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Welcome to the International Songwriters Association's Hall Of Fame - the first members of which were inducted in June 1981

Members of the Hall are chosen by their songwriting peers worldwide, being nominated both by the members of the International Songwriters Association as well as by the visitors to the International Songwriters Association site

If, as a visitor, you would like to nominate a songwriter, please click HERE



A

A L Owens
A P Carter
Aaron Schroeder
Adele
Adolph Green
Aimee Mann
Al Dexter
Al Dubin
Al Hoffman
Al McKay
Al Stillman
Alan Bergman
Alan Blaikley
Alan J Lerner
Alan Jackson
Alan Menken
Albert E Brumley
Albert Hammond
Alex Harvey
Alex North
Alfred Bryan
Allee Willis
Allen Reynolds
Allen Toussaint
Amanda McBroom
Amy Winehouse
Andrew Gold
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andy Partridge
Andy Razaf
Anne Caldwell
Anthony Newley
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Aretha Franklin
Art Tatum
Arthur Freed

B

B. A. Robertson
B B King
Barrett Strong
Barry Gibb
Barry Manilow
Barry Mann
Barry Mason
Beasley Smith
Beck
Ben E King
Ben Peters
Ben Weisman
Bennie Benjamin
Benny Andersson
Benny Davis
Bernard Edwards
Bernie Taupin
Berry Gordy
Bert Berns
Bert Kaempfert
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Betty Comden
Betty Crutcher
Bill Anderson
Bill Dees
Bill Mack
Bill Martin
Bill Monroe
Bill Rice
Bill Whelan
Bill Withers
Billy Edd Wheeler
Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joel
Billy Mann
Billy Reid
Billy Rose
Billy Sherrill
Billy Steinberg
Billy Strange
Billy Strayhorn
Bjorn Ulvaeus
Bob Crewe
Bob Dylan
Bob Gaudio
Bob Hilliard
Bob Marley
Bob McDill
Bob Feldman
Bob Merrill
Bob Miller
Bob Montgomery
Bob Nolan
Bob Seger
Bob Tubert
Bob Wills
Bobby Braddock
Bobby Charles
Bobby Darin
Bobby Gillespie
Bobby Goldsboro
Bobby Hart
Bobby Russell
Bobby Weinstein
Bobby Vee
Bono
Boudleaux Bryant
Bradley Kincaid
Brian Holland
Brian May
Brian Wilson
Brook Benton
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Welch
Bryan Adams
Buck Owens
Buck Ram
Bud Green
Buddy De Sylva
Buddy Holly
Buddy Kaye
Bunny Lewis
Burt Bacharach
Buzz Cason

C

Carl Belew
Carl Perkins
Carl Sigman
Carly Simon
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole King
Carson J Robison
Cat Stevens
Charles & Ira Louvin
Charles Aznavour
Charles Fox
Charles Strouse
Charles Tobias
Charles Trenet
Charlie Black
Chip Taylor
Chris Andrews
Chris deBurgh
Chrissie Hynde
Christine McVie
Christy Moore
Chuck Berry
Cindy Walker
Clarence Williams
Claude Curly Putman
Clifford T Ward
Clint Black
Cole Porter
Con Conrad
Conway Twitty
Coolio
Craig Wiseman
Curtis Mayfield
Cy Coleman
Cynthia Weill

D

Dallas Frazier
Dan Fogelberg
Danny Dill
Daryl Hall
Dave Appell
Dave Bartholomew
Dave Brubeck
Dave Clark
Dave Dreyer
Dave Loggins
Dave Matthews
David Bowie
David Byrne
David Crosby
David Foster
Dean Dillon
Del Shannon
Dennis Allen
Dennis De Young
Dennis Linde
Dennis Morgan
Desmond Child
DeWayne Blackwell
Diane Warren
Dickey Lee
Dimitri Tiomkin
Doc Pomus
Dolly Parton
Dolores O'Riordan
Don & Phil Everly
Don Black
Don Gibson
Don Henley
Don McLean
Don Mescall
Don Robertson
Don Schlitz
Don Wayne
Donovan
Dorothy Fields
Duane Eddy
Duke Ellington

