Songwriters Hall Of Fame 2010 Nominees - Includes Leonard

[MarieM]

American Songwriter
http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/ ... -nominees/

Songwriters Hall Of Fame Unveils 2010 Nominees
By Kevin Richards on October 15th, 2009

The Songwriters Hall of Fame have announced their list of nominees for 2010, a list which includes John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, and Elvis Costello. Among the non-performing songwriters on the list are Luther Dixon and Mutt Lange.

Ballots have been mailed to the SongHall membership for their vote, with the return deadline of December 11th, and the new slate of inductees will be announced next year. Three songwriters will be chosen by the membership from the Non-Performing category, and two from the Performing. The nominees are as follows (please note that the song titles listed are only intended as illustrations of the nominees work):

Non-Performer Songwriters

Tommy Boyce (d)/Bobby Hart – * Come A Little Bit Closer * I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone * I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight? * Last Train To Clarksville * Valleri

Jackie DeShannon – * Bette Davis Eyes * Breakaway * Dum Dum * Everytime You Walk In The Room * Put A Little Love In Your Heart

Luther Dixon – * Big Boss Man * Boys * I Don’t Want To Cry * Sixteen Candles * Soldier Boy

David Foster – * After The Love Is Gone * I Have Nothing * Look What You’ve Done To Me * The Prayer * You’re The Inspiration

Mark James – * (You Were) Always On My Mind * Eyes Of A New York Woman * Hooked On A Feeling * Moody Blue * Suspicious Minds

Robert John “Mutt” Lange – * Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car * Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman * (Everything I Do) I Do It For You * Photograph * That Don’t Impress Me Much

Johnny Mandel – * A Time For Love * Emily * Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H*) * The Shadow Of Your Smile * Where Do You Start?

Jerry Ragovoy/Bert Berns (d) – * Cry Baby * Here Comes The Night * Pata Pata * Piece Of My Heart * Time Is On My Side

Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones – * Much More * My Cup Runneth Over * Soon It’s Gonna Rain * They Were You * Try To Remember

Billy Sherrill – * Almost Persuaded * Every Time * Most Beautiful * My Elusive Dreams * Stand By Your Man

Joe South – * Down In The Boondocks * Games People Play * Hush * I Never Promised You A Rose Garden * Walk A Mile In My Shoes

Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss – * Catch A Falling Star * Dommage Dommage * Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini * Playground In My Mind * She Lets Her Hair Down

Performer/Songwriters

Bono (Paul Hewson)/The Edge (David Evans)/Adam Clayton/Larry Mullen (U2)- * Beautiful Day * I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For * New Year’s Day * Sunday, Bloody Sunday * Where The Streets Have No Name

Garth Brooks – * If Tomorrow Never Comes * Papa Loved Mama * The Thunder Rolls * What She’s Doin’ Now * Unanswered Prayers

Leonard Cohen – * Bird On The Wire * Hallelujah * Hey That’s No Way to Say Goodbye * So Long Marianne * Suzanne

Elvis Costello – * Accidents Will Happen * Alison * Radio, Radio * Pump It Up * Watching The Detectives

Dion DiMucci – * Born to Cry * Donna The Prima Donna * King Of The New York Streets * Love Came To Me * Runaround Sue

David Gates (Bread)- * Baby I’m-a Want You * Diary * Everything I Own * If * Make It With You

Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) - * Moonshadow * Morning Has Broken * Peace Train * The First Cut Is The Deepest * Wild World

Tommy James – * Crimson And Clover * Crystal Blue Persuasion * Draggin’ The Line * I Think We’re Alone Now * Mony, Mony

John Mellencamp – * Jack And Diane * Lonely Ol’ Night * Pink Houses * Small Town * The Authority Song

Lou Reed – * Heroin * Pale Blue Eyes * Rock & Roll * Sweet Jane * Walk On The Wild Side

Leon Russell- * A Song For You * Delta Lady * Superstar * This Masquerade * Tight Rope

Maurice White/Philip Bailey/Verdine White/Larry Dunn/Al McKay (Earth, Wind and Fire) – * Reasons * September * Shining Star * Sing A Song * That’s The Way Of The World

About The Songwriters Hall of Fame: The Songwriters Hall of Fame celebrates songwriters, educates the public with regard to their achievements, and produces a spectrum of professional programs devoted to the development of new songwriting talent through workshops, showcases and scholarships. Over the course of the past 40 years, some key Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees have included Desmond Child, Loretta Lynn, John Sebastian, John Fogerty, Isaac Hayes and David Porter, Steve Cropper, Dolly Parton, Richard and Robert Sherman, Bill Withers, Carole King, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Sir Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Hal David and Burt Bacharach, Jim Croce, Phil Collins, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Jimmy Webb, Paul Williams, Van Morrison, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Cy Coleman and many, many others. The Songwriters Hall of Fame was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond.

Full biographies and a complete list of inductees are available at the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Virtual Museum at http://songwritershalloffame.org/.

[MaryB]

And my two choices from the performers category would be;
1) Leonard Cohen
2) Leonard Cohen

C'mon, Tommy James? Wrote such wonderful lyrics ie., Crimson and Clover, Mony Mony... On the same list as LC?

[Roy]

Ah shoot! You beat me to it!

Here is the Song Hall's NEWS section

http://www.songhall.org/vote

Yes, Leonard Cohen is nominated for the 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame. This is Leonard Cohen's second nomination since 2007. I urge all of you who have not applied for membership, to do so right away before it's too late, and vote! Your vote must be in by December 11th. The membership fee is a one-time payment of $1000.00 if you are not a member of the music industry. You get to vote every year.

Here is the membership application to fill out and MAIL IN:

http://www.songhall.org/forms/shof_membership.pdf

[sturgess66]

And my two choices from the performers category would be;
1) Leonard Cohen
2) Leonard Cohen

C'mon, Tommy James? Wrote such wonderful lyrics ie., Crimson and Clover, Mony Mony... On the same list as LC?

Ditto, ditto, ditto.

[Roy]

For some reason The Songwriters Hall of Fame website is not working right now in my area! Once it's back up I'll get this topic rolling!

[Roy]

News

http://www.songhall.org/news/entry/912

Thursday, October 15, 2009

SongHall Announces Nominees For 2010
Get Out The Vote!

The nominees in both the non-performer and performer songwriter categories for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at our 41st Annual Awards Gala in 2010 have been announced today!

If you are an eligible voting member, watch for your paper ballot to come in the mail shortly. You will also be given the option to vote online, and you will receive instructions via e-mail and on your paper ballot. Those who joined as voting members after October 15th will be able to vote online, but will not receive a paper ballot. If you would like to join and become a voting member in order to participate now in the online voting, please download the membership application here, and mail it in before November 15th, 2009, or just use our online PayPal option in the “Join” section to become an instant member. If you are already an eligible voting member, please remember to cast your vote by the December 11th deadline.

Congratulations to all of our Nominees for 2010....we are looking forward to a very special 41st Annual Awards Show for the SongHall!

And The Nominees Are: 2010 Nominees
*Note that the five songs listed after the brief biographies of each nominee are merely a representative sample of their extensive catalogs.

Posted by April Anderson [SHOF] on 10/15 at 09:02 AM
General

News

http://www.songhall.org/vote

2010 SHOF Nominees

If you are not yet a member, there has never been a better time to join and have a voice and a vote! Become a member before November 12th, and you will be eligible to vote online. Use our new PayPal option to become an instant member, or renew your membership.

The nominees in both the non-performing and performing songwriter categories for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010 follow. Note that the five songs listed after the brief biographies of each nominee are merely a representative sample of their extensive catalogs. Eligible members, please make sure to vote by the December 11th deadline and congratulations to all the nominees!

5 INDUCTEES WILL BE CHOSEN - 3 NON-PERFORMERS AND 2 PERFORMERS

Non-Performing Songwriters

Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart, Jackie DeShannon, Luther Dixon, David Foster, Mark James, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Jerry Ragovoy/Bert Berns, Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones, Johnny Mandel, Billy Sherrill, Joe South, Paul Vance/Lee Pockriss

Performer/Songwriters

Garth Brooks, Leonard Cohen, Elvis Costello, Dion DiMucci, David Gates, Tommy James, John Mellencamp, Lou Reed, Leon Russell, Cat Stevens, U2, Earth, Wind & Fire

News

http://www.songhall.org/vote/entry/902

Leonard Cohen

Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen turned to songwriting after establishing himself as an acclaimed novelist and poet. His resultant songs have earned him an adoring following of music fans and fellow artists including Judy Collins, who expanded his audience in 1966 when she recorded his song “Suzanne” (actor/singer Noel Harrison also had a hit with it) and Jennifer Warnes, who had been a backup singer for Cohen before releasing her own acclaimed album of his material, “Famous Blue Raincoat,” in 1987. His uniquely intelligent output was celebrated earlier this year with the documentary “Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man.” Key songs in the Cohen catalog include “Bird On The Wire,” “Hallelujah,” “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye,” “So Long, Marianne” and “Suzanne.”

Back to nominees list

[MarieM]

Thanks Roy. Sorry to steal your thunder. I waited a few hours for you but when I didn't see you post this, I went ahead. I'll definitely leave it to you to educate us on this as you are the expert. Thanks again.

[Roy]

If any of you are already voting members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, let us know and please scan the ballot before you fill it out (all sides) and post it in this thread. I hope Leonard Cohen will be free in June of 2010 so he can attend the ceremony if he is inducted. I emailed Robert Kory and let him know.

The Songwriters Hall Of Fame will be much harder for Leonard Cohen to get inducted into because unlike the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame whose voting body consists only of people from the music industry, the voting body of the Songwriters Hall of Fame consists of both, music industry people and the public. The Songwriters Hall of Fame has a preference for non-performing songwriters, and much of the American public (who votes) still don't know or don't like Leonard Cohen or any other high echelon/pedigree songwriters. The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts a lot of 50s, 60s, 70s Pop-Rock, R&B, Country, Broadway musicals and TV and movie theme songwriters. The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted BON JOVI in 2009! This has to say something about the average age of the members of the public who register to vote these days. Also, in recent years, and currently, the Song Hall nominates 24 artists each year and only inducts 5. That makes it really hard for certain artists to be inducted sooner than later, but I guess that's the point--in fear of running out of nominees.

Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, David Gates, Leon Russell, Merle Haggard and Cat Stevens get nominated almost every single year, and they still have not been inducted!

Looking at this year's nominees, there seems to be something fishy going on, which has never happened before, and it tells you something about the thought process of this year's nominating committee members. David Foster, Leonard Cohen, John Mellencamp, Lou Reed, Dion DiMucci, Elvis Costello and U2 are all nominated for the 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame. David Foster and Leonard Cohen are both Canadian and they both attended a ceremony in 2008 honoring a Canadian music industry person who had something to do with the early days of the Grammys. I can't remember who it was or what it was all about. It was either in California or British Columbia. Elvis Costello is a Leonard Cohen fan. Leonard Cohen and John Mellencamp were both inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2008 and both attended. Leonard Cohen and Lou Reed were both nominated for the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame and now they are both being nominated again for the 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame. Lou Reed gave the induction speech for Leonard Cohen at the 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. Lou Reed also gave the induction speech for Dion DiMucci of Dion and the Belmonts, who was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1989 as Dion. Dion DiMucci is nominated for the 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame. So four people with connections to the 2008 Rock Hall are being nominated for the 2010 Song Hall: Dion DiMucci, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen and John Mellencamp. U2 is also nominated this year. U2 are fans of Leonard Cohen and they were in the film Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man and they performed Tower of Song with Leonard Cohen. Oh, and U2 was in the video biography for Leonard Cohen at the 2008 Rock Hall induction ceremony. So that makes it 5 connections. It's as if the Song Hall did all of this on purpose!...And if both Leonard Cohen and John Mellencamp, or Lou Reed, or even U2 get inducted in 2010...Wooooooooow, a repeat of the 2008 Rock Hall. Six degrees of separation. If none of them are inducted in 2010, that's going to make things look even more strange.

Supposedly, they are inducting 3 Non-Performers and 2 Performers in 2010. I hope Leonard Cohen gets inducted this time around. It's going to be hard, depending on who will be voting this year.

