Lots of back-to-backs today, spotlighting new stuff and old stuff from artists and comparing the results/the growth/the whatever.

That included starting things off with the White Stripes, who became the 22nd Detroit act to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last night. That’s huge! Congrats! And major points to friend of the show Brian McCollum of the Detroit Free Press for this depressing statistic about the long-held gender inequity within the Hall of Fame and one of its major backers Rolling Stone Magazine: Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987. Gross!

I also spun back-to-backs from The Beths, Girls of the Internet, Perfume Genius, Nilüfer Yanya, the Magnetic Fields and more, plus new music from Lansing’s own Rodeo Boys.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for April 28, 2025

• “Little Room” – White Stripes
• “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” – White Stripes
• “Speedway” – Rodeo Boys
• “Expert in a Dying Field” – The Beths
• “Metal” – The Beths
• “A Tune For Us” – DjRUM
• “Morning Light feat. Andreya Triana (Extended Version)” – Andreya Triana & Quantic
• “Water Me Down (Pamcy Remix)” – Vagabon
• “Sound Asleep” – Girls of the Internet
• “The Middle (feat. Allysha Joy) [Outro]” – Girls of the Internet
• “Back 2 Me (feat. Sadie Walker)” – Girls of the Internet
• “Nite” – Gossip
• “South (feat. Lex Amor)” – Wu-Lu
• “Garden” – Maria Somerville
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure
• “To be a rose” – Jenny Hval
• “Queen” – Perfume Genius
• “On The Floor” – Perfume Genius
• “Cold Heart” – Nilüfer Yanya
• “Like I Say (I runaway)” – Nilüfer Yanya
• “Be Honest (feat. Madison McFerrin)” – A Song For You
• “Supernatural (Extended Mix)” – We Are KING
• “Mohabbat” – Arooj Aftab
• “Bless the Telephone” – Labi Siffre
• “Castles Made of Sand” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• “Dark Blue” – George Freeman & Chico Freeman
• “Can’t Say Nothin’” – Curtis Mayfield
• “Night Bus” – The Flying Hats
• “Marmalade Toast” – Marcel Borrack
• “Ride Me High” – J.J. Cale
• “The Book Of Love” – Magnetic Fields
• “I Don’t Want To Get Over You” – Magnetic Fields
• “You Must Be Out Of Your Mind” – Magnetic Fields
• “Buena” – Morphine
• “Decades (feat. Laura Groves & Samuel T. Herring)” – Wilma Archer
• “Baby” – Brittany Howard
• “I Feel for You (Acoustic Demo)” – Prince & the Revolution

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.

NEW YORK (AP) — First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the hip-hop pioneers Outkast, the rock duo the White Stripes and grunge masters Soundgarden.

Salt-N-Pepa, the first female rap act to achieve gold and platinum status, and the late singer-songwriter Warren Zevon will get the Musical Influence Award. The late record producer Thom Bell, pianist Nicky Hopkins and bassist Carol Kaye will each get the Musical Excellence Award.

The late Cocker, who sang at Woodstock and was best known for his cover of The Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends,” had the backing of Billy Joel, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Pete Thomas, a member of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, who argued that Cocker is “about as rock and roll as it gets.”

Soundgarden — with the late Chris Cornell as singer — get into the Hall on their third nomination. They follow two other grunge acts in the Hall — Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Bad Company get in having become radio fixtures with such arena-rock staples as “Feel Like Makin’ Love,” “Can’t Get Enough” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy.”

The Ahmet Ertegun Award — given to nonperforming industry professionals who had a major influence on music — will go to Lenny Waronker, a former head of Warner Bros. Records who signed Prince and R.E.M., and had a part in records from Madonna, Randy Newman, the Doobie Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul Simon and Gary Clark Jr.

Some nominees that didn’t get in this year include Mariah Carey, Phish, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Maná, the Black Crowes and Oasis.

Checker’s recording of “The Twist,” and subsequent “Let’s Twist Again” are considered among the most popular songs in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. The 83-year-old has expressed frustration that he hadn’t been granted entry before, including telling the AP in 2014: “I don’t want to get in there when I’m 85 years old. I’ll tell them to drop dead, so you better do it quick while I’m still smiling.”

Lauper rose to fame in the 1980s with hits such as “Time After Time” and “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” and went on to win a Tony Award for “Kinky Boots.” OutKast, made up of André 3000 and Big Boi, have six Grammys and a reputation for pushing the boundaries of hip-hop. The White Stripes — made up of Jack White and Meg White — were indie darlings in the early 2000s with such songs as “Seven Nation Army.”

Artists must have released their first commercial recording at least 25 years before they’re eligible for induction. The induction ceremony will take place in Los Angeles this fall.

Nominees were voted on by more than 1,200 artists, historians and music industry professionals. The selection criteria include “an artist’s impact on other musicians, the scope and longevity of their career and body of work, as well as their innovation and excellence in style and technique.”

Last year, Mary J. Blige, Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton all were inducted.

–Reporting by Mark Kennedy, Associated Press entertainment writer