List of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represents a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook. The Hall of Fame only existed as an online virtual collection until 2010, when it was first put on display as a physical gallery inside The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.[1]
Through 2019, 461 individuals have been inducted.[2][3][4][5]
1970s
[edit]1970
[edit]- Fred E. Ahlert
- Ernest Ball
- Katharine Lee Bates
- Irving Berlin
- William Billings
- James A. Bland
- James Brockman
- Lew Brown
- Nacio Herb Brown
- Alfred Bryan
- Joe Burke
- Johnny Burke
- Anne Caldwell
- Harry Carroll
- Sidney Clare
- George M. Cohan
- Con Conrad
- Sam Coslow
- Hart Pease Danks
- Reginald De Koven
- Peter De Rose
- Buddy De Sylva
- Mort Dixon
- Walter Donaldson
- Paul Dresser
- Dave Dreyer
- Al Dubin
- Vernon Duke
- Gus Edwards (The Star Maker)
- Raymond B. Egan
- Daniel Decatur Emmett
- Ted Fiorito
- Fred Fisher
- Stephen Foster
- George Gershwin
- L. Wolfe Gilbert
- Patrick Gilmore
- Mack Gordon
- Ferde Grofe
- Woody Guthrie
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- W. C. Handy
- James F. Hanley
- Otto Harbach
- Charles K. Harris
- Lorenz Hart
- Ray Henderson
- Victor Herbert
- Billy Hill
- Joseph E. Howard
- Julia Ward Howe
- Carrie Jacobs-Bond
- Howard Johnson
- James P. Johnson
- James Weldon Johnson
- Arthur Johnston
- Isham Jones
- Scott Joplin
- Irving Kahal
- Gus Kahn
- Bert Kalmar
- Jerome Kern
- Francis Scott Key
- Lead Belly
- Sam M. Lewis
- Frank Loesser
- Ballard MacDonald
- Edward Madden
- Joseph McCarthy
- Jimmy McHugh
- George W. Meyer
- James V. Monaco
- Neil Moret
- Theodore F. Morse
- Lewis F. Muir
- Ethelbert Nevin
- Jack Norworth
- Chauncey Olcott
- John Howard Payne
- James Pierpont
- Lew Pollack
- Cole Porter
- Ralph Rainger
- Harry Revel
- Eben E. Rexford
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Richard Rodgers
- Sigmund Romberg
- George F. Root
- Billy Rose
- Vincent Rose
- Harry Ruby
- Bob Russell
- Jean Schwartz
- Harry B. Smith
- Samuel Francis Smith
- Ted Snyder
- John Philip Sousa
- Andrew B. Sterling
- Harry Tierney
- Charles Tobias
- Roy Turk
- Egbert Van Alstyne
- Albert Von Tilzer
- Harry Von Tilzer
- Fats Waller
- Samuel A. Ward
- Kurt Weill
- Percy Wenrich
- Richard A. Whiting
- Clarence Williams
- Hank Williams
- Spencer Williams
- Septimus Winner (Sep)
- Harry M. Woods
- Henry Clay Work
- Allie Wrubel
- Vincent Youmans
1971
[edit]- Harold Arlen
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Duke Ellington
- Dorothy Fields
- Rudolf Friml
- Ira Gershwin
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Johnny Mercer
- Jimmy Van Heusen
- Harry Warren
1972
[edit]- Harold Adamson
- Milton Ager
- Burt Bacharach
- Leonard Bernstein
- Jerry Bock
- Irving Caesar
- Sammy Cahn
- J. Fred Coots
- Hal David
- Howard Dietz
- Sammy Fain
- Arthur Freed
- Haven Gillespie
- John Green
- Yip Harburg
- Sheldon Harnick
- Ted Koehler
- Burton Lane
- Edgar Leslie
- Frederick Loewe
- Joseph Meyer
- Mitchell Parish
- Andy Razaf
- Leo Robin
- Arthur Schwartz
- Pete Seeger
- Carl Sigman
- Jule Styne
- Ned Washington
- Mabel Wayne
- Paul Francis Webster
- Jack Yellen
1975
[edit]- Louis Alter
- Mack David
- Benny Davis
- Edward Eliscu
- Bud Green
- Lou Handman
- Edward Heyman
- Jack Lawrence
- Stephen Sondheim
1977
[edit]1980s
[edit]1980
[edit]1981
[edit]1982
[edit]- Rube Bloom
- Bob Dylan
- Jerry Herman
- Gordon Jenkins
- Harold Rome
- Jerry Ross
- Paul Simon
- Al Stillman
- Meredith Willson
1983
[edit]- Harry Akst
- Ralph Blane
- Ervin Drake
- Fred Ebb
- Bob Hilliard
- John Kander
- Hugh Martin
- Neil Sedaka
- Harry Tobias
- Alec Wilder
- Stevie Wonder
1984
[edit]- Richard Adler
- Bennie Benjamin
- Neil Diamond
- Norman Gimbel
- Al Hoffman
- Henry Mancini
- Maceo Pinkard
- Billy Strayhorn
