2019 Levittown School District Hall of Fame Inductees

Maureen (Moe) Tucker

Alumni Award

Memorial

A member of the Velvet Underground, drummer Moe Tucker was part of a New York musical scene that brought a vibrant new cultural dimension to rock music at the height of the sixties. Apart from drumming, Tucker sang co-lead vocals on three Velvet Underground songs. Aside from recording with the Velvet Underground, Tucker released several solo albums and performed on albums by a variety of other artists. The Velvet Underground have been ranked #19 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. In 2017 Tucker played at the Grammy Salute to Music Legends awards ceremony. The Velvet Underground was the recipient of the 2017 Special Merit Grammy Award.