Songwriters Hall of Fame

Carole King

Barry Mann

Barry Mann is a name synonymous with some of the greatest, most enduring songs in the entire American Musical spectrum. In collaboration with Cynthia Weil and other writers, he's produced an outstanding body of work accounting for more than 200 million records sold. Early hits such as "You've Lost That…

Cynthia Weil

Cynthia Weil is one of the most gifted and influential pop lyricists of the last twenty-five years. Along with collaborator Barry Mann, she received the first-ever National Academy of Songwriters (NAS) Life Achievement Award, honoring her for their many early hits, including "On Broadway," and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"…

Gerry Goffin

Lyricist Gerry Goffin was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 11, 1939. Following graduation from Brooklyn Technical High School, Goffin enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve, which later led to his admission to the Annapolis Naval Academy. After his first year in Annapolis, Goffin resigned and enrolled in Queens…

John Lennon

"Strawberry Fields Forever," "Let It Be" and "All You Need Is Love," - all of them bespeak the spirit of the late John Lennon, the man of peace, the man of music. And all of them too, are the result of one of the greatest collaborations in the history of…

Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke, the son of a Baptist minister, Reverend Charles Cooke, Sr. and Annie May Cooke, was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1931. The family moved north to Chicago in 1933 and it was there that Cooke first entered the world of gospel singing, performing with his brothers, Charles Jr.,…

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney, who with the late John Lennon, became widely identified as the songwriting arm of The Beatles, has both with and without Lennon long been admired as one of the major songwriting talents of his era. As The Beatles were perhaps the single most influential group in the modern…

Carole Bayer Sager

Recording stars from Frank Sinatra to Dolly Parton have recorded the songs of Carole Bayer Sager. So also have Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Melissa Manchester, Christopher Cross, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, The Doobie Brothers, Gladys Knight, Roberta Flack, Johnny Mathis, Leo Sayer, Carly Simon, Bette Midler, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick,…

Bob Merrill

While Bob Merrill's songwriting credits speak for themselves, his talents are diverse including successful endeavors in screenplay writing, acting and teaching.

Born in Atlantic City in the city's pre-casino period, he did most of his growing up in the nearby Philadelphia area, graduating from high school there. Following his…