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At each annual event, gifted and promising songwriters are awarded a scholarship called the [[Abe Olman Publisher's Award for Excellence in Songwriting]], named for one of the founding members.
At each annual event, gifted and promising songwriters are awarded a scholarship called the [[Abe Olman Publisher's Award for Excellence in Songwriting]], named for one of the founding members.


Some of the [[Composer|composers]] voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame are:
Some of the [[Composer|composers]] voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame are (they are divided into time periods by NAPM:
*Early American Song (1600 - 1879)
*[[Charles Aznavour]]
*[[Burt Bachrach]]
**[[Katherine Lee Bates]]
*[[Chuck Berry]]
**[[William Beckett]]
*[[Garth Brooks]]
**[[William Billings]]
*[[James Brown]]
**[[James Bland]]
*[[Jim Croce]]
**[[Daniel Decatur Emmet]]
*[[Bobby Darin]]
**[[Stephen Foster]]
*[[Hal David]]
**[[Patrick S. Gilmore]]
**[[Julia Ward Howe]]
*[[Neil Diamond]], "Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award"
*[[Fats Domino]]
**[[Francis Scott Key]]
*[[Bob Dylan]]
**[[John Howard Payne]]
*[[Glenn Fry]]
**[[J.S. Pierpont]]
*[[George Gershwin]]
**[[Eben E. Rexford]]
*[[Ira Gershwin]]
**[[George F. Root]]
*[[Barry Gibb]]
**[[Samuel Francis Smith]]
*[[Maurice Gibb]]
**[[Samuel A. Ward]]
*[[Robin Gibb]]
**[[Septimus Winner]]
*[[Don Henley]]
**[[Henry C. Work]]
*[[Tin Pan Alley]] (1880 - 1953)
*[[Michael Jackson]]
*[[Mick Jagger]]
**[[Harold Adamson]]
*[[Billy Joel]]
**[[Milton Ager]]
*[[Elton John]]
**[[Fred Ahlert]]
*[[Quincy Jones]]
**[[Harry Akst]]
*[[Jerry Leiber]]
**[[Louis Alter]]
*[[John Lennon]]
**[[Ernest Ball]]
*[[Barry Manilow]]
**[[Bennie Benjamin]]
*[[Curtis Mayfield]]
**[[Irving Berlin]]
*[[Paul McCartney]]
**[[Leonard Bernstein]]
*[[Randy Newman]]
**[[Ralph Blane]]
*[[Roy Orbison]]
**[[Rube Bloom]]
*[[Cole Porter]]
**[[Jerry Bock]]
*[[Otis Redding]]
**[[Leslie Bricusse]]
*[[Carole Bayer Sager]]
**[[James Brockman]]
*[[Mike Stoller]]
**[[Lew Brown]]
*[[Bernie Taupin]]
**[[Nacio Herb Brown]]
*[[James Taylor]]
**[[Alfred Bryan]]
*[[Kurt Weill]]
**[[Joe Burke]]
*[[Brian Wilson]]
**[[Johnny Burke]]
*[[Stevie Wonder]]
**[[Irving Caesar]]
**[[Sammy Cahn]]
**[[Anne Caldwell]]
**[[Hoagy Carmichael]]
**[[Harry Carroll]]
**[[Saul Chaplin]]
**[[Sidney Clare]]
**[[Will D. Cobb]]
**[[George M. Cohan]]
**[[J. Fred Coots]]
**[[Sam Coslow]]
**[[Noel Coward]]
**[[Hart P. Danks]]
**[[Mack David]]
**[[Benny Davis]]
**[[Reginald De Koven]]
**[[Eddie De Lange]]
**[[Gene De Paul]]
**[[Peter De Rose]]
**[[B.G. De Sylva]]
**[[Howard Dietz]]
**[[Mort Dixon]]
**[[Walter Donaldson]]
**[[Ervin Drake]]
**[[Paul Dresser]]
**[[Dave Dreyer]]
**[[Al Dubin]]
**[[Vernon Duke]]
**[[Fred Ebb]]
**[[Gus Edwards]]
**[[Raymond B. Egan]]
**[[Edward Eliscu]]
**[[Duke Ellington]]
**[[Ray Evans]]
**[[Sammy Fain]]
**[[Dorothy Fields]]
**[[Ted Fiorito]]
**[[Fred Fischer]]
**[[Arthur Freed]]
**[[Rudolf Friml]]
**[[George Gershwin]]
**[[Ira Gershwin]]
**[[L. Wolfe Gilbert]]
**[[Haven Gillespie]]
**[[Mack Gordon]]
**[[Adolph Green]]
**[[Bud Green]]
**[[John Green]]
**[[Ferde Grofe]]
**[[Woody