Missing From Songwriters Hall of Fame (Updated October 2015)

The 2015 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees included:  Cyndi Lauper, Linda Perry, Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter, Bobby Braddock, Willie Dixon and Toby Keith.

All I'm going to say is I have no idea who votes for this Hall, or its demographics.  But it's obvious that a lot of lobbying goes on with voters.

But, this article by Roger Friedman fills in some of the questions I have about this Hall.  According to Friedman, the Song Hall once had an "unspoken" rule about no posthumous inductees.  Which would explain how George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix  and others have failed to get in.  But with the 2015 induction of Jerry Garcia and Willie Dixon they've now changed that rule.
                                                                                                          
Take a look at the names below.  None of these are in the Songwriters Hall of Fame as of 2015.

It's an incredible list. But with the no-postumous rule now history, some of the deceased names below should get in during future inductions.

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Not inducted as of 2015:

Pete Townshend
Neil Young
Cat Stevens
George Harrison
Jimi Hendrix
Sly Stone
Rod Stewart
Dion DiMucci
Prince
Rod Temperton
Walter Becker/Donald Fagen
Warren Zevon
Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
Bobby Womack
Elvis Costello
Tom Petty
U2
R.E.M.
Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks/Christine McVie
Jeff Lynne
Roger Miller
John Hiatt
John Mellencamp
David Gates
Led Zeppelin
Doors
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
Luther Vandross
Donna Summer/Giorgio Moroder/Pete Bellotte
Roger Waters/David Gilmour
Michael McDonald
George Michael
Robbie Robertson
Steve Perry/Neal Schon/Jonathan Cain 
Tom T. Hall
Waylon Jennings
John Prine
Billy Joe Shaver
Townes Van Zandt
Bert Berns
Harry Nilsson
Steve Winwood
Robert "Mutt" Lange
Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis
Chrissie Hynde
Joe South
Tony Joe White
Dan Fogelberg
Rodney Crowell
Rosanne Cash
B.B. King
J.J. Cale
Madonna
Peter Gabriel
Harry Wayne Casey
Percy Mayfield
Marvin Gaye
Muddy Waters
Chuck Willis
Isley Brothers
Bob McDill
Dallas Frazier
Townes Van Zandt
Alan Jackson
Steve Miller
Boz Scaggs
Kenny Loggins 
Peter Cetera/Robert Lamm
Max Martin

BTW- In some cases I put the whole group down, which is what this Hall did when they inducted all the members of Queen.

Below is a link to the Song Hall's website:
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/

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