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Classic hits like “Jungle Boogie,” “Hollywood Swinging,” “Celebration,” “Get Down on It” and “Joanna” made for a novel and immensely successful pop-funk groove in the 1970s and ‘80sGeorge Brown, Inducted
Co-wrote monster hits for Janet Jackson, George Michael, Mariah Carey and moreJames "Jimmy Jam" Harris III, Inducted
He enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Anthony Newley, writing the musical Stop the World - I Want to Get Off and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.Leslie Bricusse, Inducted
His 1882 tune "Materna" combined with poem by Katherine Lee Bates to create beloved patroitic anthemSamuel Ward, Inducted
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