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List of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees

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The Songwriters Hall of Fame was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represents a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook. The Hall of Fame only existed as an online virtual collection until 2010, when it was first put on display as a physical gallery inside The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.

Contents

Through 2010, 401 individuals have been inducted.

1970s

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1971

  • Alan Jay Lerner
  • Burt Bacharach
  • Dorothy Fields
  • Duke Ellington
  • Harold Arlen
  • Harry Warren
  • Hoagy Carmichael
  • Ira Gershwin
  • Jerry Bock
  • Jimmy Van Heusen
  • Johnny Mercer
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Rudolf Friml
  • Sheldon Harnick
  • Yip Harburg ("Yip")

    • 1972

  • Andy Razaf
  • Arthur Freed
  • Arthur Schwartz
  • Burton Lane
  • Carl Sigman
  • Edgar Leslie
  • Frederick Loewe
  • Hal David
  • Harold Adamson
  • Haven Gillespie
  • Irving Caesar
  • J. Fred Coots
  • John Green
  • Joseph Meyer
  • Jule Styne
  • Leo Robin
  • Jule Styne
  • Mabel Wayne
  • Milton Ager
  • Mitchell Parish
  • Ned Washington
  • Paul Francis Webster
  • Pete Seeger
  • Sammy Cahn
  • Sammy Fain
  • Ted Koehler

    • 1975

  • Benny Davis
  • Bud Green
  • Lou Handman
  • Edward Eliscu
  • Edward Heyman
  • Louis Alter
  • Jack Lawrence
  • Mack David
  • Stephen Sondheim

    • 1977

  • Jay Livingston
  • Ray Evans

    • 1980s

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    1980

  • Adolph Green
  • Alan Bergman
  • Betty Comden
  • Herb Magidson
  • Marilyn Bergman

    • 1981

  • Cy Coleman
  • Jerry Livingston
  • Johnny Marks

    • 1982

  • Al Stillman
  • Bob Dylan
  • Gordon Jenkins
  • Harold Rome
  • Jerry Herman
  • Jerry Ross
  • Meredith Willson
  • Paul Simon
  • Rube Bloom

    • 1983

  • Alec Wilder
  • Bob Hilliard
  • Ervin Drake
  • Fred Ebb
  • Harry Akst
  • Harry Tobias
  • Hugh Martin
  • John Kander
  • Neil Sedaka
  • Ralph Blane
  • Stevie Wonder

    • 1984

  • Al Hoffman
  • Bennie Benjamin
  • Billy Strayhorn
  • George David Weiss
  • Henry Mancini
  • Maceo Pinkard
  • Neil Diamond
  • Norman Gimbel
  • Richard Adler

    • 1985

  • Bob Crewe
  • Carolyn Leigh
  • Charles Strouse
  • Don Raye
  • Fred Rose
  • Gene De Paul
  • Jerry Leiber
  • Mike Stoller
  • Saul Chaplin

    • 1986

  • Boudleaux Bryant
  • Buddy Holly
  • Chuck Berry
  • Felice Bryant
  • Jimmy Webb
  • Kris Kristofferson
  • Marvin Hamlisch

    • 1987

  • Barry Mann
  • Bob Merrill
  • Carole Bayer Sager
  • Carole King
  • Cynthia Weil
  • Gerry Goffin
  • John Lennon
  • Paul McCartney
  • Sam Cooke

    • 1988

  • Brian Holland
  • Eddie Holland
  • Lamont Dozier
  • Leroy Anderson
  • Noël Coward

    • 1989

  • Anthony Newley
  • Eddie DeLange
  • Lee Adams
  • Leslie Bricusse
  • Roy Orbison

    • 1990s

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    1990

  • Jim Croce
  • Smokey Robinson
  • Michel Legrand

    • 1991

  • Antônio Carlos Jobim
  • Ellie Greenwich
  • Howard Greenfield
  • Jeff Barry
  • Otis Blackwell

    • 1992

  • Bernie Taupin
  • Billy Joel
  • Doc Pomus "Doc"
  • Elton John
  • Linda Creed
  • Mort Shuman

    • 1993

  • Bert Kaempfert
  • Herb Rehbein
  • Mick Jagger
  • Keith Richards
  • Paul Anka

