(top row) Bryan Adams | Randy Bachman | Burton Cummings | Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke p/k/a Blondie | Tracy Chapman | George Clinton (second row) Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons and Michael McDonald p/k/a Doobie Brothers | David Gates | Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson p/k/a Heart | Kenny Loggins | Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (p/k/a Chuck D) and William Jonathan Drayton (p/k/a Flavor Flav), p/k/a Public Enemy | Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe p/k/a R.E.M. (third row) Donald Fagen and Walter Becker p/k/a Steely Dan | L. Russell Brown | Dean Dillon | Dennis Lambert | Brian Potter | Hillary Lindsey (bottom row) Tony Macaulay | Timothy Mosley p/k/a Timbaland | Roger Nichols | Dean Pitchford | Maurice Starr | Narada Michael Walden
New York, NY – November 21, 2023 - The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its slate of nominees to be voted upon for induction at its 2024 Induction & Awards Gala in New York City.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing the work and lives of those composers and lyricists who create music around the world. A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first significant commercial release of a song. Eligible voting members will have until midnight EST on December 27, 2023 to turn in ballots, with their choices of three nominees from a songwriter and three from a performing songwriter category.
Representational song lists and photos of the 2024 nominees can be found below:
Listen while you scroll! Performing Nominees | Non-Performing Nominees
The nominees are:
(*Note that the five songs listed after each nominee are merely a representative sample of their extensive catalogs)
Non-Performing Songwriters
L. Russell Brown
Key songs in the Brown catalog include: Sock It To Me - Baby! * Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree * C'Mon Marianne * Knock Three Times * Use It Up and Wear It Out
Dean Dillon
Key songs in the Dillon catalog include: Tennessee Whiskey *Ocean Front Property * Here For A Good Time * The Chair * I’m Alive
Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
Key songs in the Lambert/Potter catalog include: Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) * Don't Pull Your Love * Nightshift * One Tin Soldier (Theme from Billy Jack) * We Built This City
Hillary Lindsey
Key songs in the Lindsey catalog include: Jesus Take The Wheel * Blue Ain’t Your Color * Girl Crush * Always Remember Us This Way * Million Reasons
Tony Macaulay
Key songs in the Macaulay catalog include: Baby Now That I've Found You * Build Me Up Buttercup * Don't Give Up On Us * Last Night I Didn't Get To Sleep At All * Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Timothy Mosley p/k/a Timbaland
Key songs in the Mosley catalog include: SexyBack * Get Ur Freak On * Pony * Big Pimpin’ * The Way I Are
Roger Nichols
Key songs in the Nichols catalog include: We've Only Just Begun * Rainy Days and Mondays * I Won't Last A Day Without You * Out In The Country * Times Of Your Life
Dean Pitchford
Key songs in the Pitchford catalog include: Footloose * Fame * Holding Out For A Hero * All The Man That I Need * Let’s Hear It For The Boy
Maurice Starr
Key songs in the Starr catalog include: Candy Girl * I’ll Be Loving You (Forever) * Is This the End * Step By Step * Popcorn Love
Narada Michael Walden
Key songs in the Walden catalog include: How Will I Know * Freeway of Love * Who's Zoomin' Who * I Don’t Wanna Cry * I Shoulda Loved Ya
Performing Songwriters
Bryan Adams
Key songs in the Adams catalog include: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You * Heaven * All For Love * Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? * Summer of ’69
Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings
Key songs in the Bachman/Cummings catalog include: These Eyes * American Woman * Laughing * No Time * No Sugar Tonight
Debbie Harry, Chris Stein & Clem Burke p/k/a Blondie
Key songs in the Harry/Stein/Burke catalog include: Call Me * Heart of Glass * Rapture * One Way or Another * Sunday Girl
Tracy Chapman
Key songs in the Chapman catalog include: Fast Car * Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution * Give Me One Reason * Baby Can I Hold You * Sing For You
George Clinton
Key songs in the Clinton catalog include: Atomic Dog * Flashlight * (Not Just) Knee Deep,* P-Funk * Give Up The Funk
Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons & Michael McDonald p/k/a Doobie Brothers
Key songs in the Johnston/Simmons/McDonald catalog include: Listen To The Music * Long Train Runnin’ * What A Fool Believes * China Grove * Black Water
David Gates
Key songs in the Gates catalog include: Everything I Own * Make It With You * Baby I’m-a Want You * The Guitar Man * If
Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson p/k/a Heart
Key songs in the Wilson/Wilson catalog include: Barracuda * Crazy On You * Dog And Butterfly * Straight On * Even It Up
Kenny Loggins
Key songs in the Loggins catalog include: Danny’s Song * Footloose * Celebrate Me Home * Return To Pooh Corner * What A Fool Believes
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour p/k/a Chuck D & William Jonathan Drayton p/k/a Flavor Flav, p/k/a Public Enemy
Key songs in the Ridenhour/Drayton catalog include: Fight The Power * Bring The Noise * Don't Believe The Hype * Can't Truss It * Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe, p/k/a R.E.M.
Key songs in the Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe catalog include: Losing My Religion * Everybody Hurts * It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)* Radio Free Europe * The One I Love
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker (d) p/k/a Steely Dan
Key songs in the Fagen/Becker catalog include: Reelin’ in the Years * My Old School * Rikki Don’t Lose That Number * Black Friday * Kid Charlemagne