Inductees: Rube Bloom | Bob Dylan | Jerry Herman | Gordon Jenkins | Harold Rome | Jerry Ross | Paul Simon | Al Stillman | Meredith Willson
Special Awards Recipients: Harold Arlen | Dinah Shore
Presenters and Performers: Richie Haven
The 13th annual Award and Induction Dinner of The National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame was held in New York City in 1982.
This year's nine inductees included Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Jerry Herman. Harold Arlen received the Johnny Mercer Award and Dinah Shore was presented with the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award.
