Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Steely Dan, REM, Timbaland Among Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees, Also Writer of “Fame” and “Footloose”

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The Songwriters Hall of Fame have announced their inductees for 2024.

The members of REM, plus Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan, and producer Timbaland are in.

So is Dean Pitchford, who wrote the hits “Fame” and “Footloose.” He also wrote “Love Moves in Mysterious Ways,” an international hit for Julia Fordham.

On the country side, the SHOF will induct Hillary Lindsey, who they say has written a lot of songs with country stars from Martina McBride to Carrie Underwood.

The SHOF will announce a few more prizes chosen by their board. Some will make sense, some won’t.

Truly, the REM guys and Steely Dan should have been in a long time ago. In the case of the latter, the SHOF waited so long that Becker is dead.

The ceremony will take place in New York on June 14th.

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