The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represents a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook. The Hall of Fame only existed as an online virtual collection until 2010, when it was first put on display as a physical gallery inside The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.
Through 2019, 461 individuals have been inducted.
1970s
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1970
Fred E. Ahlert
Ernest Ball
Katharine Lee Bates
Irving Berlin
William Billings
James A. Bland
James Brockman
Lew Brown
Nacio Herb Brown
Alfred Bryan
Joe Burke
Johnny Burke
Anne Caldwell
Harry Carroll
Sidney Clare
George M. Cohan
Con Conrad
Sam Coslow
Hart Pease Danks
Reginald De Koven
Peter De Rose
Buddy De Sylva
Mort Dixon
Walter Donaldson
Paul Dresser
Dave Dreyer
Al Dubin
Vernon Duke
Gus Edwards (The Star Maker) Raymond B. Egan Daniel Decatur Emmett Ted Fiorito Fred Fisher Stephen Foster George Gershwin L. Wolfe Gilbert Patrick Gilmore Mack Gordon Ferde Grofe Woody Guthrie Oscar Hammerstein II W. C. Handy James F. Hanley Otto Harbach Charles K. Harris Lorenz Hart Ray Henderson Victor Herbert Billy Hill Joseph E. Howard Julia Ward Howe Carrie Jacobs-Bond Howard Johnson James P. Johnson James Weldon Johnson Arthur Johnston Isham Jones Scott Joplin Irving Kahal Gus Kahn Bert Kalmar Jerome Kern Francis Scott Key Lead Belly Sam M. Lewis Frank Loesser Ballard MacDonald Edward Madden Joseph McCarthy Jimmy McHugh George W. Meyer James V. Monaco Neil Moret Theodore F. Morse Lewis F. Muir Ethelbert Nevin Jack Norworth Chauncey Olcott John Howard Payne James Pierpont Lew Pollack Cole Porter Ralph Rainger Harry Revel Eben E. Rexford Jimmie Rodgers Richard Rodgers Sigmund Romberg George F. Root Billy Rose Vincent Rose Harry Ruby Bob Russell Jean Schwartz Harry B. Smith Samuel Francis Smith Ted Snyder John Philip Sousa Andrew B. Sterling Harry Tierney Charles Tobias Roy Turk Egbert Van Alstyne Albert Von Tilzer Harry Von Tilzer Fats Waller Samuel A. Ward Kurt Weill Percy Wenrich Richard A. Whiting Clarence Williams Hank Williams Spencer Williams Septimus Winner (Sep) Harry M. Woods Henry Clay Work Allie Wrubel Vincent Youmans