CLEVELAND — You may not put Dionne Warwick and Ozzy Osbourne in the same sentence unless you’re talking about two of the all-time greatest. 

Some of their personal items along with items from all of the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees will be on display starting Friday.

What You Need To Know

  • Memorabilia from 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees on display at the Rock Hall

  • Artifacts includes a piece Cher wore by designer Bob Mackie

  • The guitar Jimmy Buffett wrote "Margaritaville" is being showcased

The very guitar that Jimmy Buffett used to write his now legendary song, "Margaritaville," is on display at Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

“We have a lot of fan favorites from Ozzy Osbourne to Cher to Kool & the Gang to Jimmy Buffett — something for everybody,” said Amanda Pecsenye, director of curatorial affairs at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Just a week before the 2024 induction ceremony, artifacts from all 16 inductees are being showcased, from a sweater belonging to the British-American rock band Foreigner to Mary J. Blige’s white knee-high boots.

The exhibit is packed with items dating back decades and covers genres from rap and funk to heavy metal and blues.

A curator for the rock hall said fans may even broaden their musical palates.

If you’re a big Ozzie or Dionne Warwick fan, you’re going to come and see that exhibit and then learn a little bit about the other artists, said Andy Leach, senior director, museum and archival collections at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

But the exhibit is about more than just music; it’s about history. Sometimes the items come with their backstory, but not always.

“It’s like playing detective a little bit. Do Google searches and watch concert videos and find out when and where these pieces were used,” Pecsenye said.

Correction: The previous version of this story misspelled Kool & the Gang and Jimmy Buffett. This has been corrected. (Oct. 28, 2024)