The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The goal is to create a museum but as of April, 2008, the means do not yet exist and so instead it is an online virtual museum, striving toward that goal. It has an office in New York City, United States, and holds workshops, showcases, and provides scholarships to promising artists to help develop new songwriting talent.
To date there have been 345 individuals inducted into the SHOF, with the British rock band Queen in 2003, and the American band Crosby, Stills & Nash in 2009, being the only bands (rather than an individual) to ever be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
This tag is used to mark those who have been inducted.
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