Not Inducted In the Songwriters Hall of Fame (2023 Inductees Updated)

This page was updated for the 2024 Song Hall inductees.  

Please go to this link for the updated list:  Updated: 2024 Missing From Song Hall

The 2023 Songwriters Hall Inductees have been announced: Sade, Snoop Dogg, Gloria Estefan, Jeff Lynne in the Performers category.  Liz Rose, Glen Ballard and Teddy Riley in the Non-Performer category.

Who qualifies for a nomination. This from the Song Hall: "A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first significant commercial release of a song"

Here's my list of songwriters not inducted as of 2023: 

Alicia Keys

Aretha Franklin 

B.B. King
Bert Berns

Beyonce
Billy Joe Shaver
Bo Diddley
Bob McDill
Bobby Womack
Bonnie Raitt

Bootsy Collins 
Boz Scaggs
Bryan Adams
Bryan Ferry
Carl Perkins

Chips Moman
Chrissie Hynde
Chuck Willis
Curly Putnam
Dallas Frazier
Dan Fogelberg
Dan Penn
David Gates
Dean Dillon
Dean Pitchford/Michael Gore
Debbie Harry/Chris Stein
Dion DiMucci
Donna Summer/Giorgio Moroder/Pete Bellotte

Doobie Brothers
Doors
Dwight Yoakam

George Clinton
George Harrison
George Michael
Guy Clark
Harry Nilsson
Harry Wayne Casey

Heart
J.J. Cale
Janet Jackson
Jerry Chesnut
Jerry Fuller
Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Cliff

Joe Strummer
Joe South
John Hiatt

John Legend
John D. Loudermilk
Kate Bush
Kenny Loggins
Led Zeppelin
Lefty Frizzell

Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks/Christine McVie

Lou Reed
Lucinda Williams
Luther Vandross
Madonna
Mark Knopfler
Mary J. Blige

Matraca Berg
Max D. Barnes

Mick Jones (Clash)
Mike Chapman/Nicky Chinn
Mike Love
Morrissey/Johnny Marr
Muddy Waters
Neil Young
Nick Lowe
Outkast
Pam Sawyer
Paul Overstreet
Percy Mayfield
Pete Townshend
Peter Gabriel 
P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri
Phil Ochs

Pink
Prince
Randy Goodrum
R.E.M.
Ric Ocasek
Richard Thompson
Robbie Robertson
Robert "Mutt" Lange
Rod Stewart
Rod Temperton
Rodney Crowell
Roger Miller
Roger Waters/David Gilmour
Rosanne Cash

Ryan Tedder
Rudy Toombs
Sandy Linzer/Denny Randell

Shania Twain
Shel Silverstein
Sheryl Crow
Sly Stone
Sonny Throckmorton
Spooner Oldham
Steve Earle
Steve Perry/Neal Schon/Jonathan Cain
Steve Winwood
Talking Heads
Tim Hardin

Todd Rundgren
Tom Waits
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
Tony Macaulay
Tony Joe White

Toots Hibbert
Townes Van Zandt
Tracy Chapman
U2
Vince Gill
Walter Becker/Donald Fagen
Warren Zevon
Waylon Jennings
Whitey Shafer
William Bell

Missing From The Songwriters Hall of Fame (Updated 2018 Inductees)

The 2018 Songwriters Hall Inductees have been announced:
Alan Jackson, Allee Willis, Bill Anderson, Jermaine Dupri, John Mellencamp, Kool & The Gang and Steve Dorff.

According to the Song Hall's website, voters are made up of "music industry professionals" and members of Performing Rights Organzations like BMI and ASCAP.

Below is a list of names that have not been inducted into the Song Hall as of 2018.

