(13 Jun 2025)
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New York – 12 June 2025
1. Various, Jimmy Jam
2. Various, George Clinton
3. SOUNDBITE (English) George Clinton, recording artist:
“That was my best friend. I mean, I’m not ready to speak on it because I ain’t got the words for it now, but one of the greatest songwriters there ever was. We’re going to see that his legacy live on.”
4. Various, Aimee Oates, John Oates
5. Various, Mike Love, John Stamos
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Love, recording artist:
“I feel my cousin’s presence tonight very strongly. You know, we did it together, and so that part’s inseparable. We always had a great love for each other, so it’s really nice to be honored, though, and recognized for my contribution to the Beach Boys’ music.”
7. Various, Billy Stamos, Caitlin McHugh Stamos, John Stamos
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Love, recording artist:
Love: “He had a wonderful life in terms of how creative he was and I had a wonderful time co-creating with him. So we have a lot to be, you know, we had a lot of blessings.”
Stamos: “Without the Beach Boys, life would be a mistake.”
9. Various, Mike Love
10. Various, Michael McDonald, Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael McDonald, recording artist:
“From the very beginnings of this band, from what I can tell, has always been made out of the friendship between the guys in the band and what they could come up with and help each other bring to fruition. And no less when I joined the band, it’s just been probably the most important thing to the band is our friendships over the years and the music comes from that.”
12. Various, Stephen Schwartz
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Schwartz, recording artist:
“It was extremely important to us that the casting be very inclusive. I mean, obviously, we went for the best possible talent that we could find for every single role, but we were fortunate that we can draw from very diverse in terms of ethnicity, in terms physical ability with Marissa Bode being in a wheelchair and playing the part of Nessarose. Sexual orientation, I mean, you name it, we are across the board represented and you know, that’s our world and so it should be the world of Oz too.”
14. Various, Nile Rodgers
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Nile Rodgers, recording artist:
“I looked at Sly almost as my musical mentor and a musical god. His songwriting, his artistic ability was such that it was like coal train to me. As a matter of fact, in my memorabilia, I have my Sly and the Family Stone ticket from the Schaeffer Music Festival. Dig this. The price of the ticket was $1 for general admission and $2 to sit up front. I only had the $1 ticket, but it was amazing to watch them come out and do their ham bone thing. It was incredible. I still have that ticket.”
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STORYLINE:
George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, and The Beach Boys’ Mike Love are among some of the new inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
From Parliament/Funkadelic to his solo work, Clinton is an innovator of American popular music — a long overdue inductee heard on timeless hits (like “Atomic Dog” and “Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)”) but also across the songs of Kendrick Lamar, Tupac, OutKast, Dr. Dre, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, De La Soul and beyond.
Clinton commented on the passing of Sly Stone on the red carpet.
“That was my best friend,” said Clinton. “One of the greatest songwriters there ever was. We’re going to see that his legacy lives on.”
Mike Love spoke on the loss of his cousin and bandmate, Brian Wilson, who passed away this Wednesday.
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