The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted its new members for 2012 on April 14. Among the inductees are Guns n' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donovan, Laura Nyro, Small Faces, Beastie Boys, The Crickets (of Buddy Holly fame), The Famous Flames (of James Brown fame) , The Blue Caps (of Gene Vincent fame), and The Miracles (of Smokey Robinson fame.)

The autobiography of Donovan: the hurdy gurdy man by Donovan Leitch

Buddy Holly: a biography by Ellis Amburn

I feel good by James Brown ; with an introduction by Marc Eliot

The skills to pay the bills: the story of the Beastie Boys by Alan Light

Smokey: inside my life by Smokey Robinson with David Ritz

Watch you bleed: the saga of Guns n' Roses by Stephen Davis