Co-created such standards as “Buckle Down, Winsocki” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”   Ralph Blane, Inducted 1983

Honored with SHOF’s highest accolade, the Johnny Mercer Award, in 1999, and National Medal of the Arts in 1996 Stephen Sondheim, Inducted 1975

A prolific songwriter and producer during Motown’s golden era William "Mickey" Stevenson, Inducted 2022

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