R.E.M. & Steely Dan Among Songwriters Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024
All four members of R.E.M. along with Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen and Walter Becker plus more will head into the SHOF this year.
By Nate Todd Jan 17, 2024 • 9:05 am PST
R.E.M. Photo by Anton Corbijn
The Songwriters Hall of Fame 2024 inductees include R.E.M., Steely Dan and more. The induction ceremony is set to take place June 13th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
All four founding members of R.E.M. — Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry — will enter the SHOF. R.E.M. are behind such classics as “Losing My Religion,” The One I Love” and “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).”
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Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen and a posthumous induction for Walter Becker also go down in 2024. The pair wrote stellar songs such as “Reelin’ in the Years,” “My Old School,” “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” and “Kid Charlemagne.”
“Jesus Take The Wheel” songwriter Hillary Lindsey, renowned “Big Pimpin” producer Timbaland (Timothy Mosley) and “Footloose” co-writer Dean Pitchford are also set to be inducted.
SHOF Chairman Nile Rodgers issued a statement on the 2024 induction:
“I’ve said it before, but the music industry does not exist without songwriters delivering great songs first. Without them there is no recorded music, no concert business, no merch . . . nothing, 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 songwriters of all time and that the 2024 slate represents not just iconic songs but also diversity and unity across genres, ethnicity and gender, songwriters who have enriched our lives and literally enriched music and the lives of billions of listeners all over the world.”
Watch the 2024 SHOF inductee announcement via CBS Mornings below:
