Here are Your Nominees for the Songwriter Hall of Fame

Yes, there is such a thing–and when you think about it, there should be. Winners will be named early in 2017 with the 48th annual induction event happening June 5 in New York. For the full list (and there are plenty of names here) go here.

• Bryan Adams
  • (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
  • Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
  • All For Love
• Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter
  • Umbrella
  • Crazy in Love
  • Baby Boy
• Peter Cetera, Robert Lamm & James Pankow (Chicago)
  • If You Leave Me Now (Cetera)
  • Hard to Say I’m Sorry (Cetera)
  • 25 or 6 to 4 (Lamm)
  • Saturday in the Park (Lamm)
  • Just You ‘N’ Me (Pankow)
  • Old Days (Pankow)
• Gloria Estefan
  • Don’t Wanna Lose You
  • Anything For You
  • Coming Out of the Dark
• David Gates
  • Make It With You
  • Baby I’m a Want You
  • Popsicles and Icicles
• Vince Gill
  • Feels Like Love
  • Whenever You Come Around
  • If You Ever Have Forever in Mind
• Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam)
  • The First Cut is the Deepest
  • Peace Train
  • Wild World
• Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell & George Brown (Kool & the Gang)
  • Celebration
  • Cherish
  • Jungle Boogie
• Jeff Lynne
  • Telephone Line
  • Mr. Blue Sky
  • You Got It
• Madonna
  • Music
  • Take a Bow
  • Like a Prayer
• George Michael
  • Carless Whisper
  • Faith
  • Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
• Sylvester “Sly Stone” Stewart
  • Family Affair
  • Everyday People
  • Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)