SONGWRITER/SONGWRITING TEAM – Defined as a songwriter or a songwriting team who has contributed to recordings consistently in the soul music field between 1960 and the present day.

Full list of Inductees

ASHFORD & SIMPSON * HOLLAND, DOZIER & HOLLAND * THOM BELL & LINDA CREED * ISSAC HAYES & DAVID PORTER * BRENDA RUSSELL * SMOKEY ROBINSON * NONA HENDRYX * NORMAN WHITFIELD * MAURICE WHITE * KENNY “BABYFACE” EDMONDS * CURTIS MAYFIELD * JIMMY JAM & TERRY LEWIS * BURT BACHARACH & HAL DAVID * ANGELA WINBUSH * WILLIE HUTCH * PRESTON GLASS * KASHIF * SKIP SCARBOROGH * VAN McCOY * JAMES MTUME & REGGIE LUCAS * SAM DEES * BARRETT STRONG * GORDON CHAMBERS * LEON SYLVERS III * DARYL SIMMONS * WILLIAM “MICKEY” STEVENSON * LUTHER DIXON * ED TOWNSEND * BERRY GORDY JR * MICHAEL HENDERSON * CYNTHIA BIGGS * DIANE WARREN * MARVIN GAYE * JOHNNY BRISTOL * ALLAN RICH & JUD FRIEDMAN * GLORIA JONES * PAM SAWYER * SID “UNCLE JAMZ” JOHNSON * FREDDIE PERREN * BARRY J. EASTMOND * ALLEE WILLIS * ALLEN TOUSSAINT * LEON WARE * NILE RODGERS & BERNARD EDWARDS * BUNNY SIGLER * MICHAEL MASSER * CAROLYN FRANKLIN * NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN * ARTHUR “T-BOY” ROSS * ANTONIO “L.A.” REID * VINNIE BARRETT