E

E Y Harburg
Ed Sheeran
Eddie Brigati
Eddie Cochran
Eddie Holland
Eddie Miller
Eddie Rabbitt
Eddie Vedder
Edith Piaf
Edward Eliscu
Ellie Greenwich
Elsie McWilliams
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Ennio Morricone
Eric Carmen
Eric Clapton
Eric Coates
Eric Maschwitz
Ernest Ball
Ernest Tubb
Ernie Maresca
Errol Brown
Eugene Pitt
Evrvin Drake

F

Fats Domino
Fats Waller
Felice Bryant
Felix Cavaliere
Floyd Cramer
Floyd Tillman
Frank Dycus
Frank Farian
Frank Loesser
Frank Zappa
Fred Ahlert
Fred Ebb
Fred Fisher
Fred Rose
Fred Steiner
Freddie Hart
Freddie Mercury
Frederick Loewe

G

Garth Brooks
Garth Medeiros
Gary Burr
Gary Glitter
Gary Brooker
Gene Autry
Gene McDaniels
Gene Pitney
Gene Sullivan
Gene Vincent
Geoff Goddard
Geoff Stephens
George Cohan
George Forrest
George Gershwin
George Harrison
George Jones
George Meyer
George Michael
George O'Dowd
George Richey
Gerry Goffin
Gerry Marsden
Gilbert Becaud
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Glen Frey
Glenn Gregory
Glenn Sutton
Glenn Tubb
Gordon Jenkins
Gordon Lightfoot
Graham Gouldman
Graham Nash
Gus Edwards
Gus Kahn
Guy Clark
Guy Fletcher

H

Hal Blair
Hal Bynum
Hal David
Hal Shaper
Hank Cochran
Hank Marvin
Hank Snow
Hank Thompson
Hank Williams
Hargus 'Pig' Robbins
Harlan Howard
Harold Adamson
Harold Arlen
Harold Rome
Hart Danks
Harry Akst
Harry Carroll
Harry Chapin
Harry Nilsson
Harry Revel
Harry Ruby
Harry Tobias
Harry Von Tilzer
Harry Warren
Haven Gillespie
Henry Mancini
Herb Brown
Herb Magidson
Herbert Kretzmer
Hoagy Carmichael
Houston Collison
Howard Dietz
Howard Greenfield
Huddie (Lead Belly) Ledbetter
Huey 'Piano' Smith
Hugh Martin
Hugh Prestwood

I

Ian Anderson
Ian Tyson
Ira Gershwin
Irving Berlin
Irving Burgie
Irving Caesar
Isaac Hayes
Ivor Novello

J

J D Souther
J Fred Coots
J P Richardson
Jack Clement
Jack Keller
Jack Norworth
Jack Rhodes
Jack Scott
Jack Yellen
Jackie DeShannon
Jackie Trent
Jackson Browne
James Bland
James Brockman
James Brown
James Pankow
James Pierpont
James Rado
James Taylor
James Weldon Johnson
Janis Ian
Jay Livingston
Jay Z
Jean Shepard
Jean Schwartz
Jeff Barry
Jeff Lynne
Jenny Lou Carson
Jermaine Dupri
Jerome Kern
Jerry Allison
Jerry Crutchfield
Jerry Garcia
Jerry Bock
Jerry Chesnut
Jerry Foster
Jerry Fuller
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Herman
Jerry Leiber
Jerry Livingston
Jerry Lordan
Jerry Ragovoy
Jerry Reed
Jerry Ross
Jesse Stone
Jim Croce
Jim Steinman
Jim Weatherley
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmie Davis
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Jam
Jimmy Kennedy
Jimmy McCarthy
Jimmy McHugh
Jimmie Rodgers [Pop]
Jimmie Rodgers [Country]
Jimmy Wakely
Jimmy Webb
Joan Baez
Joe Allison
Joe Burke
Joe Meek
Joe Perry
Joe South
John Barry
John Bettis
John Carter
John D Loudermilk
John Deacon
John Denver
John Fogerty
John Green
John Hiatt
John Howard Payne
John Kander
John Lennon
John Mellencamp
John Oates
John Schweers
John Philip Sousa
John Prine
John Sebastian
John Waite
John "Bucky" Wilkin
John Williams
Johnny Bond
Johnny Burke
Johnny Cash
Johnny Duhan
Johnnie Johnson
Johnny Keating
Johnny Mann
Johnny Mandel
Johnny Marks
Johnny Mercer
Johnny Nash
Johnny Russell
Johnny Tillotson
Johnny VanZandt
Jon Anderson
Jon Bon Jovi
Joni Mitchell
Joseph E. Howard
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Meyer
Juan Carlos Calderon
Jule Styne
Julia Ward Howe
Julie Gold
Justin Bieber
Justin Hayward

