Songwriters Hall of Fame

Lamont Dozier was born and raised in Detroit, and was surrounded by music as a child. He began writing lyrics and music before he was a teenager.

At the age of 13, Dozier founded The Romeos, was signed to Atco Records in 1957. The band had a charting…

Composer Leroy Anderson was born on June 29, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a boy he showed precocity for music and at the age of 11 studied piano at the New England Conservatory. He attended Harvard University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and later received his Masters degree…

Noel Coward was born in Teddington, Middlesex, England on December 16, 1899 into what he referred to as “genteel poverty”. Principally a playwright, Coward also wrote a whole catalog of hit popular songs with an elegant, sophisticated style. As a young child, Coward would give little performances in front of…