After unveiling its official 2024 list inductees, we now know the Songwriters Hall of Fame will be inducting Timbaland, Steely Dan, R.E.M. and more into its ranks.
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Also on the list — songwriters Hillary Lindsey (“Jesus Take The Wheel,” “Girl Crush,” “Million Reasons”), and Dean Pitchford (“Footloose,” “Fame,” “Let’s Hear It for the Boy”). With additional special award honorees set to be announced in the coming weeks.
“I’ve said it before, but the music industry does not exist without songwriters delivering great songs first,” Hall chairman Nile Rodgers stated. “Without them there is no recorded music, no concert business, no merch . . . nothing, it all starts with the song and the songwriter. We are therefore very proud that we are continually recognizing some of the culturally most important songwriters of all time and that the 2024 slate represents not just iconic songs but also diversity and unity across genres, ethnicity and gender, songwriters who have enriched our lives and literally enriched music and the lives of billions of listeners all over the world.”
One of the music industry’s best-kept secrets and invite-only event that has never been televised or live-streamed. The induction ceremony, will take place on Thursday, June 13 in its longtime home of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.