The Pretenders: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2005

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-pretenders/bio/

Chrissie Hynde moved from Akron, Ohio to London, England in 1973. She helped form The Pretenders in 1978. The band broke in  1980 with “Brass in Pocket.”

Brass in Pocket (1979): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Hy7uAb_eU

Talk of the Town (1980): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99svrFj-G_g

I Go To Sleep (1981): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIpfsMdf0LQ

Day After Day (1981): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U74kDn1fq5w

Back on the Chain Gang (1982): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK3uf5V0pDA

My City was Gone (1982): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvAYGz6Iwmc

Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott both died of drug overdoses around the same time.

Middle of the Road (1983): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDeHAM93fuc

Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1984): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pCCdclkdLY

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (1987): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWZUFuTtNg8

Rush Limbaugh began using the bass line from “My City Was Gone” to open his show.

I’ll Stand By You (1994): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHbKhEYUccQ

Loving You Is All I Know (1999): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_5lPRAlb7Y

Human (1999): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ofxxUc-BqU

Boots of the Chinese Plastic (2008): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TfRFi9aus8