The five members chosen by the public in October 2004 were: The full list of nominees were: Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records, was awarded honorary membership.
The 2005 inductees[3] were selected by a panel of 60 people from the music industry: The late DJ John Peel was also made an honorary member (inducted by Damon Albarn of Blur).
The 2006 inductees were: George Martin received an honorary membership (inducted by the then British Chancellor of the Exchequer and future Prime Minister Gordon Brown).
He then went on to conduct a special arrangement of the Beatles songs "Golden Slumbers" / "Carry That Weight" / "The End"; with the help of Johnny Borrell, Corinne Bailey Rae, José González, Roger Taylor and the London Community Gospel Choir.
Rod Stewart appeared live by satellite from Los Angeles in a Celtic shirt and accidentally dropped his award, before advising James Morrison to 'give up the fags'.