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CHICO13
28 Aug 2004, 09:20 AM
I went to see John Prine last night and was blown away. How one man can stand there with an acoustic guitar and transfix 15,000 is amazing. I saw John Hiatt a few months back and it got me to thinking about starting a Songwriters Hall of Fame thread. I would like to nominate....
1. Stevie Wonder
2. John Hiatt
3. John Prine
riverplate
28 Aug 2004, 10:24 AM
In alphabetical order:
Irving Berlin
George & Ira Gershwin
Jerome Kern & many lyricists
Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner
Cole Porter
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart/Oscar Hammerstein
Stephen Sondheim
These are the Gods.
There's a pretty good "B" list as well, which I may post later.
MeridianFC
28 Aug 2004, 12:47 PM
Love that John Prine.
As far as songwriters here's a few:
Lennon & McCartney (you know, those guys)
Steve Goodman
Dick Gaughan
Robert Burns
Hank Williams, Sr.
Strummer & Jones
Tom Waits
Michael Marra
Hoagie Carmichael
CHICO13
28 Aug 2004, 01:01 PM
Bob Marley
Johnny Cash
Bono
ndp21f
28 Aug 2004, 01:12 PM
I can't believe Bono was mentioned before:
http://bobdylanimages.8k.com/dylan_in_the_1960s/bobporch62.jpg
CHICO13
28 Aug 2004, 01:15 PM
I can't believe Bono was mentioned before:
OOOPS :rolleyes:
afgrijselijkheid
29 Aug 2004, 03:11 AM
i hereby nominate:
paul westerberg
elvis costello
carole king
the big motown duo (cant recall their names at the moment)
gocaps
29 Aug 2004, 03:27 AM
the big motown duo (cant recall their names at the moment)
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield.
Also belonging on this list is the trio Holland-Dozier-Holland - who wrote even more of the great Motown classics than Strong-Whitfield did - and the duo Gamble and Huff, who penned the classic Philly Soul songs of the early 70s.
And, oh yeah, Brian Wilson and Bruce Springsteen too.
Dolemite
29 Aug 2004, 03:28 AM
http://www2.uta.edu/hunt/charts/jstallone.jpg
minorthreat
29 Aug 2004, 03:31 AM
Neil Finn
TurtleHawk
30 Aug 2004, 02:52 PM
Paul Simon
maybe, Kris Kristofferson
Glenwood Lane United
30 Aug 2004, 04:07 PM
Lieber/Stoller
FlashMan
30 Aug 2004, 05:00 PM
Joni Mitchell is in on the first ballot.
Leonard Cohen would probably qualify for both the songwriters and the poets Hall of Fame.
afgrijselijkheid
30 Aug 2004, 05:02 PM
Rem
nicodemus
30 Aug 2004, 08:01 PM
J.J. Cale
YanksFC
30 Aug 2004, 09:13 PM
No love for Jeff Tweedy?
FlashMan
31 Aug 2004, 11:56 AM
No love for Jeff Tweedy?
good call, though he may need a few more albums before he kicks the bucket at age 129 to guarantee placement.
Glenwood Lane United
03 Sep 2004, 03:21 PM
Woody Guthrie.
CHICO13
03 Sep 2004, 03:47 PM
Smokey Robinson
Peter Tosh
David Byrne
gibby
02 Oct 2004, 01:23 PM
Jackson Browne