by Roger Wink, VVN Music
The songwriting team of Elton John and Bernie Taupin are to be awarded the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Alan and Marilyn Bergman,
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil,
Bernie Taupin,
Billy Joel,
Burt Bacharach,
Carole King,
Cy Coleman,
Dolly Parton,
Elton John,
Hal David,
Holland-Dozier-Holland,
Holly Knight,
JD Souther,
Jerry Leiber,
Jimmy Webb,
Joe Perry,
Johnny Mercer,
Jule Styne,
Kris Kristofferson,
Mick Jones & Lou Gramm,
Mike Stoller,
Paul Anka,
Paul Simon,
Phil Collins,
pop,
rock,
Sammy Cahn,
Smokey Robinson,
Songwriters Hall Of Fame Award,
Stephen Sondheim,
Steven Tyler,
Stevie Wonder,
Tony Hatch,
U.K.,
U.S.A.
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by Roger Wink, VVN Music
Bob Dylan has been racking up the honors over the last decade or so from an Academy Award to the Presidential Medal of Freedom to France’s Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, but his latest honor may be the most rare and prestigious.
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Ann Beattie,
Bob Dylan,
David Mamet,
E.L. Doctorow,
Edward Albee,
Folk Rock,
Garrison Keillor,
Harper Lee,
Jasper Johns,
Joan Dideon,
John Irving,
Joyce Carol Oates,
Jules Feiffer,
Philip Glass,
Philip Roth,
Sam Shepard,
Stephen Sondheim,
Tom Wolfe,
Toni Morrison,
U.S.A.
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