Alice Cooper
Aretha Franklin 
B.B. King
Bert Berns
Billy Joe Shaver
Bo Diddley
Bob McDill
Bobby Womack
Bonnie Raitt
Boz Scaggs
Bryan Adams
Bryan Ferry
Carl Perkins
Cat Stevens
Chrissie Hynde
Chuck Willis
Curly Putnam
Dallas Frazier
Dan Fogelberg
Dan Penn
David Gates
Dean Dillon
Dean Pitchford & Michael Gore
Dion DiMucci
Donna Summer/Giorgio Moroder/Pete Bellotte
Doors
Dwight Yoakam
Eurythmics
George Harrison
George Michael
Gloria Estefan
Guy Clark
Harry Nilsson
Harry Wayne Casey
Isley Brothers
J.J. Cale
Janet Jackson
Jeff Lynne
Jerry Chesnut
Jerry Fuller
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Cliff
Joe South
John Hiatt
John D. Loudermilk
John Prine
Kate Bush
Kenny Loggins
Led Zeppelin
Lefty Frizzell
Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks/Christine McVie
Lou Reed
Lucinda Williams
Luther Vandross
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Mark Knopfler
Max D. Barnes
Michael McDonald
Mike Chapman/Nicky Chinn
Mike Love
Missy Elliott
Morrissey/Johnny Marr
Muddy Waters
Nas
Neil Young
Nick Lowe
Outkast
Paul Overstreet
Percy Mayfield
Pete Townshend
Peter Gabriel 
P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri
Phil Ochs
Prince
Randy Goodrum
R.E.M.
Ric Ocasek
Richard Thompson
Robbie Robertson
Robert "Mutt" Lange
Rod Stewart
Rod Temperton
Rodney Crowell
Roger Miller
Roger Waters/David Gilmour
Rosanne Cash
Rudy Toombs
Sade
Sandy Linzer/Denny Randell
Shel Silverstein
Sheryl Crow
Sly Stone
Sonny Throckmorton
Spooner Oldham
Steve Earle
Steve Miller
Steve Perry/Neal Schon/Jonathan Cain
Steve Winwood
Tim Hardin
Tom T. Hall
Tom Waits
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
Tony Macaulay
Tony Joe White
Townes Van Zandt
Tracy Chapman
U2
Vince Gill
Walter Becker/Donald Fagen
Warren Zevon
Waylon Jennings
William Bell
William "Mickey" Stevenson

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

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

Suggestions:  tmlane12@gmail.com

Missing From Songwriters Hall of Fame (Updated 2017 Inductees)

The 2017 Songwriters Hall Inductees have been announced: Jay-Z, Peter Cetera/James Pankow/ Robert Lamm, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Max Martin & Berry Gordy (inducted last year, formally this year).

According to the Song Hall's website, voters are made up of "music industry professionals" and members of Performing Rights Organzations like BMI and ASCAP.

But, this article by Roger Friedman from 2015, 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 by 2015.  But with the 2015 & 2016 inductions of Jerry Garcia, Willie Dixon, Bernard Edwards and Marvin Gaye, that stupid rule has been eliminated.
                                                                                                        
Take a look at the names below.  Most have at least been nominated.  None of these are in the Songwriters Hall of Fame as of 2017.

Alan Jackson
Aretha Franklin 
Allee Willis
B.B. King
Bert Berns
Bill Anderson
Billy Joe Shaver
Bob McDill
Bobby Womack
Bonnie Raitt
Boz Scaggs
Bryan Adams
Bryan Ferry
Carl Perkins
Cat Stevens
Chrissie Hynde
Chuck Willis
Curly Putnam
Dallas Frazier
Dan Fogelberg
Dan Penn
David Gates
Dean Dillon
Dion DiMucci
Donna Summer/Giorgio Moroder/Pete Bellotte
Doors
Dwight Yoakam
George Harrison
George Michael
Gloria Estefan
Guy Clark
Harry Nilsson
Harry Wayne Casey
Isley Brothers
J.J. Cale
Jeff Lynne
Jimi Hendrix
Joe South
John Hiatt
John D. Loudermilk
John Mellencamp
John Prine
Kate Bush
Kenny Loggins
Kool & The Gang
Led Zeppelin
Lefty Frizzell
Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks/Christine McVie
Lou Reed
Lucinda Williams
Luther Vandross
Madonna
Mark Knopfler
Max D. Barnes
Michael McDonald
Mike Chapman/Nicky Chinn
Morrissey/Johnny Marr
Muddy Waters
Nas
Neil Young
Nick Lowe
Outkast
Paul Overstreet
Paul Weller
Percy Mayfield
Pete Townshend
Peter Gabriel 
Phil Ochs
Prince
R.E.M.
Ric Ocasek
Robbie Robertson
Robert "Mutt" Lange
Rod Stewart
Rod Temperton
Rodney Crowell
Roger Miller
Roger Waters/David Gilmour
Rosanne Cash
Rudy Toombs
Sade
Shel Silverstein
Sheryl Crow
Sly Stone
Sonny Throckmorton
Spooner Oldham
Steve Earle
Steve Miller
Steve Perry/Neal Schon/Jonathan Cain
Steve Winwood
Tim Hardin
Tom T. Hall
Tony Macaulay
Tony Joe White
Townes Van Zandt
Tracey Chapman
U2
Vince Gill
Walter Becker/Donald Fagen
Warren Zevon
Waylon Jennings
William Bell
William "Mickey" Stevenson

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

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

Suggestions:  tmlane12@gmail.com