Donna-SummerThe hilarious and increasingly silly Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is getting to that point where most of the superbig names are in and they have to start considering other genres to keep our attention. That said, I'm fine with that. If they want to keep the incredibly awful Kiss out of the Hall, then so be it. But keeping King Crimson, Tim Buckley, Moby Grape, Cheap Trick, the Cure and the Smiths out of the place, just for starters, is reason enough to get your crayons out and start writing to the powers that be and let them know they don't play fair!

Anyhow, I'd let everybody in. Even Kiss. I bought their first thirteen albums or so, when I was 9, so I have some interest in seeing them validated. Yet, what do I really care?

But for our purposes, let's profile the 15 nominees for this year's potential induction. I've listed them in alphabetical order, since I have no idea how this will turn out. I'm doing this, it should be noted, while listening to Robbie Basho's Bashovia and Bonn 1st Supreme albums on Spotify! Because it is 2012, after all.

Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap knew the importance of an amplifier that went not to ten, but to 11. Of course, it has been pointed out to me by the kind folks at the Y! Music Overfriendly Concierge that the Billboard charts work in the opposite direction of the volume knob on an amplifier and that coming in at #11 on the charts is less desirable than coming in at #1 or even #10.

Yet, I think there's something inherently cool about failing to make the top ten by this much! Just look at these popular songs and tell me the #11 slot isn't an interesting place to be.

25) I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night -- Electric Prunes: To more recent generations, this Electric Prunes tune is something to be found on those Nuggets collections of garage rock hits. But there was a time when the Electric Prunes were a viable gig. Sure, they chose their name as a joke, but they did good work. Who can forget Mass in F Minor, where they tripped out a religious service and had the album allegedly finished by other musicians? Wait, you mean not everyone plays on their own records? I got Mick Jagger to sing on mine. You may have heard of it, it's called She's The Boss.

The air is crisp. The days are shorter. High schools are jammed with kids dreading the long year while college campuses are abuzz with excitement, proof that life actually does get better -- before it gets irretrievably worse. Some late summer hits hang on, while new songs show up like new clothes for the season.

The following songs were all #1 hits in the month of September. The list is in reverse chronological (Modern Lovers precise) order, beginning with 2011 and working back to 1969. If you don't like these songs, don't yell at me. I didn't vote for them. I just report the facts. Though I do hope you'll find my insights particularly insightful and my salient points, pointy.