Eminem, Boy George, George Clinton, Sheryl Crow, Janet Jackson, the Doobie Brothers, NWA and Alanis Morissette are inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, an eclectic group of rap, rock, hip-hop and pop artists. Trailblazers are among the nominees for the Class of 2025.
On the ballot will be Bryan Adams, whose radio classics include “Summer of ’69” and “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?,” and Mike from the Beach Boys, 25 years after the band’s founder Brian Wilson.・Love is also participating in the vote. . David Gates, co-lead singer of pop music group Bread, is also looking for an entry.
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The hall annually invites performers and non-performers alike, and this year the latter category included Walter, who helped write Mariah Carey’s smash hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Afanasyev included. Mike Chapman co-wrote Pat Benatar’s “Love Is a Battlefield.” and Narada Michael Walden, architect of Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” and Aretha Franklin’s “Freeway of Love.”
Eligible voting members must submit their ballots by December 22nd to select three nominees from the songwriter category and three nominees from the performing songwriter category. The Associated Press obtained an early copy of the list.
Clinton, the Parliament-Funkadelic group that was hugely influential with hits like “Atomic Dog” and “Give Up the Funk,” and Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and Michael McDonald’s Doobie.・Some performers, including Brothers, are getting the chance to re-enter. Famous songs such as “Listen to the Music” and “Long Train Runnin’.” Steve Winwood, whose hits include “Higher Love” and “Roll With It,” has also previously voted.
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Representing hip-hop this year are Eminem, whose hits include “Lose Yourself” and “Stan,” and NWA members Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella. The hall is already filled with hip-hop stars. Hits by Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott and others such as “Mony Mony,” “Crimson and Clover” and “I Think We’re Alone Now” have also been acclaimed.
If Jackson, whose 1989 album “Rhythm Nation” became a landmark, enters the Hall, it will be the first time in more than 20 years since his late brother Michael. Morissette, a Canadian songwriter who won a Grammy, Tony, Junos and MTV Award for her seminal “Jagged Little Pill,” will also cheer up the ladies in the hall. (Glen Ballard, who helped produce and write the album, is already on board.)
Crowe, the singer-songwriter behind “All I Wanna Do” and “Everyday Is a Winding Road,” is also undergoing a crisis comeback after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023. Culture Club’s New Wave, with Boy George flying the flag for the 80s, had hits with “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me.”
Other nominees in the non-performance category include Franne Golde, who co-wrote Selena’s “Dreaming of You,” Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, and Tom Douglas, who wrote the country hit for Miranda Lambert. is included. Ashley Gorey just co-wrote Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s smash hit “I Had Some Help.” and Roger Nichols, who co-wrote the Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun.”
They join Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, who contributed to Brandy and Monica’s hit song “The Boy Is Mine.” Former Crickets member Sonny Curtis, who wrote and performed the theme song for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Love is All Around,” and British composer Tony Curtis, who wrote “Build Me Up Buttercup.” Macaulay.
Hall also recommended three songwriting teams. One is Steve Barri and PF Sloan, who wrote “Secret Agent Man.” and Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, who wrote the Four Tops’ hit song “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got).” and Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, who wrote the Percy Sledge song “Out of Left Field.”
The Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 1969 to honor the creators of popular music. Songwriters with notable song catalogs become eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame 20 years after the song’s first commercial release.
Already in attendance are Carole King, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Tom. Petty, Lionel Richie, Bill Withers, Neil Diamond, Phil and more are in attendance. Collins. Last year, REM, Steely Dan, Dean Pitchford, Hilary Lindsay and Timbaland were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
