Songwriters Hall of Fame Announces 2016 Nominees

P.F. SLOAN & STEVE BARRY: "Eve of Destruction," "A Must to Avoid" and "You Baby."

KENNY NOLAN:  "I Like Dreamin'", "Lady Marmalade" and "My Eyes Adored You."

DAN PENN & SPOONER:  "Cry Like a Baby" and "I'm Your Puppet."

MICKEY STEVENSON:  "Dancin' In the Street," "It Takes Two" and  "Devil With a Blue Dress On."

ALLEE WILLIS:  "September," "Boogie Wonderland" and "Neutron Dance"

OTHER NOMINEES:

Peter Cetera, Robert Lamm and James Pankow of Chicago
David Gates of Bread
Cat Stevens
Jeff Lynne of ELO
Sly Stone
Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell and George Brown of Kool & the Gang
Madonna
George Michael
Four others

They will be inducted June 2017 in New York City.

--RoadDog