Inductees: James Brown | Glenn Frey | Don Henley | Curtis Mayfield | James Taylor | Brian Wilson
Special Awards Recipients: Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller | Neil Diamond | Julian Aberbach | Johnny Mathis | "You Are My Sunshine"
Presenters and Performers: James Brown | Kim Cattrall | Sean Combs p/k/a Puffy | Hal David | Hanson | Isaac Hayes | Ben E. King | Carol King | Sherry Kondor | Danny Kortchmar | Paul McCartney | Brian McKnight | Aaron Neville | Richie Sambora | Paul Shaffer | Keely Smith | Phoebe Snow | Jill Sobule | JD Souther | Bobby Womack
The National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame celebrated its 31st annual Induction and Awards Dinner on Thursday June 15 at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in New York City.
This year's inductees include some of the most influential songwriters and performers of the 1960s and 1970s in James Brown, Glen Frey, Don Henley, Curtis Mayfield, James Taylor and Brian Wilson. Special Award recipients include Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (the Jonny Mercer Award), Julian Aberbach (the Abe Olman Publisher Award), Neil Diamond (the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award), Johnny Mathis (the Hitmaker Award), and "All of Me" by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons as well as "You Are My Sunshine" by Jimmy Davis, awarded as Towering Songs.
