Alicia Keys Receiving Starlight Award
Thursday, March 31, 2005

NEW YORK — Alicia Keys (search) will receive the Starlight Award (search), which honors gifted songwriters in the early years of their careers, at the 2005 Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards (search) gala.

Keys' selection was announced Wednesday by Hal David, chairman and chief executive officer of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The awards dinner will be held June 9 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel.

Inductees at this year's event include Steve Cropper, John Fogerty, Isaac Hayes and David Porter, Richard and Robert Sherman, and Bill Withers.

Les Paul will receive the lifetime achievement award.

The National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond.

Inductees have included Carole King, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Paul Simon, Jim Croce, Phil Collins, Sting, Randy Newman, Hal David, Burt Bacharach, Barry Manilow and Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.


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Inductees

Adams, Lee

Adler, Richard

Anka, Paul

Ashford, Nickolas

Aznavour, Charles

Bacharach, Burt

Barry, Jeff

Barry, John

Bartholomew, Dave

Bergman, Alan

Bergman, Marilyn

Berry, Chuck

Blackwell, Otis

Bock, Jerry

Brown, James

Bryant, Boudleaux

Bryant, Felice

Clapton, Eric

Collins, Phil

Cooke, Sam

Creed, Linda

Crewe, Bob

Croce, Jim

Darin, Bobby

David, Hal

Denver, John

Diamond, Neil

Domino Jr., Antoine ("Fats")

Dozier, Lamont

Dylan, Bob

Ebb, Fred

Fox, Charles

Frey, Glenn

Gamble, Kenneth

Gaudio, Bob

Gibb, Barry

Gibb, Maurice

Gibb, Robin

Gimbel, Norman

Goffin, Gerry

Green, Al

Greenfield, Howard

Greenwich, Ellie

Hall, Daryl (Hall & Oates)

Hamlisch, Marvin

Harnick, Sheldon

Henley, Don

Herman, Jerry

Holland, Brian

Holland, Edward

Holly, Buddy

Howard, Harlan

Huff, Leon

Jackson, Michael

Jagger, Mick

Jobim, Antonio Carlos

Joel, Billy

John, Sir Elton

Kander, John

King, Carole

Kristofferson, Kris

Lee, Miss Peggy

Legrand, Michel

Leiber, Jerry

Leigh, Carolyn

Lennon, John

Little Richard

Manilow, Barry

Mann, Barry

Mayfield, Curtis

McCartney, Paul

McLean, Don

Merrill, Bob

Mitchell, Joni

Nelson, Willie

Newman, Randy

Oates, John (Hall & Oates)

Orbison, Roy

Parton, Dolly

Pomus, Jerome "Doc"

Redding, Otis

Rice, Sir Tim

Richards, Keith

Richie, Lionel

Robinson, Smokey

Ross, Jerry

Sager, Carole Bayer

Sedaka, Neil

Shuman, Mort

Simon, Carly

Simon, Paul

Simpson, Valerie

Sondheim, Stephen

Spector, Phil

Springsteen, Bruce (The Boss)

Sting

Stoller, Mike

Strong, Barrett

Strouse, Charles

Taupin, Bernie

Taylor, James

Van Morrison

Warren, Diane

Webb, Jimmy

Webber, Sir Andrew Lloyd

Weil, Cynthia

Whitfield, Norman

Williams, John

Williams, Paul

Wilson, Brian

Wonder, Stevie