Nashville
Songwriters Foundation Will Induct
Three Into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Ceremonies
Set for Sunday, Nov. 3, at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza
Nashville—Three
of country music’s most-recorded tunesmiths will be
inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on Sunday,
November 3, at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza here. The event is conducted
by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation and will start with
cocktails at 6 p.m.
Nominated
in the pre-1972 category are Jim Anglin (whose compositions
include “Ashes Of Love,” “Down South In
New Orleans” and “Let Your Conscience Be Your
Guide”); Hal Blair (“My Lips Are Sealed,”
“Please Help Me I’m Falling,” “Ninety
Miles An Hour Down A Dead End Street”); Jan Crutchfield
(“Going Going Gone,” “It Turns Me Inside
Out,” “Tear Time”); Earl Montgomery (“We’re
Gonna Hold On,” “One Of These Days,” “What’s
Your Mama’s Name”); and Shel Silverstein (“Boy
Named Sue,” “Queen Of The Silver Dollar,”
“The Cover Of Rolling Stone”).
Running
in the 1972-82 division are Dean Dillon (“Best Day,”
“Tennessee Whiskey,” “Unwound”); Larry
Henley (“Lizzie And The Rain Man,” “Wind
Beneath My Wings,” “Til I Get It Right”);
Layng Martine Jr. (“The Greatest Man I Never Knew,”
“Rub It In,” “Way Down”); Dennis Morgan
(“I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,”
“I Wouldn’t Have Missed It For The World,”
“Smoky Mountain Rain”) and Thom Schuyler (“16th
Avenue,” “Long Line Of Love,” “Love
Will Turn You Around”).
Contending
in the pre-1982 songwriter/artist list are Rodney Crowell
(“Til I Gain Control Again,” “Song For The
Life,” “Please Remember Me”), Bob Dylan
(“Lay, Lady, Lay,” “I’ll Be Your Baby
Tonight,” “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere”);
Freddie Hart (“Easy Loving,” “Loose Talk,”
“My Hang Up Is You”); Paul Overstreet (“All
The Fun,” “Love Can Build A Bridge,” “On
The Other Hand”); and Jerry Reed (“East Bound
And Down,” “When You’re Hot You’re
Hot,” “US Male”).
Last year’s
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame winners were Johnny Russell,
the Everly Brothers and Dennis Linde.
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