Inductees: Harry Akst | Ralph Blane | Ervin Drake | Fred Ebb | Bob Hilliard | John Kander | Hugh Martin | Neil Sedaka | Harry Tobias | Alec Wilder | Stevie Wonder
Special Awards Recipients: Sammy Cahn | Willie Nelson | Howard S. Richmond | Margaret Whiting and Rosemary Clooney
The 14th annual Award and Induction Dinner of The National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame was held in New York City in 1983.
This year's eleven inductees included Alec Wilder, Stevie Wonder and Ervin Drake. Sammy Cahn received the Johnny Mercer Award, Howard S. Richmond Richmond was presented with the Abe Olman Publisher Award, Willie Nelson was given the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, and Margaret Whiting and Rosemary Clooney were co-recipients of the Hitmaker award.
