His songs have been covered by Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, and many more Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Inducted 2017

Honored with National Medal of the Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors Pete Seeger, Inducted 1972

Taught John Lennon finger picking Donovan, Inducted 2014

His 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman yielded the classics “Wild World,” “Hard Headed Woman” and “Where Do the Children Play?” Yusuf / Cat Stevens, Inducted 2019