Over the past three-and-a-half decades, SHOF has come to represent the legacy of the great popular song in all its richness and variety. The honor roll of inductees spans distinctions of gender, race, and musical genre, and includes music creators as diverse as Dorothy Fields, Hank Williams, Henry Mancini, Otis Redding, Victor Herbert, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Diane Warren, Buddy Holly, and many other greats.
Each year, a Nominating Committee selects candidates for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Only writers who have been engaged in the profession for a minimum of 20 years and who have written an extensive catalog of hits are eligible. Once the candidates are determined, ballots are dispatched to the dues-current members of the Academy for their vote.
The results of this process have yielded an impressive roster of candidates for induction in 2007. We have posted brief bios for each of them, and you are invited to have a look at history in the making!
See below for the 2007 nominees list.
If you are not yet a member, there has never been a better time to join and have a voice and a vote for next year!
Non-Performing Songwriters
Don Black - * Born Free * Come September * Diamonds Are Forever * For Mama * To Sir With Love
Tommy Boyce (d)/Bobby Hart ‑ * Come A Little Bit Closer * Hey, Hey We're The Monkees * I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight? * Last Train To Clarksville * Valleri
Albert Hammond – * It Never Rains In Southern California * Moonlight Lady * Nothing’s Going To Stop Us Now * To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before * The Air That I Breathe
Robert Hunter – * Friend Of The Devil * Ripple * Touch Of Grey * Truckin’ * Uncle John’s Band
Mark James ‑ * (You Were) Always On My Mind * Eyes of a New York Woman * Hooked On A Feeling * Moody Blue * Suspicious Minds
Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell - * A Lover's Concerto * Let 's Hang On To What We've Got * Native New Yorker * Opus 17 (Don't Worry 'bout Me) * Workin' My Way Back to You
Michael Masser ‑ * Didn't We Almost Have It All? * Do You Know Where You're Going To? (Theme From "Mahogany") * The Greatest Love Of All * Saving All My Love For You * Touch Me In The Morning
Clyde Otis - * Endlessly * Come Back My Love * It's Just A Matter of Time * Kiddio * What'sa Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)?
Artie Resnick/Kenny Young - * Good Lovin' (Artie Resnick/Rudy Clark) * I've Got Sand In My Shoes * Little Bit Of Heaven * One Kiss For Old Times Sake * Under the Boardwalk
Stephen Schwartz - * Colors Of The Wind * Corner Of The Sky * Day By Day * Popular * When You Believe
Billy Sherrill ‑ * Almost Persuaded * Every Time You Touch Me * My Elusive Dreams * Stand By Your Man * The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Bobby Weinstein/Teddy Randazzo (d) ‑ * Goin' Out Of My Head * Hurts So Bad * Gonna Take A Miracle * I'm On The Outside Looking In * Pretty Blue Eyes
Performer/Songwriters
Jackson Browne – * Doctor My Eyes * Rock Me on the Water * Running on Empty * Take It Easy * The Pretender
Felix Cavaliere/Eddie Brigati - * Beautiful Morning * Groovin' * How Can I Be Sure * I've Been Lonely Too Long * People Got To Be Free
Leonard Cohen - * Bird on the Wire * Hallelujah * Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye * So Long Marianne * Suzanne
Ray Davies - * Lola * Tired of Waiting * Well-Respected Man * Waterloo Sunset * You Really Got Me
David Gates ‑ * Baby I’m-a Want You * Everything I Own * If * Make It With You* The Goodbye Girl
Merle Haggard - * Mama Tried * Okie From Muskogee * Sing Me Back Home * Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down * Today I Started Lovin’ You Again
Gordon Lightfoot ‑ * Carefree Highway * Early Morning Rain * If You Could Read My Mind * Sundown * Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Jimmy Page/Robert Plant/John Paul Jones/John Bonham (d) – * Communication Breakdown * Immigrant Song * Lemon Song * Stairway To Heaven * Whole Lotta Love
Lou Reed - * Dirty Boulevard * Heroin * Rock & Roll * Sweet Jane * Walk on the Wild Side
Robbie Robertson - * Broken Arrow * The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down* The Weight * The Shape I’m In * Up on Cripple Creek
Leon Russell - * A Song for You * Delta Lady * Superstar * Tightrope * This Masquerade
Cat Stevens - * Moon Shadow * Morning Has Broken * Peace Train * The First Cut Is the Deepest * Wild World