Joe Cocker‘s older brother Victor had something of a front row seat for his sibling's first steps toward the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame while they were growing up in Sheffield, England. "We had a little skiffle group - this was when Joe was only around 12 or 13 and I was a teenager,

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.

Last year, Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest were among the names of performers inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.