(first row, left to right): Walter Afanasieff\u00a0| Pete Bellotte | Andreas Carlsson\u00a0| Steve Kipner\u00a0|\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Le Vasseur p\/k\/a Jeffrey Steele | Patrick Leonard | Terry Britten and Graham Lyle<\/p>\n
(second row): Bob McDill | Kenny Nolan\u00a0| Martin Page\u00a0| Vini Poncia | Tom Snow |\u00a0<\/p>\n
Christopher “Tricky” Stewart | Larry Weiss<\/p>\n
(third row): Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America | David Byrne\u00a0| Richard Carpenter |\u00a0<\/p>\n
Harry Wayne Casey | Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of The Guess Who\u00a0|\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS\u00a0<\/p>\n
(fourth row): Kenny Loggins\u00a0| Sarah McLachlan | Alecia B. Moore p\/k\/a P!nk | Boz Scaggs |\u00a0<\/p>\n
James Todd Smith p\/k\/a LL Cool J | Taylor Swift |\u00a0<\/p>\n
Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane M. Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s<\/p>\n
Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) has announced its slate of nominees to be voted upon for induction at its\u00a02026 Induction & Awards Gala in New York City.<\/p>\n
Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the exceptional work and lives of composers and lyricists who make an indelible impact creating music around the world. A songwriter with a catalog of notable songs qualifies for induction 20 years after their first commercial release of a song.\u00a0Eligible voting members will have until midnight EST on December 4, 2025 to turn in ballots,\u00a0with their choices of up to three nominees in each of the songwriter and performing songwriter categories.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Songwriters Hall of Fame 2026 Nominees for Induction* (View the full list as well by visiting songhall.org):\u00a0<\/p>\n
(*Please note, after each nominee name below, the five songs listed in italics are merely a representative sample of their extensive catalogs.)<\/p>\n
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Walter Afanasieff\u00a0– \u00a0All I Want For Christmas Is You * My All * Hero * Love Will Survive * One Sweet Day<\/p>\n
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Pete Bellotte – \u00a0Hot Stuff * I Feel Love * Love To Love You Baby * Heaven Knows * Push It To The Limit<\/p>\n
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Andreas Carlsson\u00a0– \u00a0I Want It That Way * Bye Bye Bye * It’s Gonna Be Me * That’s The Way It Is * Waking Up In Vegas<\/p>\n
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Steve Kipner\u00a0– \u00a0Physical * Hard Habit To Break * Genie In A Bottle * These Words * Breakeven<\/p>\n
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Jeffrey Le Vasseur p\/k\/a Jeffrey Steele\u00a0– \u00a0What Hurts The Most * My Wish * Knee Deep * The Cowboy In Me * I’d Give Anything\/She’d Give Anything<\/p>\n
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Patrick Leonard\u00a0– \u00a0Like A Prayer * Live To Tell * Nevermind * You Want It Darker * Yet Another Movie<\/p>\n
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Terry Britten and Graham Lyle\u00a0– \u00a0What\u2019s Love Got To Do With It * We Don\u2019t Need Another Hero * Typical Male * Devil Woman * I Should Have Known Better\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Bob McDill\u00a0– \u00a0Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold * Good Ole Boys Like Me * Gone Country * Don’t Close Your Eyes * Song Of The South<\/p>\n
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Kenny Nolan\u00a0– \u00a0Lady Marmalade * My Eyes Adored You * I Like Dreamin\u2019 * Masterpiece * Get Dancin\u2019<\/p>\n
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Martin Page\u00a0– \u00a0We Built This City * These Dreams * King Of Wishful Thinking * Faithful * Fallen Angel<\/p>\n
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Vini Poncia\u00a0– \u00a0Do I Love You * I Was Made For Lovin You * Oh My My * You Make Me Feel Like Dancing * Just Too Many People<\/p>\n
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Tom Snow\u00a0– \u00a0He\u2019s So Shy * Let\u2019s Hear it for the Boy * Dreaming of You * Don’t Know Much * After All<\/p>\n
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Christopher \u201cTricky\u201d Stewart\u00a0– \u00a0Umbrella * Single Ladies * Obsessed * Just Fine * Break My Soul<\/p>\n
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Larry Weiss\u00a0–\u00a0 Rhinestone Cowboy * Bend Me Shape Me * Hi Ho Silver Lining * Your Baby Doesn’t Love You Anymore * Darling Take Me Back\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America\u00a0– \u00a0A Horse with No Name * Ventura Highway * Sister Golden Hair * I Need You* Tin Man<\/p>\n
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David Byrne\u00a0– \u00a0Once In A Lifetime * Psycho Killer * Burning Down The House * Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place) * Strange Overtones<\/p>\n
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Richard Carpenter\u00a0– \u00a0Goodbye To Love * Top Of The World * Yesterday Once More * Only Yesterday * Merry Christmas Darling<\/p>\n
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Harry Wayne Casey\u00a0– \u00a0Rock Your Baby * Get Down Tonight * That\u2019s The Way (I Like It) * (Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty * Please Don’t Go<\/p>\n
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Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of The Guess Who\u00a0– \u00a0These Eyes * Laughing * No Time * American Woman * No Sugar Tonight \/ New Mother Nature<\/p>\n
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Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS\u00a0– \u00a0Rock and Roll All Nite * I Love It Loud * Calling Dr. Love * Shout It Out Loud * Christine 16<\/p>\n
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Kenny Loggins – \u00a0Danny\u2019s Song * Footloose * Celebrate Me Home * Return to Pooh Corner * What A Fool Believes<\/p>\n
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Sarah McLachlan\u00a0– \u00a0Angel * Sweet Surrender * I Will Remember You * Building A Mystery * Adia<\/p>\n
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Alecia B. Moore p\/k\/a P!nk\u00a0– \u00a0Glitter in the Air * Just Like A Pill * Raise Your Glass * So What * What About Us<\/p>\n
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Boz Scaggs\u00a0– \u00a0Lido Shuffle * Lowdown * We\u2019re All Alone * Thanks To You * Look What You\u2019ve Done To Me<\/p>\n
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James Todd Smith p\/k\/a LL Cool J\u00a0– \u00a0Mama Said Knock You Out * I Need Love * Around The Way Girl * Going Back To Cali * Illegal Search<\/p>\n
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Taylor Swift\u00a0– \u00a0All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) * Blank Space * Anti-Hero * Love Story * The Last Great American Dynasty<\/p>\n
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Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane M. Wiedlin of The Go-Go\u2019s\u00a0– \u00a0We Got The Beat * Our Lips Are Sealed * Vacation * Head Over Heels * This Town<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(first row, left to right): Walter Afanasieff\u00a0| Pete Bellotte | Andreas Carlsson\u00a0| Steve Kipner\u00a0|\u00a0 Jeffrey Le Vasseur p\/k\/a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[63442,146,85,46,409,63443,63440,63444,62916,63441],"class_list":["post-94672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-amous-songwriters","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music","tag-music-hall-of-fame","tag-shof","tag-songwriter-recognition","tag-songwriters-hall-of-fame","tag-songwriting-awardsf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}