The Kennedy Center announced today its latest round entertainers who will be fêted later this year at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. And this year’s crop of veteran showmen—only one woman is among the honorees—are Dustin Hoffman, Led Zeppelin, David Letterman, the Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy and the ballerina Natalia Makarova.

In a press release, the Kennedy Center described its choices as such:

With their extraordinary talent, creativity and tenacity, the seven 2012 Kennedy Center Honorees have contributed significantly to the cultural life of our nation and the world,” said Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein. “Buddy Guy is a titan of the blues and has been a tremendous influence on virtually everyone who has picked up an electric guitar in the last half century; Dustin Hoffman’s unyielding commitment to the wide variety of roles he plays has made him one of the most versatile and iconoclastic actors of this or any other generation; David Letterman is one of the most influential personalities in the history of television, entertaining an entire generation of late-night viewers with his unconventional wit and charm; Natalia Makarova’s profound artistry has ignited the stages of the world’s greatest ballet companies and continues to pass the torch to the next generation of dancers; and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant transformed the sound of rock and roll with their lyricism and innovative song structures, infusing blues into the sound of rock and roll and laying the foundation for countless rock bands.

(In case you’re wondering where the Kennedy Center got seven honorees, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin’s original lineup—Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones—will each be honored, though the band counts as one inductee.)

The ceremony will be held December 6, and is closed to the public, but will be broadcast on December 26 on CBS. No word yet if the Kennedy Center plans to abide by that most sacred rule of Zeppelin tributes: