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Jimmy Page and Robert Plant nominated for the 2014 Songwriters Hall of Fame


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Madonna, John Mellencamp and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are among the nominees for the 2014 Songwriters Hall of Fame.

They are joined by a number of top acts, including Ray Davies, Sade, Cyndi Lauper and Linda Perry.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame gave The Associated Press a list of nominees in advance of the official announcement, set for Thursday. The gala will be held June 12 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Also nominated are Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson, Vince Gill, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, Donovan, Cat Stevens and Harry Wayne Casey.

Nonperforming songwriter nominees include "Midnight Train to Georgia" writer Jim Weatherly, Motown songwriter William "Mickey" Stevenson and country music songwriters Bobby Braddock and Bill Anderson.

Mark James, the writer behind "Always on My Mind" — covered by Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson — is also nominated alongside Don Robertson, Graham Gouldman and Tony Macaulay. Writing duos Hugo & Luigi, Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, and Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham will also compete.

Eligible voters can select two nominees from the list of songwriter-performers and three nonperforming songwriters. Voting ends Dec. 16.

Source: ABC News - http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/madonna-davies-songwriters-hall-fame-20515653

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Regarding the gala - I can give just a bit of info. From what I know, you have to be a member of the Songwriters

Hall of Fame (I am one) just to even get an invitation to pay for a ticket (they start at $1,000 per seat). I am a new member, so I have not yet been to the induction gala, so I cannot say if they would perform. I somehow doubt it. But I think they would be there. As a member, I get to vote. Not sure if I am going to go - I will be in New York, but it is a lot of cash! Of course, if you know someone, you might be able to score a free ticket..

how do you become a member?

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Thanks! I may consider this... Joe Perry and Steven Tyler were inducted last year and they played "Walk this Way" live at the event. I see no reason why Page and Plant wouldn't play a tune. I'd have to take out a student loan for this but eh, what the hell! For me it's more than worth it if they play a tune.

Who knows if I'll get the chance to see Jimmy Page perform again

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ITA, Dropsie. Isn't Madonna older than P/P put together? :phone: She wrote some songs, but couldn't really sing them. :blush:

PP, when, besides the ubiquitous STH, when you think of masterpieces like SIBLY,Ten Years Gone, and Achilles Last Stand, to think that they have to compete with things like "Vogue", "Music", etc...ugh!

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Page/Plant are an underrated songwriting team. Not that Led Zeppelin doesn't get credited as a great band, but people don't really focus on their songwriting skills which are excellent. Page is probably the best songwriter for the guitar in rock history. Plant also wrote some great lyrics from 1971 onward. People focus far too much on plagarism and alleged plagarism and forget how much great original music they truly wrote.

Mellencamp is a solid songwriter too, but nominating Madonna is a joke.

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