17 ASCAP Members Shortlisted for Songwriters Hall of Fame

From country ballads to hard rock classics, hip-hop bangers to AM staples, ASCAP’s nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame class of 2024 run the genre gamut and then some.

In total 17 ASCAP members and affiliates were shortlisted this year across the performing and non-performing songwriter categories. A songwriter qualifies for induction 20 years after the first significant commercial release of a song.

Congratulations to all of our nominated songwriting legends, listed below along with a small sample of their best-loved songs. 

If you’re a voting member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, turn in your ballot by midnight ET on December 27, 2023!

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NON-PERFORMING SONGWRITERS

Hillary Lindsey

“Jesus Take the Wheel,” “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” “Girl Crush,” “Always Remember Us This Way,” “Million Reasons”

Tony Macaulay

“Baby Now That I’ve Found You,” “Build Me Up Buttercup,” “Don’t Give Up On Us,” “Last Night I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All,” “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”

Timothy Mosley (aka Timbaland)

“SexyBack,” “Get Ur Freak On,” “Pony,” “Big Pimpin’,” “The Way I Are”

Roger Nichols

“We’ve Only Just Begun,” “Rainy Days and Mondays,” “I Won’t Last a Day Without You,” “Out in the Country,” “Times of Your Life”

Maurice Starr

“Candy Girl,” “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever),” “Is This the End,” “Step by Step,” “Popcorn Love”

Narada Michael Walden

“How Will I Know,” “Freeway of Love,” “Who’s Zoomin’ Who,” “I Don’t Wanna Cry,” “I Shoulda Loved Ya”

PERFORMING SONGWRITERS

Tracy Chapman

“Fast Car,” “Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution,” “Give Me One Reason,” “Baby Can I Hold You,” “Sing for You”

Donald Fagen & Walter Becker (Steely Dan)

“Reelin’ in the Years,” “My Old School,” “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” “Black Friday,” “Kid Charlemagne”

David Gates (Bread)

“Everything I Own,” “Make It with You,” “Baby I’m-a Want You,” “The Guitar Man,” “If”

Debbie Harry, Chris Stein & Clem Burke (Blondie)

“Call Me,” “Heart of Glass,” “Rapture,” “One Way or Another,” “Sunday Girl”

Kenny Loggins

“Danny’s Song,” “Footloose,” “Celebrate Me Home,” “Return to Pooh Corner,” “What a Fool Believes”

Patrick Simmons & Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers)

“Listen to the Music,” “Long Train Runnin’,” “What a Fool Believes,” “China Grove,” “Black Water”

Nancy Wilson (Heart)

“Barracuda,” “Crazy on You,” “Dog and Butterfly,” “Straight On,” “Even It Up”

Read the full list of SHOF nominees here.