{"id":791977,"date":"2019-01-12T09:02:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T16:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=778309"},"modified":"2019-01-12T09:02:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T16:02:58","slug":"missy-elliott-john-prine-yusuf-cat-stevens-among-2019-songwriters-hall-of-fame-inductees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/missy-elliott-john-prine-yusuf-cat-stevens-among-2019-songwriters-hall-of-fame-inductees\/","title":{"rendered":"Missy Elliott, John Prine, Yusuf\/Cat Stevens Among 2019 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Missy-Elliott-Main-Pub-1-Photo-Credit-Derek-Blanks1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/missy-elliott\/\" id=\"auto-tag_missy-elliott\" data-tag=\"missy-elliott\">Missy Elliott<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/john-prine\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-prine\" data-tag=\"john-prine\">John Prine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/yusuf\/\" id=\"auto-tag_yusuf\" data-tag=\"yusuf\">Yusuf<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/cat-stevens\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cat-stevens\" data-tag=\"cat-stevens\">Cat Stevens<\/a> are among the 2019 inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Country great Tom T. Hall, R&amp;B hitmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dallas-austin\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dallas-austin\" data-tag=\"dallas-austin\">Dallas Austin<\/a> and \u201cPeaceful Easy Feeling\u201d writer Jack Tempchin will also be honored at the June 13th induction ceremony at New York\u2019s Marriott Marquis Hotel. Additional special awards honorees will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s induction class is the Songwriters Hall of Fame\u2019s first since Chic legend Nile Rodgers assumed the role of the organization\u2019s chairman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing you need to know is it\u2019s about the song, the second thing you need to know is it\u2019s about the song, the third thing you need to know is it\u2019s about the song. That\u2019s true now more than ever but It has always been about the song so I\u2019m very proud that in my first year as Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame that we are recognizing some of the culturally most important songwriters of all time,\u201d Rodgers said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 2019 slate of inductees represents\u00a0diversity and unity across genres and gender, highlighting our dedicated mission to honor music creators who have enriched our lives. These are writers who in their time literally transformed music and helped make what\u2019s happening today possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEstablished in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) serves as a vital bridge between music\u2019s past and future,\u201d the organization noted.\u00a0\u201cIn the Hall, musical pioneers are enshrined and celebrated, while the organization\u2019s outreach to the music community grooms the next generation of troubadours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first commercial release\u00a0of a song; Elliott registered her first Hot 100 Top 10 hit as a featured artist in 1999 with \u201cHot Boyz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/missy-elliott-john-prine-cat-stevens-songwriters-hall-of-fame-778309\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missy Elliott, John Prine and Yusuf\/Cat Stevens are among the 2019 inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Country great Tom T. Hall, R&amp;B hitmaker Dallas Austin and \u201cPeaceful Easy Feeling\u201d writer Jack Tempchin will also be honored at the June 13th induction ceremony at New York\u2019s Marriott Marquis Hotel. Additional special awards honorees will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-791977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 09:31:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}