- George David Weiss
1985
[edit]- Saul Chaplin
- Gene De Paul
- Kris Kristofferson
- Jerry Leiber
- Carolyn Leigh
- Don Raye
- Fred Rose
- Mike Stoller
- Charles Strouse
1986
[edit]1987
[edit]- Sam Cooke
- Gerry Goffin
- Carole King
- John Lennon
- Barry Mann
- Paul McCartney
- Bob Merrill
- Carole Bayer Sager
- Cynthia Weil
1988
[edit]1989
[edit]1990s
[edit]1990
[edit]1991
[edit]1992
[edit]1993
[edit]- Paul Anka
- Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
- Bert Kaempfert
- Herb Rehbein
- Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
1994
[edit]- Barry Gibb (Bee Gees)
- Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees)
- Robin Gibb (Bee Gees)
- Otis Redding
- Lionel Richie
- Carly Simon
1995
[edit]1996
[edit]1997
[edit]1998
[edit]1999
[edit]2000s
[edit]2000
[edit]2001
[edit]2002
[edit]2003
[edit]- Phil Collins
- John Deacon (Queen)
- Little Richard
- Brian May (Queen)
- Freddie Mercury (Queen)
- Van Morrison
- Roger Taylor (Queen)
2004
[edit]2005
[edit]- David Bowie
- Steve Cropper
- John Fogerty
- Isaac Hayes
- David Porter
- Richard M. Sherman
- Robert B. Sherman
- Bill Withers
2006
[edit]2007
[edit]2008
[edit]2009
[edit]- Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi)
- Eddie Brigati
- Felix Cavaliere
- Roger Cook
- David Crosby
- Roger Greenaway
- Galt MacDermot
- Graham Nash
- James Rado
- Gerome Ragni
- Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
- Stephen Schwartz
- Stephen Stills
2010s
[edit]2010
[edit]- Tom Adair
- Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Leonard Cohen
- Matt Dennis
- Jackie DeShannon
- Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- David Foster
- Johnny Mandel
- Bob Marley
- Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Laura Nyro
- Sunny Skylar
- Jesse Stone
- Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
2011
[edit]2012
[edit]2013
[edit]- Lou Gramm (Foreigner)
- Tony Hatch
- Mick Jones (Foreigner)
- Holly Knight
- Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
- JD Souther
- Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
2014
[edit]2015
[edit]2016
[edit]2017
[edit]- Babyface
- Peter Cetera (Chicago)
- Berry Gordy
- Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
- Jay Z
- Robert Lamm (Chicago)
- Max Martin
- James Pankow (Chicago)
2018
[edit]- Bill Anderson
- Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang)
- Ronald Bell (Kool & the Gang)
- George Brown (Kool & the Gang)
- Steve Dorff
- Jermaine Dupri
- Alan Jackson
- John Mellencamp
- James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & the Gang)
- Allee Willis
2019
[edit]2020s
[edit]2022
[edit]- Mariah Carey
- Chad Hugo (The Neptunes)
- The Isley Brothers
- Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
- Steve Miller
- Rick Nowels
- William "Mickey" Stevenson
- David A. Stewart (Eurythmics)
- Pharrell Williams (The Neptunes)
2023
[edit]- Glen Ballard
- Snoop Dogg
- Gloria Estefan
- Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra)
- Teddy Riley
- Liz Rose
- Sade
2024
[edit]- Walter Becker (Steely Dan)
- Bill Berry (R.E.M.)
- Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
- Donald Fagen (Steely Dan)
- Hillary Lindsey
- Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
- Prince
- Dean Pitchford
- Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)
- Timbaland
- Cindy Walker
References
[edit]- ^ "About Us". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^ "Inductee Exhibits". The Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ "Songwriters Hall Of Fame Announces 2013 Inductees". The Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ "Songwriters Hall Of Fame Announces 2014 Inductees". The Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ "Songwriters Hall Of Fame Announces 2015 Inductees". The Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2015.