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The Songwriters Hall of Fame celebrates and honors the contributions of our great popular music songwriters, while developing new writing talent through workshops, showcases, scholarships, and digital initatives.

Honored with SHOF’s highest accolade, the Johnny Mercer Award, in 1990 Cy Coleman, Inducted 1981

Wrote SHOF 2015 Towering Song "What A Wonderful World" with Bob Thiele George Weiss, Inducted 1984

His 1882 tune "Materna" combined with poem by Katherine Lee Bates to create beloved patroitic anthem Samuel Ward, Inducted 1970

One of the biggest names in rap and hip-hop Shawn "Jay Z" Carter, Inducted 2017

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New Podcast: “And The Writer Is…”

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Annual Gala Presenters And Performers Anounced

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2017 Scholarship Awards Announced

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Remembering Sylvia Moy

They’re Playing Her Song – Carole Bayer Sager At USC

2017 Inductees

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James “Jimmy Jam” Harris III View Profile
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2016 Inductees

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2015 Inductees

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2014 Inductees

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Ray Davies View Profile
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2013 Inductees

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Tony Hatch View Profile

2012 Inductees

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Don Schlitz View Profile
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2011 Inductees

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Tom Kelly View Profile
Leon Russell View Profile
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2010 Inductees

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Leonard Cohen View Profile
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Laura Nyro View Profile
Bob Marley View Profile
Matt Dennis View Profile
Tom Adair View Profile
Jackie DeShannon View Profile
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Philip Bailey View Profile
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Al McKay View Profile
Verdine White View Profile
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2009 Inductees

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Eddie Brigati View Profile
Gerome Ragni View Profile
Stephen Schwartz View Profile
James Rado View Profile
Galt Mac Dermot View Profile
Graham Nash View Profile
Stephen Stills View Profile
David Crosby View Profile
Roger Greenaway View Profile
Roger Cook View Profile
Felix Cavaliere View Profile
Richie Sambora View Profile
Jon Bon Jovi View Profile

2008 Inductees

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John Sebastian View Profile
Alan Menken View Profile
Albert Hammond View Profile
Desmond Child View Profile
Loretta Lynn View Profile

2007 Inductees

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Jackson Browne View Profile
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Bobby Weinstein View Profile
Teddy Randazzo View Profile
Irving Burgie View Profile
Don Black View Profile
Merle Haggard View Profile

2006 Inductees

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Will Jennings View Profile
Henry Cosby View Profile
Sylvia Moy View Profile
Mac Davis View Profile
Thom Bell View Profile

2005 Inductees

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David Bowie View Profile
Richard Sherman View Profile
Robert Sherman View Profile
John Fogerty View Profile
Steve Cropper View Profile
Isaac Hayes View Profile
David Porter View Profile
Bill Withers View Profile

2004 Inductees

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Barrett Strong View Profile
Don McLean View Profile
Daryl Hall View Profile
John Oates View Profile
Al Green View Profile
Charles Fox View Profile
Norman Whitfield View Profile

2003 Inductees

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Little Richard View Profile
Van Morrison View Profile
Phil Collins View Profile
John Deacon View Profile
Brian May View Profile
Freddie Mercury View Profile
Roger Taylor View Profile

2002 Inductees

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Sting View Profile
Michael Jackson View Profile
Nickolas Ashford View Profile
Valerie Simpson View Profile
Randy Newman View Profile
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2001 Inductees

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Paul Williams View Profile
Diane Warren View Profile
Eric Clapton View Profile
Dolly Parton View Profile
Willie Nelson View Profile

2000 Inductees

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Glenn Frey View Profile
Don Henley View Profile
Brian Wilson View Profile
Curtis Mayfield View Profile
James Brown View Profile
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1999 Inductees

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Bruce Springsteen View Profile
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Peggy Lee View Profile
Bobby Darin View Profile

1998 Inductees

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Larry Stock View Profile
John Williams View Profile
John Barry View Profile
Antoine "Fats" Domino View Profile
Dave Bartholomew View Profile

1997 Inductees

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Jimmy Kennedy View Profile
Ernesto Lecuona View Profile
Joni Mitchell View Profile
Harlan Howard View Profile
Phil Spector View Profile

1996 Inductees

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John Denver View Profile
Charles Aznavour View Profile
Ray Noble View Profile

1995 Inductees

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Max Steiner View Profile
Bob Crewe View Profile
Bob Gaudio View Profile
Kenneth Gamble View Profile
Leon Huff View Profile
Andrew Webber View Profile

1994 Inductees

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Lionel Richie View Profile
Otis Redding View Profile
Carly Simon View Profile
Robin Gibb View Profile
Maurice Gibb View Profile
Barry Gibb View Profile

1993 Inductees

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Bert Kaempfert View Profile
Paul Anka View Profile
Keith Richards View Profile
Mick Jagger View Profile
Herb Rehbein View Profile

