The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has a new frontman. Greg S. Harris, who before coming to the rock hall was a top official at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, will take over as the president and chief executive on Jan. 1, when the current chief executive, Terry Stewart, steps down.
Mr. Harris, 47, was hired away from the baseball hall in 2008 to be a vice president in charge of development at the rock and roll museum. He has proven an adept fund-raiser and took a lead role in planning the induction ceremonies earlier this year.
Mr. Harris's connection to the rock world goes back to the 1980s, when he and a partner founded the Philadelphia Record Exchange, a celebrated independent store that specialized in rare and used recordings. As a young man, he also spent years playing guitar in garage bands and worked as a road manager for a rock group before he went into the curating field.
Questlove, the drummer with the Roots, said in a stateme nt that he was thrilled with Mr. Harris's promotion. “His store, the Philadelphia Record Exchange, was my home away from home, and most of my 70,000 records came from there,†he said
