Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame
2000 - 2009
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame began in 1970 as an enterprise of the fledgling Nashville Songwriters Association. A credentials committee unanimously selected a charter class of 21 writers, who were inducted on Monday, October 12, during the first Hall of Fame Banquet and Ceremony held at the Holiday Inn-Vanderbilt.
Sixteen years later, the Hall of Fame split from the songwriters association to form its own entity. The International Songwriters Foundation (ISF) was chartered on April 11, 1986, as a new organization to oversee the Hall of Fame. On March 2, 1992, the ISF changed its name to the Nashville Songwriters Foundation (NSF), then on Dec. 5, 2006, to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation (NaSHOF). Throughout its 40-plus years of existence, the Hall of Fame remained a virtual entity with no permanent location to call home until May 19, 2013, when NaSHOF realized a decades-long dream with the opening of its Hall of Fame Gallery inside the newly constructed Music City Center (MCC), Nashville’s 1.2 million-square-foot convention center. Located in downtown Nashville (directly across the street from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Bridgestone Arena) the gallery features displays of songwriting memorabilia, as well as interactive touch screens that allow visitors to access audio, video and other digital information about the history of Nashville songwriting and members of the Hall of Fame. |
To find out more about each member, click on their name to be taken to their official page in the Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame website.
NOTE: If viewing on mobile device, swipe left to see Inductees hometown and other information.
NOTE: If viewing on mobile device, swipe left to see Inductees hometown and other information.
2000 Inductees
Born | Died | Hometown | ||
Mac Davis | January 21, 1942 | September 29, 2020 | Lubbock, Texas | |
Randy Goodrum | July 7, 1947 | Hot Springs, Arkansas | ||
Allen Reynolds | August 18, 1938 | North Little Rock, Arkansas | ||
Billy Edd Wheeler | December 9, 1932 | Whitesville, West Virginia |
2001 Inductees
Born | Died | Hometown | ||
Don Everly [Everly Brothers] | February 1, 1937 | August 21, 2021 | Brownie, Kentucky | |
Phil Everly [Everly Brothers] | January 19, 1939 | January 3, 2014 | Chicago, Illinois | |
Dennis Linde | March 18, 1943 | December 22, 2006 | Abilene, Texas | |
Johnny Russell | January 23, 1940 | July 3, 2001 | Moorhead, Mississippi |
2002 Inductees
Born | Died | Hometown | ||
Dean Dillon | March 26, 1955 | Lake City, Tennessee | ||
Bob Dylan | May 24, 1941 | Duluth, Minnesota | ||
Shel Silverstein | September 25, 1930 | May 10, 1999 | Chicago, Illinois |
2003 Inductees
Born | Died | Hometown | ||
Hal Blair | November 26, 1915 | February 2, 2001 | Kansas City, Missouri | |
Rodney Crowell | August 7, 1950 | Houston, Texas | ||
Paul Overstreet | March 17, 1955 | Newton, Mississippi | ||
John Prine | October 10, 1946 | April 2, 2020 | Maywood, Illinois |
2004 Inductees
Born | Died | Hometown | ||
Guy Clark | November 6, 1941 | May 17, 2016 | Monahans, Texas | |
Freddie Hart | December 21, 1926 | October 27, 2018 | Loachapoka, Alabama | |
Dennis Morgan | July 30, 1952 | Tracy, Minnesota | ||
Billy Joe Shaver | August 16, 1939 | Corsicana, Texas |
2005 Inductees
Born | Died | Hometown | ||
Gary Burr | February 26, 1952 | Meridan, Connecticutt | ||
Vince Gill | April 12, 1957 | Norman, Oklahoma | ||
Roger Murrah | November 20, 1946 | Athens, Alabama | ||
Jerry Reed | March 20, 1937 | September 1, 2008 | Atlanta, Georgia | |
Mike Reid | May 24, 1947 | Altoona, Pennsylvania |
2006 Inductees
Born | Died | Hometown | ||
Jimmy Buffett | December 25, 1946 | Pascagoula, Mississippi | ||
Hugh Prestwood | April 2, 1942 | El Paso, Texas | ||
Jim Weatherly | March 17, 1943 | February 3, 2021 | Pontotoc, Mississippi |
2007 Inductees
Born | Died | Hometown | ||
Bob DiPiero | March 3, 1951 | Youngstown, Ohio | ||
Lester Flatt [Flatt & Scruggs] | June 9, 1914 | May 11, 1979 | Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee | |
Mac McAnally | July 5, 1957 | Red Bay, Alabama | ||
Dottie Rambo | March 2, 1934 | May 11, 2008 | Madisonville, Kentucky | |
Earl Scruggs [Flatt & Scruggs] | January 6, 1924 | March 28, 2012 | Flint Hill, North Carolina | |
Hank Williams, Jr. | May 26, 1949 | Shreveport, Louisiana |
2008 Inductees
Born | Died | Hometown | ||
Matraca Berg | February 3, 1961 | Nashville, Tennessee | ||
John Hiatt | August 20, 1952 | Indianapolis, Indiana | ||
Tom Shapiro | May 18, 1950 | Kansas City, Missouri |
2009 Inductees
Born | Died | Hometown | ||
Kye Fleming | October 9, 1951 | Pensacola, Florida | ||
Mark D. Sanders | September 7, 1950 | Los Angeles, California | ||
Tammy Wynette | May 5, 1942 | April 6, 1998 | Itawamba County, Mississippi |