leader of the Pack. Doo Wah Diddy. I Can Hear Music (which I assumed Brian Wilson wrote). Chapel of Love. And Then He Kissed Me. (My Baby Does)The Hanky Panky and two of the greatest pop songs ever...the Ronettes Be My Baby and Ike and Tina's River Deep Mountain High.
She also discovered Neil Diamond. Produced many of his early hits AND sang back up on them. PLUS she was a one woman girl group called the Raindrops (she used overdubbing to sing all the parts).
If there is any justice, somewhere Nickleback, T-Pain and all the other no talent hacks that sell millions of records, should be experiencing the stabbing pain of shame right about now.