K

Kal Mann
Katherine Lee Bates
Keith Reid
Keith Richards
Ken Howard
Kenneth Edmonds
Kenneth Gamble
Kenny Chater
Kenny O'Dell
Kenny Young
Kent Blazy
Kent Robbins
Kim Fowley
Kim Williams
Kinky Friedman
Kris Kristofferson
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Weill
Kye Fleming

L

L. Wolfe Gilbert
Lamont Dozier
Larry Bastian
Larry Butler
Larry Wayne Clark
Larry Dunn
Larry Henley
Larry Stock
Larry Weiss
LaShawn Daniels
Laura Nyro
Laurie Johnson
Lee Adams
Lee Hazlewood
Lefty Frizell
Leo Maguire
Leo Robin
Leon Huff
Leon Payne
Leon Russell
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Cohen
Leroy Anderson
Les Reed
Les Vandyke
Leslie Bricusse
Lew Brown
Lew Pollack
Lewis F. Muir
Linda Creed
Lionel Bart
Lionel Richie
Little Richard
Liz Anderson
Lonnie Donegan
Lorenz Hart
Loretta Lynn
Lou Gramm
Lou Handman
Lou Reed
Loudon Wainwright
Louis Alter
Luther Dixon
Lyle Lovett
Lynsey De Paul

M

Mabel Wayne
Mac Davis
Mac Rebennack
Maceo Pinkard
Mack David
Mack Gordon
Madonna
Malcolm Arnold
Marc Bolan
Marcel Stellman
Marijohn Wilkin
Marilyn Bergman
Mark D Sanders
Mark James
Mark Knopfler
Marty Robbins
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Hamlisch
Matt Aitken
Matt Dennis
Maurice Gibb
Maurice White
Maurics Williams
Max D Barnes
Max Martin
Max Steiner
Melanie Safka
Mel Brooks
Mel Tillis
Meredith Willson
Merle Haggard
Merle Kilgore
Merle Travis
Michael Bolton
Michael Carr
Michael Jackson
Michael Julien
Michael Masser
Michael Stipe
Michel Legrand
Mick Hanly
Mick Jagger
Mick Jones
Mickey Newbury
Mike Batt
Mike Chapman
Mike Hazelwood
Mike Leander
Mike Post
Mike Reid
Mike Rutherford
Mike Stock
Mike Stoller
Milton Ager
Mitch Murray
Mitchell Parish
Moon Mullican
Morrissey
Mort Dixon
Mort Shuman
Mose Allison

N

Naomi Judd
Ned Washington
Neil Diamond
Neil Finn
Neil Hannon
Neil Moret
Neil Sedaka
Neil Young
Nick Ashford
Nick Cave
Nikki Chin
Nile Rodgers
Noddy Holder
Noel Coward
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gay
Noel Hogan
Norman Gimbel
Norman Newell
Norman Petty
Norman Whitfield
Norro Wilson

O

Oscar Hammerstein
Otis Blackwell
Otis Redding
Otto Harbach

P

Pablo Milanιs
Paddy Roberts
Pat Alger
Patrick Gilmore
Patti Smith
Paul Anka
Paul Brady
Paul Dresser
Paul Evans
Paul Heaton
Paul Mauriat
Paul McCartney
Paul Overstreet
Paul Simon
Paul Vance
Paul Webster
Paul Weller
Paul Williams
Pee Wee King
Peggy Lee
Percy Faith
Percy French
Percy Wenrich
Pete Seeger
Pete Townshend
Pete Waterman
Peter Andreoli
Peter Callander
Peter De Rose
Peter Gabriel
Peter McCann
Phil Collins
Phil Coulter
Phil Lynnot
Phil Spector
Phil Vassar
Philip Bailey
Pierre Delanoe
Prince

