Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 1970 by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. A non-profit organization, its objective is to honor and preserve the songwriting legacy that is uniquely associated with the music community in the city of Nashville. The Foundation's stated purpose is to educate, archive, and celebrate the contributions of the members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame to the world of music.

The Nashville Songwriters Foundation, Inc., is governed by a board of directors, currently consisting of thirteen members. Annually, three songwriters are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

1970s

 * 1970
 * Gene Autry
 * Johnny Bond
 * Albert E. Brumley
 * A.P. Carter
 * Ted Daffan
 * Vernon Dalhart
 * Rex Griffin
 * Stuart Hamblen
 * Pee Wee King
 * Vic McAlpin
 * Bob Miller
 * Leon Payne
 * Jimmie Rodgers
 * Fred Rose
 * Redd Stewart
 * Floyd Tillman
 * Merle Travis
 * Ernest Tubb
 * Cindy Walker
 * Hank Williams, Sr.
 * Bob Wills


 * 1971
 * Smiley Burnette
 * Jenny Lou Carson
 * Wilf Carter
 * Zeke Clements
 * Jimmie Davis
 * Alton & Rabon Delmore
 * Al Dexter
 * Vaughn Horton
 * Bradley Kincaid
 * Bill Monroe
 * Bob Nolan
 * Tex Owens
 * Tex Ritter
 * Carson J. Robison
 * Gene Sullivan
 * Tim Spencer
 * Jimmy Wakely
 * Wiley Walker
 * Scotty Wiseman


 * 1972
 * Boudleaux and Felice Bryant
 * Lefty Frizzell
 * Jack Rhodes
 * Don Robertson


 * 1973
 * Jack Clement
 * Don Gibson
 * Harlan Howard
 * Roger Miller
 * Ed Nelson, Jr.
 * Steve Nelson
 * Willie Nelson


 * 1974
 * Hank Cochran


 * 1975
 * Bill Anderson
 * Danny Dill
 * Eddie Miller
 * Marty Robbins
 * Wayne Walker
 * Marijohn Wilkin


 * 1976
 * Carl Belew
 * Dallas Frazier
 * John D. Loudermilk
 * Moon Mullican
 * Curly Putman
 * Mel Tillis


 * 1977
 * Johnny Cash
 * Woody Guthrie
 * Merle Haggard
 * Kris Kristofferson


 * 1978
 * Joe Allison
 * Tom T. Hall
 * Hank Snow
 * Don Wayne


 * 1979
 * Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey
 * Charles Louvin
 * Ira Louvin
 * Elsie McWilliams
 * Joe South

1980s

 * 1980
 * Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
 * Mickey Newbury
 * Ben Peters
 * Ray Stevens


 * 1981
 * Bobby Braddock
 * Ray Whitley


 * 1982
 * Chuck Berry
 * William J. "Billy" Hill


 * 1983
 * W.C. Handy
 * Loretta Lynn
 * Beasley Smith


 * 1984
 * Hal David
 * Billy Sherrill


 * 1985
 * Bob McDill
 * Carl Perkins


 * 1986
 * Otis Blackwell
 * Dolly Parton


 * 1987
 * Roy Orbison
 * Sonny Throckmorton


 * 1988
 * Hoagy Carmichael
 * Troy Seals


 * 1989
 * Rory Michael Bourke
 * Maggie Cavender
 * Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer

1990s

 * 1990
 * Sue Brewer
 * Ted Harris
 * Jimmy Webb


 * 1991
 * Charlie Black
 * Sonny Curtis


 * 1992
 * Max D. Barnes
 * Wayland Holyfield


 * 1993
 * Red Lane
 * Don Schlitz
 * Conway Twitty


 * 1994
 * Jerry Foster (as Foster & Rice)
 * Buddy Holly
 * Richard Leigh
 * Bill Rice (as Foster & Rice)
 * Bobby Russell


 * 1995
 * Waylon Jennings
 * Dickey Lee
 * Dave Loggins


 * 1996
 * Jerry Chesnut
 * Kenny O'Dell
 * Buck Owens
 * Norro Wilson


 * 1997
 * Wayne Carson
 * Roger Cook
 * Hank Thompson


 * 1998
 * Merle Kilgore
 * Eddie Rabbitt
 * Kent Robbins


 * 1999
 * Tommy Collins
 * Wayne Kemp
 * A.L. "Doodle" Owens
 * Glenn Sutton

2000s

 * 2000
 * Mac Davis
 * Randy Goodrum
 * Allen Reynolds
 * Billy Edd Wheeler


 * 2001
 * Don Everly
 * Phil Everly
 * Dennis Linde
 * Johnny Russell


 * 2002
 * Dean Dillon
 * Bob Dylan
 * Shel Silverstein


 * 2003
 * Hal Blair
 * Rodney Crowell
 * Paul Overstreet
 * John Prine


 * 2004
 * Guy Clark
 * Freddie Hart
 * Dennis Morgan
 * Billy Joe Shaver


 * 2005
 * Gary Burr
 * Vince Gill
 * Roger Murrah
 * Jerry Reed
 * Mike Reid


 * 2006
 * Jimmy Buffett
 * Hugh Prestwood
 * Jim Weatherly


 * 2007
 * Bob DiPiero
 * Mac McAnally
 * Flatt & Scruggs
 * Dottie Rambo
 * Hank Williams, Jr.


 * 2008
 * Matraca Berg
 * John Hiatt
 * Tom Shapiro


 * 2009
 * Kye Fleming
 * Mark D. Sanders
 * Tammy Wynette

2010s

 * 2010
 * Pat Alger
 * Steve Cropper
 * Paul Davis
 * Stephen Foster


 * 2011
 * John Bettis
 * Garth Brooks
 * Alan Jackson
 * Thom Schuyler
 * Allen Shamblin


 * 2012
 * Tony Arata
 * Mary Chapin Carpenter
 * Larry Henley
 * Kim Williams


 * 2013
 * Will Jennings
 * Layng Martine Jr.
 * Randy Owen
 * Jeffrey Steele


 * 2014
 * John Anderson
 * Paul Craft
 * Tom Douglas
 * Gretchen Peters


 * 2015
 * Rosanne Cash
 * Mark James
 * Even Stevens
 * Craig Wiseman


 * 2016
 * Aaron Barker
 * Beth Nielsen Chapman
 * Bob Morrison
 * Townes Van Zandt


 * 2017
 * Walt Aldridge
 * Dewayne Blackwell
 * Vern Gosdin
 * Jim McBride
 * Tim Nichols


 * 2018
 * Ronnie Dunn
 * Byron Hill
 * Wayne Kirkpatrick
 * Joe Melson
 * K.T. Oslin


 * 2019
 * Larry Gatlin
 * Marcus Hummon
 * Kostas Lazarides
 * Rivers Rutherford
 * Sharon Vaughn
 * Dwight Yoakam

2020s

 * 2020
 * Kent Blazy
 * Steve Earle
 * Bobbie Gentry
 * Brett James
 * Spooner Oldham


 * 2021
 * Rhett Akins
 * Buddy Cannon
 * Amy Grant
 * Toby Keith
 * John Scott Sherrill


 * 2022
 * Hillary Lindsey
 * David Malloy
 * Chips Moman
 * Gary Nicholson
 * Shania Twain
 * Steve Wariner


 * 2023
 * Casey Beathard
 * Kix Brooks
 * John Jarrard
 * Rafe Van Hoy
 * David Lee Murphy
 * Keith Urban