Songwriters Hall of Fame

Bronx-born Bobby Darin was one of those many star personalities of the mid-'50s and '60s, whose on-stage and recording skills belie the underlying talent of songwriting. In fact, A Darin was an early example of what came to be known as the singer/songwriter.

A lifelong prisoner of a rheumatic…

Miss Peggy Lee’s 6-decade career as a recording artist and songwriter began in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1920. She was born with the name Norma Deloris Egstrom and began performing at the age of 14 with a local band, The Doc Haines Orchestra. The band performed live for local radio…

Sir Tim Rice began his career in music as a singer, performing as lead vocalist with a Pop group known as The Aardvarks, from 1961 to 1963. He attended law school from 1963 to 1966 and served as a management trainee at EMI Records until 1968, when he became a…

A former Boston newsman and the current New York Times Arts and Leisure Section editor have at least one thing in common. Back in the early '70s, both had the good fortune to catch one of America's embryonic national music treasures, Bruce Springsteen, in action. Boston-based Jon Landau (now Springsteen's…