1992 Inductees

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Linda Creed View Profile
Bernie Taupin View Profile
Elton John View Profile
Billy Joel View Profile
Mort Shuman View Profile
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1991 Inductees

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Antonio Jobim View Profile
Otis Blackwell View Profile
Howard Greenfield View Profile
Jeff Barry View Profile
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1990 Inductees

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Smokey Robinson View Profile
Michel Legrand View Profile
Jim Croce View Profile

1989 Inductees

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Eddie De Lange View Profile
Anthony Newley View Profile
Leslie Bricusse View Profile
Roy Orbison View Profile
Lee Adams View Profile

1988 Inductees

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Leroy Anderson View Profile
Noel Coward View Profile
Lamont Dozier View Profile
Brian Holland View Profile
Edward Holland View Profile

1987 Inductees

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Carole King View Profile
Paul McCartney View Profile
Sam Cooke View Profile
Bob Merrill View Profile
Carole Sager View Profile
John Lennon View Profile
Gerry Goffin View Profile
Cynthia Weil View Profile
Barry Mann View Profile

1986 Inductees

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Chuck Berry View Profile
Jimmy Webb View Profile
Marvin Hamlisch View Profile
Boudleaux Bryant View Profile
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1985 Inductees

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Fred Rose View Profile
Carolyn Leigh View Profile
Don Raye View Profile
Gene De Paul View Profile
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Jerry Leiber View Profile
Mike Stoller View Profile
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1984 Inductees

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Norman Gimbel View Profile
Richard Adler View Profile
Neil Diamond View Profile
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Al Hoffman View Profile
Henry Mancini View Profile
Maceo Pinkard View Profile
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George Weiss View Profile

1983 Inductees

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Bob Hilliard View Profile
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Fred Ebb View Profile
Neil Sedaka View Profile
Harry Tobias View Profile
Alec Wilder View Profile
Ralph Blane View Profile
Harry Akst View Profile
Stevie Wonder View Profile
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1982 Inductees

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Jerry Herman View Profile
Paul Simon View Profile
Rube Bloom View Profile
Gordon Jenkins View Profile
Jerry Ross View Profile
Bob Dylan View Profile
Harold Rome View Profile
Al Stillman View Profile
Meredith Willson View Profile

1981 Inductees

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Cy Coleman View Profile
Jerry Livingston View Profile
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1980 Inductees

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Adolph Green View Profile
Betty Comden View Profile
Marilyn Bergman View Profile
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1977 Inductees

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Ray Evans View Profile
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1975 Inductees

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Edward Eliscu View Profile
Bud Green View Profile
Lou Handman View Profile
Edward Heyman View Profile
Jack Lawrence View Profile
Stephen Sondheim View Profile

1972 Inductees

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Hal David View Profile
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Sammy Fain View Profile
Arthur Freed View Profile
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E.Y. Harburg View Profile
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Ted Koehler View Profile
Burton Lane View Profile
Edgar Leslie View Profile
Frederick Loewe View Profile
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Mitchell Parish View Profile
Andy Razaf View Profile
Leo Robin View Profile
Arthur Schwartz View Profile
Pete Seeger View Profile
Carl Sigman View Profile
Jule Styne View Profile
Ned Washington View Profile
Mabel Wayne View Profile
Paul Webster View Profile
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1971 Inductees

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Harold Arlen View Profile
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Duke Ellington View Profile
Dorothy Fields View Profile
Rudolf Friml View Profile
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Alan Jay Lerner View Profile
Johnny Mercer View Profile
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1970 Inductees

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Fred Ahlert View Profile
Ernest Ball View Profile
Katharine Bates View Profile
Irving Berlin View Profile
William Billings View Profile
James Bland View Profile
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Lew Brown View Profile
Nacio Brown View Profile
Alfred Bryan View Profile
Joe Burke View Profile
Johnny Burke View Profile
Anne Caldwell View Profile
Harry Carroll View Profile
Sidney Clare View Profile
George Cohan View Profile
Con Conrad View Profile
Sam Coslow View Profile
Hart Danks View Profile
Reginald De Koven View Profile
Peter De Rose View Profile
Buddy De Sylva View Profile
Mort Dixon View Profile
Walter Donaldson View Profile
Paul Dresser View Profile
Dave Dreyer View Profile
Al Dubin View Profile
Vernon Duke View Profile
Gus Edwards View Profile
Raymond Egan View Profile
Daniel Emmett View Profile
Ted Fiorito View Profile
Fred Fisher View Profile
Stephen Foster View Profile
George Gershwin View Profile
L. Wolfe Gilbert View Profile
Patrick Gilmore View Profile
Mack Gordon View Profile
Ferde Grofe View Profile
Woody Guthrie View Profile
Oscar Hammerstein View Profile
W.C. Handy View Profile
James Hanley View Profile
Otto Harbach View Profile
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Ray Henderson View Profile
Victor Herbert View Profile
Billy Hill View Profile
Joe Howard View Profile
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