1980 Award and Induction Ceremony



Alan Bergman

Alan Bergman

Alan and Marilyn Bergman are recognized as one of the very few and certainly the most successful lyric writing teams in history. The Bergmans were inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 1980, and this year, join the select company of composers and lyricists who enjoy a second citation… more



Marilyn Bergman

Marilyn Bergman

Alan and Marilyn Bergman are recognized as one of the very few and certainly the most successful lyric writing teams in history. The Bergmans were inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 1980, and this year, join the select company of composers and lyricists who enjoy a second citation… more



Betty Comden

Betty Comden

The team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the longest running creative partnership in theatre history, began writing and performing their own satirical comic material in a group called "The Revuers," which included the late Judy Holliday. They went onto collaborate with Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins on what was… more



Adolph Green

Adolph Green

The team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the longest running creative partnership in theatre history, began writing and performing their own satirical comic material in a group called "The Revuers," which included the late Judy Holliday. They went onto collaborate with Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins on what was… more



Herb Magidson

Herb Magidson

Herb Magidson, the first Academy Award winner for Best Song in a Motion Picture for “The Continental”, was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania on January 7, 1906.

Collaborating with songwriters like Con Conrad, Allie Wrubel, Ben Oadland, Carl Sigman, Michael Cleary, Jule Styne, Sam Stept and Sammy Fain, Magidson… more



Alan Bergman

Marilyn Bergman

Betty Comden

Adolph Green

Herb Magidson


Johnny Mercer Award
Frank Sinatra

Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award
Ethel Merman