Doobie Brothers, George Clinton, Beach Boys’ Mike Love Among 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees

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Funk innovator George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers‘ Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons and The Beach Boys‘ Mike Love are among this year’s inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Also set for induction: Country music songwriter Ashley Gorley, who has written hits for Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood; Grammy-winning Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, who produced hits for, among many others, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, George Michael and Mariah Carey; and “Build Me Up Buttercup” hitmaker Tony Macaulay.

The induction ceremony is slated for Thursday, June 12, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Additional special award honorees will be announced soon.

Nile Rodgers, Hall of Fame Chairman, said in a statement, “The foundation of the music industry exists because songwriters compose great songs. Without them, there is no recorded music, no concert business, no fans, or merchandising; it all starts with the song and the songwriter. We are therefore very proud that we are continually recognizing some of the culturally most important writers of all time and that this year’s slate represents not just iconic songs, but also diversity and unity across genres and ethnicity. These songwriters have enriched the lives of billions of listeners the world over. It’s our honor to honor them.”

Among the 2025 nominees who didn’t make this year’s cut are Janet Jackson, Eminem, N.W.A, Boy George, Sheryl Crow and Sonny Curtis.

Key songs in the 2025 inductees’ catalogs include:

George Clinton

Atomic Dog * Flash Light * (Not Just) Knee Deep * I’d Rather Be With You * Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)

Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons, The Doobie Brothers

Listen to the Music * Takin’ It to the Streets * Black Water * What a Fool Believes * Long Train Runnin’

Ashley Gorley

I Had Some Help * Last Night * You Should Probably Leave * Play It Again * You’re Gonna Miss This

Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins

Say My Name * The Boy Is Mine * You Rock My World * Deja Vu * Telephone

Mike Love

California Girls * Good Vibrations * The Warmth of the Sun * I Get Around * Fun, Fun, Fun

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)

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