    • 1994

  • Barry Gibb
  • Robin Gibb
  • Maurice Gibb
  • Carly Simon
  • Lionel Richie
  • Otis Redding

    • 1995

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Bob Gaudio
  • Kenneth Gamble
  • Leon Huff
  • Max Steiner

    • 1996

  • Charles Aznavour
  • John Denver
  • Ray Noble

    • 1997

  • Ernesto Lecuona
  • Harlan Howard
  • Jimmy Kennedy
  • Joni Mitchell
  • Phil Spector

    • 1998

  • Dave Bartholomew
  • Fats Domino
  • John Barry
  • John Williams
  • Larry Stock

    • 1999

  • Bobby Darin
  • Miss Peggy Lee
  • Tim Rice
  • Bruce Springsteen

    • 2000s

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    2000

  • Curtis Mayfield
  • Glenn Frey
  • Don Henley
  • James Brown
  • James Taylor

    • 2001

  • Diane Warren
  • Dolly Parton
  • Eric Clapton
  • Paul Williams
  • Willie Nelson

    • 2002

  • Barry Manilow
  • Brian Wilson
  • Michael Jackson
  • Nickolas Ashford
  • Randy Newman
  • Sting
  • Valerie Simpson

    • 2003

  • Freddie Mercury (Queen)
  • Brian May (Queen)
  • Roger Taylor (Queen)
  • John Deacon (Queen)
  • Little Richard
  • Phil Collins
  • Van Morrison

    • 2004

  • Al Green
  • Barrett Strong
  • Charles Fox
  • Daryl Hall (Hall & Oates)
  • Don McLean
  • John Oates (Hall & Oates)
  • Norman Whitfield

    • 2005

  • Bill Withers
  • David Bowie
  • David Porter
  • Isaac Hayes
  • John Fogerty
  • Richard M. Sherman
  • Robert B. Sherman
  • Steve Cropper

    • 2006

  • Henry Cosby
  • Mac Davis
  • Thom Bell
  • Sylvia Moy
  • Will Jennings

    • 2007

  • Bobby Weinstein
  • Don Black
  • Irving Burgie
  • Jackson Browne
  • Michael Masser
  • Teddy Randazzo

    • 2008

  • Alan Menken
  • Albert Hammond
  • Desmond Child
  • John Sebastian
  • Loretta Lynn
  • Todd Snider

    • 2009

  • Jon Bon Jovi (Bon Jovi)
  • Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
  • David Crosby (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
  • Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
  • Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
  • Eddie Brigati
  • Felix Cavaliere
  • Galt MacDermot
  • Gerome Ragni
  • James Rado
  • Roger Cook
  • Roger Greenaway
  • Stephen Schwartz

    • 2010s

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    2010

  • Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire)
  • Bob Marley
  • David Foster
  • Jackie DeShannon
  • Jesse Stone
  • Johnny Mandel
  • Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind & Fire)
  • Laura Nyro
  • Leonard Cohen
  • Matt Dennis
  • Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
  • Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire)
  • Sunny Skylar
  • Tom Adair
  • Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire)

    • 2011

  • Allen Toussaint
  • Billy Steinberg
  • Garth Brooks
  • John Bettis
  • Leon Russell
  • Tom Kelly

    • 2012

  • Bob Seger
  • Don Schlitz
  • Gordon Lightfoot
  • Harvey Schmidt
  • Jim Steinman
  • Tom Jones

    • 2013

  • Holly Knight
  • J. D. Souther
  • Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
  • Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
  • Lou Gramm (Foreigner)
  • Mick Jones (Foreigner)
  • Tony Hatch

    • 2014

  • Donovan
  • Graham Gouldman
  • Jim Weatherly
  • Mark James
  • Ray Davies

    • 2015

  • Bobby Braddock
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Jerry Garcia
  • Linda Perry
  • Robert Hunter
  • Toby Keith
  • Willie Dixon

    • 2016

  • Bernard Edwards (Chic)
  • Chip Taylor
  • Elvis Costello
  • Marvin Gaye
  • Nile Rodgers (Chic)
  • Tom Petty

    • 2017

  • Babyface
  • Berry Gordy
  • James Pankow (Chicago)
  • Jay Z
  • Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
  • Max Martin
  • Peter Cetera (Chicago)
  • Robert Lamm (Chicago)

    • References

    List of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees Wikipedia
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