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Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame
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2000 - 2009

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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. 
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Mac Davis
​​Born: January 21, 1942
Died: September 29, 2020
Hometown: Lubbock, Texas
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Billy Edd Wheeler
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Born:
December 9, 1932
Hometown:
Whitesville, West Virginia
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Randy Goodrum
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Born:
July 7, 1947
Hometown: 
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Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Allen Reynolds
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Born: 
August 18, 1938
Hometown: 
North Little Rock, Arkansas
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Don Everly
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​​Born: February 1, 1937
Died: August 21, 2021
Hometown: 
Brownie, Kentucky
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Johnny Russell
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Born:
January 23, 1940
Died: July 3, 2001
Hometown: 
Moorhead, Mississippi
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Phil Everly
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Born:
January 19, 1939
Died: January 3, 2014
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
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Dennis Linde
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Born: 
March 18, 1943
Died: December 22, 2006
Hometown: Abilene, Texas
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Dean Dillon
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​​Born: March 26, 1955
Hometown: 
Lake City, Tennessee
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Bob Dylan
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Born:
May 24, 1941

Hometown:
Duluth, Minnesota
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Shel SIlverstein
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Born: 
September 25, 1930
Died: May 10, 1999
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
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Hal Blair
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​​Born: November 26, 1915
Died: February 2, 2001
Hometown:
​Kansas City, Missouri
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John Prine
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​​Born: October 10, 1946
Died: April 2, 2020
Hometown: 
Maywood, Illinois
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Rodney Crowell
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Born:
August 7, 1950
Hometown:
Houston,  Texas
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Paul Overstreet
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Born: 
March 17, 1955
Hometown: 
Newton, Mississippi
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Guy Clark
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​​Born: November 6, 1941
Died: May 17, 2016
Hometown:
Monahans, Texas
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Billy Joe Shaver​​​​​Born: August 16, 1939
Hometown:
Corsicana, Texas
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Freddie Hart
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Born:
December 21, 1926
Died: October 27, 2018
Hometown:
Loachapoka, Alabama
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Dennis Morgan
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Born: 
September 25, 1930
Died: May 10, 1999
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
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Gary Burr
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​​Born: February 26, 1952
Hometown:
Meriden, Connecticutt
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Jerry Reed
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​​Born: March 20, 1937
Died: September 1, 2008
Hometown:
​Atlanta, Georgia
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Vince Gill
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Born:
April 12, 1957
Hometown:
Norman, Oklahoma
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Mike Reid
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​​Born: May 24, 1947
Hometown:
Altoona, Pennsylvania
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Roger Murrah
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Born: 
November 20, 1946
Hometown:
Athens, Alabama
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Jimmy Buffett​​​​Born: December 25, 1946
Died: September 1, 2023
Hometown;
Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Hugh Prestwood
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Born:
April 2, 1942
Hometown: 
El Paso, Texas
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Jim Weatherly
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Born: 
March 17, 1943
Died: February 3, 2021
Hometown:
Pontotoc, Mississippi
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Bob DiPiero
Born: March 3, 1951
Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio
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Lester Flatt
[Flatt & Scruggs]

Born: June 19, 1914
Died: May 11, 1979
Hometown: 
Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee
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Mac McAnally
Born:
 
July 15, 1957
Hometown: Red Bay, Alabama
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Dottie Rambo
Born:
March 2, 1934
Died: May 11, 2008
Hometown: Madisonville, Kentucky
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Earl Scruggs 
[Flatt & Scruggs]
Born: 
January 6, 1924
Died: February 28, 2012
Hometown: Flint Hill, North Carolina
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Hank Williams Jr.
Born:
05-26-1949
Hometown: Shreveport, Louisiana
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Matraca Berg
Born: 02-03-1964
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
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John Hiatt
Born: 08-20-1952
​Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Tom Shapiro
Born: 05-18-1950
Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri
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Kye Fleming
Born: 10-09-1951
Hometown: Pensacola, Florida
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Mark D. Sanders
Born: 09-07-1950
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
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Tammy Wynette
Born: 05-05-1942
Hometown: 
Itawamba County, Mississippi
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