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The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony took place last night at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City.

Inductees in the performer category were:

ABBA – inducted by The Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb

Abba’s Frida Lyngstad and Benny Andersson accepted the award. Bandmates Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog couldn’t make the ceremony.

Benny played “Winner Takes it All” on the piano, with vocals from Faith Hill.

Here’s the interview Benny and Frida gave after the induction.

Genesis – inducted by Phish frontman, Trey Anastasio

Genesis did not perform, but Phish paid tribute to the band by performing “Watcher Of The Skies” and “No Reply At All.”

“This is fantastic,” said Genesis frontman, Phil Collins

Jimmy Cliff – inducted by Wyclef Jean

“I grew up listening to rock ’n’ roll music. A lot of the great rock ’n’ roll artists were a big inspiration to me,” Cliff said during his acceptance speech.

Cliff sang “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” “Many Rivers To Cross,” and “The Harder They Come.” Wyclef Jean joined him for the last song.

Jimmy Cliff performed with Wyclef Jean

The Hollies – inducted by The E-Street Band’s Steven Van Zandt

This was the second induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for The Hollies’ Graham Nash. He had already been inducted for his work with Crosby, Stills and Nash. Steven Van Zandt praised The Hollies for their “exquisite harmonies only the Beatles could match.”

Graham Nash was joined by Allan Clarke, Bernie Calvert, Eric Haydock and Terry Sylvester. Bobby Elliott and Tony Hicks could not make the ceremony because they had a gig in London.

Nash and Clarke performed with Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5 on “Bus Stop” and “Carrie-Anne.”

Graham Nash & Alan Clarke on stage with Maroon 5

The Stooges – inducted by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong

“Music is life, and life is not a business,” said an emotional Iggy Pop during his acceptance speech.

The Stooges performed “Search And Destroy” and “I Wanna Be Your Dog.” The latter featured members of Pearl Jam and Green Day.

Iggy Pop with Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong

Non-performers

In the non-performer category, record mogul David Geffen was inducted, along with the following legendary songwriters:

• Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
• Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
• Jesse Stone
• Mort Shuman
• Otis Blackwell.

The songwriters were all inducted by Carole King. Their songs were sung by the likes of Chris Isaak (“Don’t Be Cruel” by Blackwell), Eric Burdon (“We Gotta Get Out of This Place” by Mann/Weil) and Ronnie Spector (“Be My Baby” by Barry/Greenwich).

The ceremony was broadcast live on the Fuse cable network, which will air repeats at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 21, and 5 p.m. Saturday, March 27.

Further information is available at www.fuse.tv