The 2024 Songwriters Corridor of Fame induction ceremony felt like a household reunion: Taylor Swift collaborator Liz Rose acquired a heartwarming efficiency by her teary-eyed daughter, Gloria Estefan carried out energetic hits alongside her grandson and husband, and Teddy Riley was joined by his musical brothers from Harlem.
Jeff Lynne and Glen Ballard had been additionally a part of the brand new class, which was celebrated Thursday evening in New York Metropolis. EGOT recipient Tim Rice and Put up Malone additionally acquired particular honors.
Liz Rose, who met Swift in her early teenagers and co-wrote songs on her first two albums, was honored with an emotional efficiency by her daughter Caitlin Rose. She sang Swift’s “White Horse,” which gained the perfect nation track Grammy in 2010.
The viewers on the Marriott Marquis New York cheered Caitlin Rose on as she wiped tears from her face in the course of the touching efficiency. Her voice cracked at occasions, fantastically, as she checked out her mom, who has additionally written for Little Large City, Tim McGraw and Carrie Underwood.
“Don’t drop it,” Caitlin Rose mentioned as her mom held her award.
“I feel that’s what they informed me once I had you,” Liz Rose responded, incomes laughs.
“I’m speechless, actually. I didn’t write a speech. And I refused to make use of AI,” she continued.
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Acquainted Swift songs Liz Rose had a hand in writing embody “You Belong With Me,” “All Too Effectively,” “Fearless,” “Tim McGraw” and “Teardrops on My Guitar.”
“I simply began writing songs with anyone that might write with me, together with a 14-year-old, who everybody laughed at me and mentioned, ‘What are you doing?,’” she recalled. “[Taylor] trusted me to assist her get her songs collectively, and he or she was so younger and I used to be so outdated, and it was so superior as a result of we discovered loads collectively. And we made some lovely information, and I’m so happy with that.”
Estefan, the primary Latin lady to be inducted into the Songwriters Corridor, closed the evening with high-volume power. Her grandson Sasha and husband Emilio Estefan even joined throughout “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You.”
Riley, who spearheaded the New Jack Swing period in music within the ’80s and ’90s and wrote hits for Michael Jackson and his personal teams Blackstreet and Man, obtained the viewers out of their seats throughout his efficiency. Doug E. Contemporary beatboxed and rapped, Riley performed keys and Keith Sweat sang as attendees danced and recorded video with their telephones.
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Joe Walsh paid tribute to Electrical Gentle Orchestra’s Lynne, who has written and produced lots of his band’s hits and co-wrote Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” and “I Received’t Again Down.” Ballard sang a medley of the well-known songs he’s co-written, together with Alanis Morissette’s “Ironic,” Wilson Phillips’ “Maintain On” and George Strait’s “You Look So Good in Love”
Tony and Grammy winner Heather Headley had the evening’s greatest efficiency as she honored Tim Rice, who acquired the Johnny Mercer Award. Fellow EGOT recipient Alan Menken additionally paid tribute to his collaborator.
Put up Malone additionally carried out, strumming his guitar as he sang the darkish acoustic monitor “Feeling Whitney” from his 2016 debut album Stoney. His producer, Louis Bell, was spot on when he inducted the singer-rapper, evaluating Put up’s voice to that of “an angelic goat.”
“As a 12-year-old sitting on my mattress, I’m writing these songs and studying FruityLoops; the cool youngsters name it FL Studio. And it’s probably the most lovely factor,” mentioned 27-year-old Malone, who has eight RIAA diamond-certified songs — equal to promoting 10 million tracks — which set a file.
“It’s so cool to see that as a child, believing in myself, that different individuals benefit from the music and it’s simply so, excuse my French, fucking superior to have the ability to sing these songs and have individuals relate to them and assist individuals by way of onerous occasions and have fun with individuals by way of good occasions.”
Sade Adu and Snoop Dogg had been initially a part of the 2023 Songwriters Corridor class however each deferred their inductions.
