Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Cher, Foreigner, Mary J. Includes Blige, OG and more

CLEVELAND — Pure pop kicked off Saturday's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony when Dua Lipa and Cher sang “Believe” before being led onstage by rock classics from funk masters Cool and the Gang, The Foreigner and Peter Frampton, and a power performance by gospel icon Dionne Warwick. House performance, bringing the house down to 83.

Attendees this year at the more than five-hour ceremony included: Mary J. Posthumous recognition for Blige, A Tribe Called Quest, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Matthews Band and Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, Norman Whitfield and Big Ma Thornton.

“Where do I start? Cher is not one person,” Zendaya said while inducting Cher. “His name is as legendary as his legacy.” Zendaya noted that Cher, 78, is the only woman to have a number one hit on a Billboard chart in each of the past seven decades. “Cher's got stuff,” Zendaya said before the singer performed a rocking version of “If I Could Turn Back Time.”

In her speech, Cher said she was inspired by Cinderella and thanked her mother for inspiring her to always bounce back from defeat. “One thing I got from my mom is to never give up,” she said. “I never give up. I'm talking to women – down and out, we keep going.”

Julia Roberts helped induct Dave Matthews Band — she's a self-confessed superfan and she appeared in the band's video for the 2005 single “Dreamgirl.” Roberts, wearing a band T-shirt, called the group's appeal “spontaneous abandon” and added that it was the first time she danced to a Dave Matthews Band song with her husband.

The jam band, with their mix of funk, folk-rock, jazz, blues and pop, then played “Ants Marching” – prompting the crowd to sing the chorus – “Crash” and “So Much to Say.” The arena was still full when they hit the stage after midnight, singing and swaying with the crowd.

Matthews hugged Roberts, handed the trophy to his bandmates and called the Class of 2024 impressive. “We're swimming in very deep water here,” he said. He thanked current and former band members and the bar owner who gave them a home in Charlottesville, Virginia. As he thanked the fans, they roared.

Includes Dr. Dre Blige, who is credited with creating a whole new genre of music – hip-hop soul. The nine-time Grammy winner's best-known song is “Family Affair” from her triple-platinum 2001 album “No More Drama.” “When you listen to Mary, you know you're not alone in heartbreak,” Dre said.

Blige, wearing a shiny black hat, a sparkly dress and long black gloves and boots, sang a medley of her hits, including “No Love,” “Be Happy” and “Family Affair.” At the end of his set, a dancer brought out a dress to wrap around him, echoing James Brown. She has her fans, her mother — a single mother raising children in the projects — and Method Man and Dr. Thanks to Dre, who helped get him a Grammy and an Emmy “Please move away. Trust the journey,” he advises. “You deserve it.”

“It's a long-term celebration,” said Chuck D. Kool and the gang. The band had 12 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including the 1980 chart-topper “Celebration” as well as “Cherish,” “Get Down on It,” “Jungle Boogie,” “Ladies' Night” and “Zona.” They have been eligible for the Hall since 1994.

The Roots helped the band perform a medley of hits that rocked the crowd, led by Robert “Cool” Bell – bass guitarist, co-founder and last original member – and longtime singer James “JT” Taylor. Confetti flowed into the arena and Taylor asked the crowd to use their cellphone lights as he read out the names of the 10 members who were instrumental in the band's success.

Warwick attended the ceremony in Newark, New Jersey, days after attending a memorial for her longtime friend and collaborator, CC Houston. Teyana Taylor called him “really one of a kind” as well as told the teleprompter operator not to “miss”. before his name. Jennifer Hudson sang “I'll Never Love This Way Again” and was joined by Warwick, who also sang “Walk On By.”

Warwick said this is the third time he has been nominated for the Hall this year. “I'm very happy to come here,” he said. “I'm just going to say this and walk off the stage: thank you, thank you, thank you.”

Dave Chappelle helped induct a tribe called Quest — Q-Tip, Jarobi, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and the late Phife Dogg — the only hip-hop group to make the cut this year. Chappelle said the group “incorporated jazz and soul in a way that hip-hop had never seen” and that they also proved that you “can't be cool and necessarily gangster.” Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes, Common, The Roots and De La Soul performed “Bonita Appelbaum,” “Scenario” and “Can I Kick It?” Fellow Tribe was on hand to perform a medley of hits.

Sammy Hagar introduced Foreigner, and thanked their fans for their tenacity in demanding inclusion. The English-American rockers — with hits like “Cold as Ice” and “Waiting for a Girl Like You” — topped the charts in the 1970s and '80s but never made it into the Hall — much less the ballot — until last year. Despite being qualified for over 20 years.

Hagar noted that Foreigners currently tour without any core members. He said, “How good are the songs. “Who deserves it more than a foreigner?” Demi Lovato and Slash joined the touring foreigner for “Feels Like the First Time,” and Hagar then took the lead for “Hot Blooded.” Kelly Clarkson thrilled with a powerful “I Want to Know What Love Is,” but the field erupted when original singer Lou Gramm joined her. The Grammys have thanked guitarist Mick Jones, who has been sidelined by Parkinson's disease in New York.

Saturday's induction ceremony was held at Rockets Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, where Hall has promised to return every few years. A TV special with performance highlights will air on ABC on January 1.

Roger Daltrey of The Who Frampton. “It's about bloody time!” He said “Peter had the most amazing career ever. It's probably easier than that to name the people he didn't work with,” Daltrey said.

Frampton entered the Hall in large part on the strength of his 1976 live duet album “Frampton Comes Alive!”, buoyed by the hits “Show Me the Way” and “Baby, I Love Your Way.” Daltrey noted that Frampton always played with a broad smile.

A suitably smiling Frampton – who played at last year's event honoring Sheryl Crow – brought Keith Urban out to trade licks on “Do You Feel Like I Do” and showed why he's considered one of rock's great guitarists. He puts on his famous talk box effect and the crowd roars. “I'm a really lucky person to have this amazing career,” he said, thanking David Bowie for revitalizing his career.

Dave Matthews — before his band was inducted — helped honor Buffett with an acoustic version of the late singer-songwriter's “A Pirate Looks at Forty.” James Taylor then came to call Buffett — who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist song “Margaritaville” — “larger than life but at the same time right-sized and always authentic.” Taylor, Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally then performed Buffett's “Come Monday.”

Musician-actor Jack Black toasted Osbourne saying that “the heavens opened upon me” when he first heard the “Blizzard of Oz” album. Black called Osbourne “the Jack Nicholson of rock” and joked that his reality TV show “The Osbournes” was probably “the worst thing he's ever done.”

Osborne, seated on a throne, credits late guitarist Randy Rhodes and his wife Sharon for his career and life. This is the second time Ozzy has entered, the first being in 2006 with seminal metal band Black Sabbath, a tribute band to the Prince of Darkness — including Jelly Roll, Billy Idol, Maynard James Keenan, Wolfgang Van Halen, Steve Stevens, Robert Trujillo and Chad Smith — ” Crazy Train”, played “Mama, I'm Coming Home” and “No More Tears”.

The In Memoriam section included tributes to Kris Kristofferson, Sissy Houston, David Sanborn and Liam Payne. The Dave Matthews Band performed “Burning Down the House” as fans filed in.