Neil Young was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1995. The Canadian singer-songwriter had already built a major reputation through Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, but the 1995 honor recognized his individual career.
Young was born in Toronto in 1945 and began performing professionally in Canada before moving to California in the 1960s. His solo work combined folk intimacy, country influences, hard rock, and deliberately rough electric guitar. Albums such as After the Gold Rush, Harvest, and Rust Never Sleeps helped make him one of rock’s most distinctive voices.
A common mix-up is that Young also belongs to the Hall of Fame through Buffalo Springfield, inducted in 1997. That later group induction does not change the answer to this question: the 1995 ceremony was specifically for Young as a solo performer. Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam inducted him.