Q

Quincy Jones

R

R B Greaves
Ralph Blane
Ralph Grainger
Ralph Murphy
Randy Goodrum
Randy Meisner
Randy Newman
Ray Charles
Ray Davies
Ray Evans
Ray Henderson
Ray Noble
Ray Stevens
Ray Whitley
Raymond Egan
Red Lane
Redd Stewart
Reg Presley
Reginald De Koven
Rex Griffin
Richard Adler
Richard Leigh
Richard Rodgers
Richard Sherman
Richard Thompson
Richard Whiting
Richie Sambora
Rick Nelson
Ritchie Valens
Robbie Robertson
Robbie Williams
Robert "Kool" Bell
Robert Farnon
Robert Hunter
Robert Lamm
Robert Sherman
Robin Gibb
Rod Stewart
Rod Temperton
Rodney Crowell
Roger Bowling
Roger Cook
Roger Greenaway
Roger Hill
Roger McGuinn
Roger Miller
Roger Murrah
Roger Taylor
Roger Whittaker
Ron Dante
Ron Miller
Ron Sexsmith
Ronald Binge
Ronald Bell
Ronnie Lane
Rory Bourke
Roy C Bennett
Roy Harper
Roy Orbison
Roy Turk
Roy Wood
Rube Bloom
Rudolf Friml
Russ Conway

S

Sam Cooke
Sam Coslow
Sam M. Lewis
Sammy Cahn
Sammy Fain
Samuel A. Ward
Samuel Francis Smith
Saul Chaplin
Scott Joplin
Scotty Wiseman
Septimus Winner
Seymour Simons
Shane MacGowan
Shania Twain
Sharon Sheeley
Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Harnick
Sid Tepper
Sidney Clare
Sigmund Romberg
Simon May
Sinιad O'Connor
Sly Stone
Smiley Burnette
Smokey Robinson
Solomon Burke
Sonny Bono
Sonny Curtis
Sonny Throckmorton
Spencer Williams
Stephen Foster
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Stills
Steve Cropper
Steve Dorff
Steve Earle
Steve Forbert
Steve Marriott
Steve Nelson
Steven Tyler
Stevie Nicks
Stevie Winwood
Stevie Wonder
Sting
Stuart Hamblen
Sue Brewer
Sunny Skylar
Sylvia Moy

T

Ted Daffan
Ted Fiorito
Ted Harris
Ted Koehler
Ted Snyder
Teddy Randazzo
Terry Lewis
Tex Owens
Tex Ritter
Theodore Morse
Thom Bell
Thom York
Thomas Dolby
Thomas L Givens
Tim Rice
Toby Keith
Todd Rundgren
Tom Adair
Tom T Hall
Tom Jones
Tom Kelly
Tom Lehrer
Tom Paxton
Tom Petty
Tom Robinson
Tom Shapiro
Tom Springfield
Tom Waits
Tommy Boyce
Tommy Collins
Tommy Roe
Tony Arata
Tony Hatch
Tony Hiller
Tony Macaulay
Tony Waddington
Townes VanZandt
Troy Seals

U

Usher

V

Valerie Simpson
Van Dyke Parks
Van Morrison
Vaughn Horton
Verdine White
Vernon Dalhart
Vernon Duke
Vic Chesnutt
Vic McAlpin
Victor Herbert
Victor Young
Victoria Wood
Vince Gill
Vinnie Poncia
Vincent Rose
Vincent Youmans
Vivian Ellis

W X

W C Handy
Walter Afanasieff
Walter Donaldson
Warner Mack
Wayland Holyfield
Waylon Jennings
Wayne Bickerton
Wayne Carson
Wayne Kemp
Wayne Walker
Whitey Shafer
Wiley Walker
Wilf Carter
Will Cobb
Will Jennings
William Becket
William Billings
William Hart
Willie Dixon
Willie Nelson
Woody Guthrie

Y

Yip Harburg

Z

Zeke Clements

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