CLEVELAND, Ohio -- KISS fans will be happy, Nirvana fans can have a bit of their angst appeased, Deep Purple fans will see red and Yes fans have to face another "No.''

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2014 early Tuesday. Getting in as performers in the 29th Annual Induction Ceremony will be Nirvana, KISS, Hall and Oates, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt and Cat Stevens.

Ahmet Ertegun Award winners – nonperformer inductees – are the Beatles' late manager, Brian Epstein, and the Rolling Stones' first manager, Andrew Loog Oldham.

The E-Street Band, the group behind Hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen, was designated to receive the Rock Hall's Award for Musical Excellence.

"It's a phenomenal class,'' said Rock Hall President and CEO Greg Harris in a telephone interview. "It's one of those that has an incredible populist appeal. While record sales aren't a criteria, there are some on the list who have sold an incredible amount of records.''

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While KISS and Nirvana were long thought to be shoo-ins for induction, and blue-eyed soul progenitors Daryl Hall and John Oates were dark-horse favorites, the inclusion of Gabriel, Ronstadt and Stevens came as a bit of a surprise.

Online fan polls conducted by the Rock Hall itself and cleveland.com had nominees Yes and Deep Purple, trailing only Nirvana and KISS, as favorites – with double-digit support in both polls. Harris said the Rock Hall's poll had more than 1.3 million voters, and the Cleveland.com poll had more than 30,000.

The Rock Hall’s fan poll counted as one ballot among the 700 or so industry professionals, including journalists and current inductees, who made the final determination.

Stevens, a convert to Islam who now goes by the name Yusuf Islam, barely tallied on either poll. Neither did Gabriel, a 2010 inductee as a member of Genesis, fare well.

Ronstadt was a sentimental choice of many, as she is in a battle with Parkinson’s Disease. The malady has rendered her unable to perform and forced her to use crutches to get around. But neither did she creep out of single digits in either poll.

“I feel the passion and energy of fans certainly must resonate,’’ said Harris. “But in the end, the 700 voters are voting with who they feel were impactful and had a significant effect on rock ‘n’ roll.’’

The decision means that nominees Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Chic, N.W.A., the Replacements, Link Wray and the Zombies, like Yes and Deep Purple, will have to hope for better luck in another year.

Bands and artists become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first recording. The Rock Hall Foundation's nominating committee selects potential inductees.

The induction ceremony, which for the first time will be at the Barclays Center in New York on Thursday, April 10, will not be without drama. When the band was announced as a Class of 2014 nominee, KISS bassist Gene Simmons and co-founder guitarist Paul Stanley have insisted that original members lead guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss will not be permitted to perform at the ceremony.

“Historically, these things have all worked out fantastic in the end,’’ said Harris. “These are important career moments. We try not to get caught up in the early statements.’’

He pointed to Rush drummer Neil Peart's brief acceptance speech in the 2013 induction ceremony:

“We’ve said all along that this is not a big deal,’’ Peart deadpanned in his speech to the Staples Center crowd in Los Angeles. “But it IS a big deal.’’

Tickets to the 2014 event will again be open to the public, and will go on sale in January. Prices have not been announced, but Harris said that members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will get a chance to purchase those tickets even before they go on sale to the general public.

But Harris noted that memberships need to be activated prior to midnight on Dec. 31 to qualify for advance purchase.

In a release announcing the inductions, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation President and CEO Joel Peresman said he felt the inductees in the Class of 2014 "really capture the passion of the fans.''

Peresman also said that the Rock Hall Foundation one again will partner with HBO and Playtone; an edited version of the induction ceremonies will air on HBO in May.

This is the first time the New York induction ceremony will be held in the Barclay’s Center, which is in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

“Brooklyn has always been a hotbed for rock ‘n’ roll, and we’re proud to continue that tradition by hosting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony,’’ said Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark.

Last year’s inductions were in Los Angeles. The ceremony returns to Cleveland – its home every three years -- in 2015.