My 2010 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction preference:

David Foster
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Mark James
Leonard Cohen
Earth, Wind & Fire

How the voters are likely to vote based on past examples:

Jackie DeShannon
Jerry Ragovoy/Bert Berns
Paul Vance/Lee Pockriss
Elvis Costello
U2

WORST CASE SCENARIO - Only one!: GARTH BROOKS

If Garth Brooks gets inducted this year ahead of Leonard Cohen, I am going to be so fucking pissed off!

[Roy]

Not much talk about this topic in the media. We'll have to wait until the inductees are actually announced.

Songwriters Hall of Fame announces 2010 nominations
http://www.topix.com/who/elvis-presley/ ... s#lastPost
http://image.examiner.com/x-16590-Manha ... ominations

Lou Reed, U2, Elvis Costello Nominated for Songwriters Hall of Fame
http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story ... ll_of_Fame

Songwriters Hall Of Fame Unveils 2010 Nominees
http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/ ... -nominees/

Vintage Vinyl News
http://winkscollectibles.blogspot.com/2 ... -2010.html

The Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremonies used to be televised on BRAVO, but they haven't been televised at all in the past few years. I don't think they will be televised this year either, but some people who attended last year's ceremony, posted their own videos on youtube.

Loretta Lynn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfPrOvhR ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvUxXPSWv6k

Albert Hammond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmV_1-uqdhM

These are from BRAVO:

Queen's induction speech and performances - Inducted by Wynona Judd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lCe-YihCs Crazy Little Thing Called Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcEMUWuj1Q4 We Will Rock You

Pink performing for the writers of Me and Bobby McGee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsoxuKhYZeY

Billy Joel video bio, but not for his induction. This is for another award he got from the Song Hall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fUZ2WyMSf8

[Roy]

Tomorrow is the last day for your ballots to reach The Songwriters Hall of Fame and the counting of votes begins! Let us know if you voted. I couldn't this time. I will be ready next year, but hopefully there won't be a next year if Leonard is inducted this time around. The inductees will be announced in February and the ceremony will be in June.

[LisaLCFan]

And my two choices from the performers category would be;
1) Leonard Cohen
2) Leonard Cohen

C'mon, Tommy James? Wrote such wonderful lyrics ie., Crimson and Clover, Mony Mony... On the same list as LC?

You got it, Mary! Most of the songwriters on the list (IMHO) can't hold a candle (even a thin green one) to Leonard's brilliance. Of course, I'm a bit biased, but really, Leonard is a songwriting god among these mere mortals.

[Roy]

THE 2010 INDUCTEES INTO THE U.S. SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOMETIME IN THE NEXT 4 WEEKS AND THE INDUCTION CEREMONY WILL BE SOMETIME BETWEEN JUNE 13 AND JUNE 21 IN NEW YORK. I AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM ROBERT KORY AS TO WHETHER LEONARD WILL BE FREE ON THOSE DAYS AND ABLE TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY IF HE IS INDUCTED. I KNOW LEONARD WILL BE TOURING EUROPE IN MARCH.

[Roy]

No comment but be optimistic; they have the right to control publicity.

--Robert Kory

I don't know who "they" are, but I'm guessing it's either The Songwriters Hall of Fame or the inductees.

As for the part about being optimistic, I'm guessing Kory has already gotten word from the Song Hall, but maybe I'm reading into it too much.

[Roy]

THE 2010 SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME

Leonard Cohen
Jackie DeShannon
David Foster
Johnny Mandel
Earth, Wind & Fire

I predicted 4 out of the 5 inductees correctly! Johnny Mandel was not one of my picks.

MORE INFO COMING SOON!

[Roy]

LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING THE CEREMONY

THE 2010 SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME

Leonard Cohen
Jackie DeShannon
David Foster
Johnny Mandel
Earth, Wind & Fire

Thursday, June 17, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City

FOR RESERVATIONS CALL

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Ticket Information:

Tickets for the Songwriters Hall of Fame event begin at $1000 each, and are available through Buckley Hall Events, (212) 573-6933. Net proceeds from the event will go towards the Songwriters Hall of Fame programs.

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