Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 1970 by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.^[1] A non-profit organization, its objective is to honor and preserve the songwriting legacy that is uniquely associated with the music community in the city of Nashville. The Foundation's stated purpose is to educate, archive, and celebrate the contributions of the members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame to the world of music.

The Nashville Songwriters Foundation, Inc., is governed by a board of directors, currently consisting of thirteen members. Annually, three songwriters are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Inductees

1970s

1970 Gene Autry Johnny Bond Albert E. Brumley A.P. Carter Ted Daffan Vernon Dalhart Rex Griffin Stuart Hamblen Pee Wee King Vic McAlpin Bob Miller Leon Payne Jimmie Rodgers Fred Rose Redd Stewart Floyd Tillman Merle Travis Ernest Tubb Cindy Walker Hank Williams, Sr. Bob Wills

1971 Smiley Burnette Jenny Lou Carson Wilf Carter Zeke Clements Jimmie Davis Alton & Rabon Delmore Al Dexter Vaughn Horton Bradley Kincaid Bill Monroe Bob Nolan Tex Owens Tex Ritter Carson J. Robison Gene Sullivan Tim Spencer Jimmy Wakely Wiley Walker Scotty Wiseman 1972 Boudleaux and Felice Bryant Lefty Frizzell Jack Rhodes Don Robertson 1973 Jack Clement Don Gibson Harlan Howard Roger Miller Ed Nelson, Jr. Steve Nelson Willie Nelson

1974 Hank Cochran 1975 Bill Anderson Danny Dill Eddie Miller Marty Robbins Wayne Walker Marijohn Wilkin 1976 Carl Belew Dallas Frazier John D. Loudermilk Moon Mullican Curly Putman Mel Tillis 1977 Johnny Cash Woody Guthrie Merle Haggard Kris Kristofferson 1978 Joe Allison Tom T. Hall Hank Snow Don Wayne 1979 Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey Charles Louvin Ira Louvin Elsie McWilliams Joe South

1980s

1980 Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter Mickey Newbury Ben Peters Ray Stevens 1981 Bobby Braddock Ray Whitley 1982 Chuck Berry William J. "Billy" Hill

1983 W.C. Handy Loretta Lynn Beasley Smith 1984 Hal David Billy Sherrill 1985 Bob McDill Carl Perkins 1986 Otis Blackwell Dolly Parton

1987 Roy Orbison Sonny Throckmorton 1988 Hoagy Carmichael Troy Seals 1989 Rory Michael Bourke Maggie Cavender Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer

1990s

1990 Sue Brewer Ted Harris Jimmy Webb 1991 Charlie Black Sonny Curtis 1992 Max D. Barnes Wayland Holyfield 1993 Red Lane[2] Don Schlitz Conway Twitty

1994 Jerry Foster (as Foster & Rice) Buddy Holly Richard Leigh Bill Rice (as Foster & Rice) Bobby Russell 1995 Waylon Jennings Dickey Lee Dave Loggins 1996 Jerry Chesnut Kenny O'Dell Buck Owens Norro Wilson

1997 Wayne Carson[3] Roger Cook Hank Thompson 1998 Merle Kilgore Eddie Rabbitt Kent Robbins 1999 Tommy Collins Wayne Kemp A. L. "Doodle" Owens Glenn Sutton[4]

2000s

2000 Mac Davis Randy Goodrum Allen Reynolds Billy Edd Wheeler 2001 Don Everly Phil Everly Dennis Linde Johnny Russell 2002 Dean Dillon Bob Dylan Shel Silverstein 2003 Hal Blair Rodney Crowell Paul Overstreet John Prine

2004 Guy Clark Freddie Hart Dennis Morgan Billy Joe Shaver 2005 Gary Burr Vince Gill Roger Murrah Jerry Reed Mike Reid 2006 Jimmy Buffett Hugh Prestwood Jim Weatherly

2007 Bob DiPiero Mac McAnally Flatt & Scruggs Dottie Rambo Hank Williams, Jr. 2008 Matraca Berg John Hiatt Tom Shapiro 2009 Kye Fleming Mark D. Sanders Tammy Wynette

2010s

2010 Pat Alger Steve Cropper Paul Davis Stephen Foster 2011 John Bettis Garth Brooks Alan Jackson Thom Schuyler Allen Shamblin 2012 Tony Arata Mary Chapin Carpenter Larry Henley Kim Williams 2013 Will Jennings Layng Martine Jr. Randy Owen Jeffrey Steele

2014 John Anderson Paul Craft Tom Douglas Gretchen Peters 2015 Rosanne Cash Mark James Even Stevens Craig Wiseman 2016 Aaron Barker Beth Nielsen Chapman Bob Morrison Townes Van Zandt 2017 Walt Aldridge Dewayne Blackwell Vern Gosdin Jim McBride Tim Nichols

2018 Ronnie Dunn Byron Hill Wayne Kirkpatrick Joe Melson K.T. Oslin 2019 Larry Gatlin Marcus Hummon Kostas Lazarides Rivers Rutherford Sharon Vaughn Dwight Yoakam

2020s

2020 Kent Blazy Steve Earle Bobbie Gentry Brett James Spooner Oldham 2021 Rhett Akins Buddy Cannon Amy Grant Toby Keith John Scott Sherrill 2022 Hillary Lindsey David Malloy Chips Moman Gary Nicholson Shania Twain Steve Wariner 2023 Casey Beathard Kix Brooks John Jarrard Rafe Van Hoy David Lee Murphy Keith Urban 2024 Al Anderson David Bellamy (of The Bellamy Brothers) Dan Penn Liz Rose Victoria Shaw Tony Joe White 2025 Steve Bogard Don Cook Emmylou Harris Jim Lauderdale Tony Martin Brad Paisley

See also

• List of music museums
• Songwriters Hall of Fame