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Posts Tagged ‘Songwriters Hall of Fame’
Songwriters Hall of Fame 2011 inductees
Written by admin on February 24, 2011 – 7:59 pm -Leon Russell, John Bettis, Garth Brooks, Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, and Allen Toussaint have been announced as the 2011 inductees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF).
These great songwriters will join around 400 inductees in the Hall of Fame, including legendary names such as Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Hal David and Burt Bacharach, John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, Isaac Hayes and David Porter, Carole King, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Sir Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Curtis Mayfield, Kris Kristofferson, Leonard Cohen and many others.
Tags: Allen Toussaint, Billy Steinberg, Garth Brooks, John Bettis, Leon Russell, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Tom Kelly
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Songwriters Hall of Fame Nominees
Written by admin on October 27, 2009 – 1:53 pm -The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its nominees for the Class of 2010.
 Dion DiMucci among nominees |
In the writer/ performer category, nominees include Dion DiMucci, Leonard Cohen, David Gates (Bread), Tommy James, John Cougar Mellencamp, Lou Reed, Leon Russell, Cat Stevens and Earth, Wind & Fire. |
Tags: Songwriters Hall of Fame
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