Inductee Jimmie Williams, who has been recording and touring with Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the O'Jays for approximately 40 years, is "proud to be able to represent from a great field of musicians from Philadelphia and New Jersey," saying, in an exclusive interview with the Philadelphia Tribune, "I felt overjoyed! I felt as though it was a very big achievement. I was trying to grasp the idea of even going into somebody's hall of fame.