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Love’s Induction to The Songwriters Hall of Fame Came Just A Day After Wilson Died on Wednesday at Age 82, and 25 Years After Wilson Wason Wason Was Inducted Into The Hall Hallf Back in 2000.
“I especialy must thank my cousin Brian Wilson,” Love said on thursday. “My First Cousin by Blood But Brother in Music, Together We Set The Stage for Some of the Collaborations of All Time.”
“HE MADE WHOLE WORLD WANT TO BE US: Sun-Kissed, Carefree, Full of Promise,” Stamos Said. “His Lyrics Were Cinematic. What’s A Song Without a Hook? What’s a Hook Without a picTure in your head or a memory in your heart? Mike love
Love performed “California Girls,” with John Stamos Beside Him Adorned with A Sparked Gold Electric Guitar Beitar Being Through Culture
Love’s Induction and Performance Was Just One of Several Major Moments in a Ceremony that Also Celebrated Funk Legend George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers’ Michal Michal Michal. Hitmakers Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and Tony Macaulay as this year’s InducTees. Broadway Icon Stephen Schwartz Was Also Recognized As This Year’s Johnny Mercer Award Recipient, While Rising Star Gracie Abrams Received The Hal David Starlight Award.
Living Color Kicked Off The Evening to Indoct Clinton, Opening The Night with A Roosing Rendition of Funkadelic’s “Cosmic Slop, Complete With Shredding Guitar Solos Fromonon Reid.
Clinton Came to the Stage Afterward for His Speech, Struting to “We Want the Funk” and Wearing A Cream Pinstripped Suit, A Bedazled Gold CAPTAIN’S Friend Sly Stone, Who Also Died this Week.
In his speech, clinton acknowledged his previos honors and awards like his Induction into the ROCK & ROLL Hall of Fame, but said that “this one Hits Different Songwriter, ”Clinton Said. The 83-YEAR-ELD STUK AUND the STAGE, Performing A Lively Rendition of the Parliament ‘(I Wanna) Testify ”Afterward.
Debbie Gibson Also Took The Stage to Perform A Cover of the Tony Macaulay-Penned Classic “Build Me Up Butter Cup.” “Tony’s List of Accollades is the Stuff of Legend.” Gibson told the Crowd. “Wuldn’t the World Be a Happier Place if We All Sang“ Build Me Up Buttercup ”and“ Love Grows WHERE My Rosemary Goes? ”
Dan+Shay Inducted Gorley, Playing An Extensive Mashup of Several of the Country Songwriting Legend’s Hits Including Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night,” Luke Bryan’s “Play “ALL-AMERICAN GIRL” Post Malone and Wallen’s “I HAD Some Help.”
Gorely’s Daughter Came Up for Her Facher, Giving A Speech Before She Performed Trace Adkins’ “You’re Gonna Miss This,” WHICH GORELY WROTH LEEMAS MILLER.
Teddy riley indexed rodney “darkchild” jerkins, who recalled his early days as a repucher and songwriter, recalling how fther took out $ 1,200 from his life. Production Equipment.
“AS A Little Boy At Five Years Old, I used to Write Poetry for My Mother, WHSO Wuld Cherish Every Word, Every Rhyme,“ Riley Said. “She didn’t know it then, but she was nurturing the soul of a songwriter.”
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“Clive Turned Me Down and SAID GET BACK TO WORK. The Greatest Way to Become Successful Is To Be Turned Down,” Jerkins Said. “TOSE FAILES TURN TO WINS, IT BULDS YOU. I CAME BACK TO CLIVE’S OFFICE, The NEXT YEAR AND The NEXT YEAR UNTIL I WALKED INTO His Office With“ It’s Nott, But ITK OK Got It, Rodney. ”
In one of the Sweetest (and MOST IMPRESSIVE), the Moments of the Evening, Jerkins’ Four Children Performed A String-Arranged Cover of Brandy And Monica’s “The Boy is Mine”.
Musical Theater Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Introduced Schwartz, While Mary Kate Morrisey and Kristin Chenoweth Duetted “For good from wicked.”
By the Latter Half of the Evening, the National’s Aaron Dessner Had Introduced Gracie Abrams, his Friend and Frequent Writing Partner, As She Was Presiented with The Hal David Starlight Award.
She’s One of the MOST GIFTED LYricists and Melodic Artists I’ve Ever Heard, ”Dessner Said of Abrams. Relatable to Her Fans.
ABRAMS, WHO Soon after performed her song “free now,” told the crowd that “the Truth is i love songwriters one. ”
Garth Came Out Soon After and ImmediaTely Opened with “Long Train Runnin ‘” Before Jumping Into “China Grove” to the Doobies’ McDonald, Johnston and Simons.
“We Can Talk About How Greaty DECADES AGO, BUT TRUST ME, more peopleing are listening to the doobie Brothers today than aty. “IT’s Feel-Good Music, Undeniable Doobies, Some of the Greatest Songwriting Ever.”
The doobies, for their part, Played their Hits “Black Water” and “Takin ‘It to the Streets” Before Finishing The Night with Their Ultimate Yacht Rock Classic “Listen to the Music.”
“It’s Just Amazing to Think We Wuld be Named Along People Like Stephen Schwartz on that List,“ McDonald Said Before They Played. “IF I COLD SEND A MESSAGE TO ALL The Writers in this Room, I’D Say Thank You For the Inspiration. We’ve Learned from You, We’ve Imitated You Our Whole Lives. We’re Honored To Be Be.