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Chris
PostPosted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:47 pm    Post subject:
Congratulations to Alan Menken, well deserved (and IMHO long overdue).

I do agree with Calluna though, it would be nice if Howard Ashman was inducted as well.
Calluna
PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:09 pm    Post subject:
I just realized... there's a name conspicuously absent from that list of previous winners. I checked their website, and, sure enough, Howard Ashman was never inducted. Sad
Nez
PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:33 pm    Post subject:
Yay!
Oasis
PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 3:44 pm    Post subject:
Thats really cool. I think it's about time he got something like this for his work. Very Happy
Calluna
PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:24 am    Post subject: Alan Menken to Be Inducted Into Songwriters Hall of Fame
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115517.html

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Academy and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Alan Menken is among the 2008 inductees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Menken, who is currently represented on Broadway with Disney's The Little Mermaid, will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 39th annual awards dinner, which will be held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City June 19.

An alumnus of the BMI Lehman Engle Musical Theatre Workshop, Menken has earned eight Academy Awards, ten Grammys and seven Golden Globes. He will be honored alongside songwriters Desmond Child, Albert Hammond, Loretta Lynn and John Sebastian.

Menken's Academy Award-winning compositions include "Under the Sea" from Disney's "The Little Mermaid," "A Whole New World" from "Aladdin," the title song from "Beauty and the Beast" and "Colors of the Wind" from "Pocahontas." His screen musicals also include "Newsies," "Hercules," "Enchanted" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" – which was later adapted for the stage.

Menken also composed the oft-produced musical Little Shop of Horrors, as well as Weird Romance, A Christmas Carol, Sister Act: The Musical, and the ambitious oratorio King David.

Founded by Johnny Mercer, Abe Olman and Howie Richmond in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame celebrates songwriters, educates the public with regard to their achievements, and produces a spectrum of professional programs devoted to the development of new songwriting talent through workshops, showcases and scholarships.

Previous inductees include Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Cy Coleman, Richard and Robert Sherman, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Sir Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson and James Taylor.

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