Johnny Mercer Award

Burton Lane, long one of popular music's most revered songwriters, is one of the few American composers to have proved equally adept and successful in writing for both Broadway and motion pictures. Few other songwriters have criss-crossed the nation so often and so productively between Hollywood and New York.

Abe Olman Publisher Award

Bourne Company, now nearing its 75th anniversary, is one of those legendary music publishers that spans decades of changing American popular music tastes. Bonnie Bourne (Mrs. Saul H. Bourne) has been at the helm of the company for 35 years, having become president at the death of her husband in…

Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award

Nat King Cole was making and setting records for his celebrated music decades before Elvis Presley and The Beatles arrived on the scene. And yet, many of his statistics still stand up, even though his singing career came to an abrupt close in 1965, when he died of lung cancer.

Patron of the Arts Award

Jonathan M. Tisch, the 1992 recipient of The Songwriters' Hall of Fame Patron of the Arts Award, has a particularly high profile in the furtherance of the arts with his recent chairmanship of Mayor Dinkins New York host committee for the 1992 Grammy Awards Show at Radio City.

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Board of Directors Award