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R.E.M., Steely Dan And Timbaland Among This Year’s Songwriters Hall Of Fame Inductees
R.E.M., Steely Dan, Timbaland, and songwriters Dean Pitchford (“Footloose”) and Hillary Lindsey (“Jesus Take The Wheel”) are this year’s inductees into the Songwriters…
“I’ve said it before, but the music industry does not exist without songwriters delivering great songs first,” SHOF Chairman Nile Rodgers said in a statement that this year’s inductees represent “not just iconic songs but also diversity and unity across genres, ethnicity and gender.” He added that this year’s songwriters “have enriched our lives and literally enriched music and the lives of billions of listeners all over the world.” Among the songwriters nominated last fall but passed over for induction this year are Bryan Adams, the Guess Who’s Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein & Clem Burke of Blondie, Tracy Chapman, Bread’s David Gates, George Clinton, the Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons & Michael McDonald, Heart’s Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson, Kenny Loggins, and Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Flavor Flav. Also not inducted: Tony Macaulay, writer of classic bubblegum hits “Build Me Up Buttercup, “Baby Now That I’ve Found You” and “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes).”
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