FM Songwriters Hall of Fame Nominees

michelej1 · #1 10-10-2012, 12:46 PM

APNewsBreak: Elvis Costello, B.B. King, Fleetwood Mac among Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees

Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 8:17 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entert...945_story.html

NEW YORK — Elvis Costello, B.B. King and Ray Davies are among the nominees for the 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame.

They’re joined by a slew of top acts, including Jimmy Buffett, Vince Gill and Rod Temperton, who wrote Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” ‘’Rock With You” and “Off the Wall.”

Songwriters Hall gave The Associated Press a list of nominees in advance of the official announcement, set for Oct. 16. The gala takes place June 13 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Also nominated are Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, former Eurythmics bandmates Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Aeromsith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Bobby Womack and Foreigner’s Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, who said in an interview that he’s excited to be highlighted as a songwriter.

“It means a lot that those songs have been recognized, and maybe, hopefully a little part of history,” Jones said of the band’s hits, which include “I Want to Know What Love Is” and “Waiting for a Girl Like You.”

Non-performing songwriters up for nomination include “Chain of Fools” songwriter Don Covay, country music songwriter Bobby Braddock and Holly Knight, who co-wrote Pat Benatar’s “Love Is a Battlefield” and Tina Turner’s “Better Be Good to Me.”

Linda Perry, the writer behind Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful,” is also nominated alongside Bob McDill, Rick Nowels, Randy Goodrum, Tony Hatch and JD Souther. Writing duos Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, and P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri will also compete.

Eligible voters can select two nominees from the list of songwriter-performers and three non-performing songwriters. Voting ends Dec. 17.

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aleuzzi · #2 10-10-2012, 03:04 PM

Does this mean the three FM songwriters will be considered as a single entity, or will they be considered separately?

WildHearted · #3 10-10-2012, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Does this mean the three FM songwriters will be considered as a single entity, or will they be considered separately?

Separately, I would assume?

SummerlongBoots · #4 10-10-2012, 04:22 PM

Looks separate to me.

http://www.theboot.com/2012/10/10/so...2013-nominees/

Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie.

MacFan92 · #5 10-10-2012, 10:47 PM

http://www.hitfix.com/news/steven-ty...s-hall-of-fame

NEW YORK (AP) — Elvis Costello, B.B. King and Ray Davies are among the nominees for the 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame.

They're joined by a slew of top acts, including Jimmy Buffett, Vince Gill and Rod Temperton, who wrote Michael Jackson's "Thriller," ''Rock With You" and "Off the Wall."

Songwriters Hall gave The Associated Press a list of nominees in advance of the official announcement, set for Oct. 16. The gala takes place June 13 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Also nominated are Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, former Eurythmics bandmates Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Aeromsith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Bobby Womack and Foreigner's Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, who said in an interview that he's excited to be highlighted as a songwriter.

"It means a lot that those songs have been recognized, and maybe, hopefully a little part of history," Jones said of the band's hits, which include "I Want to Know What Love Is" and "Waiting for a Girl Like You."

Non-performing songwriters up for nomination include "Chain of Fools" songwriter Don Covay, country music songwriter Bobby Braddock and Holly Knight, who co-wrote Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" and Tina Turner's "Better Be Good to Me."

Linda Perry, the writer behind Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful," is also nominated alongside Bob McDill, Rick Nowels, Randy Goodrum, Tony Hatch and JD Souther. Writing duos Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, and P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri will also compete.

Eligible voters can select two nominees from the list of songwriter-performers and three non-performing songwriters. Voting ends Dec. 17.

MacFan92 · #6 10-10-2012, 10:48 PM

I suddenly realized that maybe I should have put this in the Rumour's forum because it says Lindsey and Christine are nominated as well. I just put it under Stevie's because it's her name in the headline, so sorry if I put this in the wrong spot!

bombaysaffires · #7 10-11-2012, 12:59 AM

Rick Nowels is also nominated...just not for his Stevie work.

Macfanforever · #8 10-11-2012, 01:31 AM

Wow .Theres alot of good artists and writers listed there.I'm glad Stevie Lindsey and Christine got a nod from them.

vivfox · #9 10-11-2012, 10:29 AM

Let's hope that all 3 Macsters get in at the same time or else there might be some animosity for them to deal with. I was very suprised to find out Chris and Lindsey were pissed they didn't win a Grammy for The Dance.

Macfanforever · #10 10-11-2012, 11:29 AM

Yes Stevie and FM seem to be invisible to these organization .I hope they will see and get recognized for their hard work.

Bandon · #11 10-11-2012, 05:56 PM

Too bad this news came out within the same few days as Stevie's Nicky/Mariah hub-bub. I know this news would not have gotten as much attention as the sensational story did, but maybe it would have focused a little more attention on Stevie's Hall of Fame Nomination. Most of the articles I read about the Hall of Fame yesterday (and there were many) barely mentioned Stevie, if at all. And the focus was on other songwriters. Wonder why?

MacMan · #12 10-11-2012, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bandon

Too bad this news came out within the same few days as Stevie's Nicky/Mariah hub-bub. I know this news would not have gotten as much attention as the sensational story did, but maybe it would have focused a little more attention on Stevie's Hall of Fame Nomination. Most of the articles I read about the Hall of Fame yesterday (and there were many) barely mentioned Stevie, if at all. And the focus was on other songwriters. Wonder why?

What's to focus on? They're nominated. There was really no focus on any particular person more then the other except they gathered a couple of quotes from a couple nominees. Everyone nominated was mentioned along with the fact that The Associated Press was given the list early ahead of the official announcement Oct 16th.

The only thing left out was what they were nominated for, and that's pretty much the case with everyone. We'll get the full monty on the 16th