Good Knights

With the Knighting of Van Morrison, I became curious as to other Rock stars who have had a similar honor. 51 years ago the Beatles became the first rock stars to receive royal honors and then six more Rockers earned the title of Sir. They are: Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Mick Jagger, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Tom Jones, Sir Elton John and then Sir George Ivan Morrison. Receiving the title of Knight is the highest honor, however, there are lesser honors and this year about 1000 received this lesser honor.
Among the lesser honors are: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Dave Gilmour, Brian May (and not the rest of Queen), Mark Knopfler, Rod Stewart, and Gordon “Sting “ Summer, just to name some. It should be noted that that David Bowie actually declined honors.
Women who have been given honors are called Dames which is the highest form of title for British females. There are not many women in rock and among them are: Joan Armatrading, Kate Bush, Annie Lennex and Adele have been given lesser honors than a Dame-ship.