Guthrie]]
**[[Oscar Hammerstein II]]
**[[Lou Handman]]
**[[W.C. Handy]]
**[[James F. Hanley]]
**[[Otto Harbach]]
**[[E.Y. Harburg]]
**[[Charles K. Harris]]
**[[Lorenz Hart]]
**[[Ray Henderson]]
**[[Victor Herbert]]
**[[Edward Heyman]]
**[[Billy Hill]]
**[[All Hoffman]]
**[[Joe Howard]]
**[[Carrie Jacobs-Bond]]
**[[Gordon Jenkins]]
**[[Howard Johnson]]
**[[James P. Johnson]]
**[[James W. Johnson]]
**[[Arthur Johnston]]
**[[Isham Jones]]
**[[Scott Joplin]]
**[[Bert Kaempfert]]
**[[Irving Kahal]]
**[[Gus Kahn]]
**[[Bert Kalmar]]
**[[John Kander]]
**[[Jimmy Kennedy]]
**[[Jerome Kern]]
**[[Ted Koehler]]
**[[Burton Lane]]
**[[Jack Lawrence]]
**[[Ernesto Lecuona]]
**[[Leadbelly|Huddie Ledbetter]] (Leadbelly)
**[[Alan Jay Lerner]]
**[[Edgar Leslie]]
**[[Sam Lewis]]
**[[Jay Livingston]]
**[[Jerry Livingston]]
**[[Frank Loesser]]
**[[Frank Loewe]]
**[[Ballard MacDonald]]
**[[Edward Madden]]
**[[Herb Magidson]]
**[[Henry Mancini]]
**[[Johnny Marks]]
**[[Hugh Martin]]
**[[Joseph McCarthy]]
**[[Jimmy McHugh]]
**[[Johnny Mercer]]
**[[George W. Meyer]]
**[[Joseph Meyer]]
**[[Jimmy Monaco]]
**[[Neil Moret]]
**[[Theodore Morse]]
**[[Lewis F. Muir]]
**[[Ethelbert Nevin]]
**[[Anthony Newley]]
**[[Ray Noble]]
**[[Jack Norworth]]
**[[Chauncey Olcott]]
**[[Mitchell Parish]]
**[[Maceo Pinkard]]
**[[Cole Porter]]
**[[Ralph Rainger]]
**[[Don Raye]]
**[[Andy Razaf]]
**[[Herb Rehbein]]
**[[Harry Revel]]
**[[Leo Robin]]
**[[Jimmie Rodgers]]
**[[Richard Rodgers]]
**[[Harold Rome]]
**[[Billy Rose]]
**[[Fred Rose]]
**[[Vincent Rose]]
**[[Harry Ruby]]
**[[Bob Russell]]
**[[Arthur Schwartz]]
**[[Jean Schwartz]]
**[[Pete Seeger]]
**[[Carl Sigman]]
**[[Harry B. Smith]]
**[[Ted Snyder]]
**[[John Philip Sousa]]
**[[Max Steiner]]
**[[Andrew B. Sterling]]
**[[Al Stillman]]
**[[Larry Stock]]
**[[Billy Strayhorn]]
**[[Jule Styne]]
**[[Harry A. Tierney]]
**[[Charles Tobias]]
**[[Roy Turk]]
**[[Egbert Van Alstyne]]
**[[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
**[[Albert Von Tilzer]]
**[[Harry Von Tilzer]]
**[[Fats Waller|Thomas Waller]] (Fats Waller)
**[[Harry Warren]]
**[[Ted Washington]]
**[[Mabel Wayne]]
**[[Paul Francis Webster]]
**[[Kurt Weill]]
**[[George David Weiss]]
**[[Percy Wenrich]]
**[[Richard Whiting]]
**[[Alec Wilder]]
**[[Clarence Williams]]
**[[Hank Williams]]
**[[Spencer Williams]]
**[[Meredith Willson]]
**[[Harry M. Woods]]
**[[Allie Wrubel]]
**[[Jack Yellen]]
**[[Vincent Youmans]]
**[[Joe Young]]
**[[Rida Johnson Young]]
**[[Victor Young]]
*[[Rock and Roll]] (1953 - Present)

Revision as of 22:02, 12 January 2003

The National Association of Popular Music's Songwriters Hall of Fame was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The NAPM/SHOF is also devoted to the development of new songwriting talent through workshops, showcases and scholarships. New inductees are voted on annually.

At each annual event, gifted and promising songwriters are awarded a scholarship called the Abe Olman Publisher's Award for Excellence in Songwriting, named for one of the founding members.

Some of the composers voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame are (they are divided into time periods by NAPM:

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