Diane Warren to Receive Johnny Mercer Award From Songwriters Hall of Fame
variety.comJem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced that Diane Warren will be the 2024 recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award at the organization’s induction and awards gala slated for Thursday, June 13, 2024, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
The Johnny Mercer Award, the Hall’s highest honor, is reserved for a songwriter or songwriting team who has already been inducted in a prior year and whose body of work is of such high quality and impact that it upholds the gold standard set by the legendary Johnny Mercer.
Diane Warren was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001. SHOF Chairman Nile Rodgers said, “The songwriting community is filled with many special people who have delivered incomparable songs that have made the world go round.
Within that special group of people, Diane Warren is unique; she is a force of nature that, despite her enormous success from ‘Rhythm of the Night’ to ‘I Don’t Want To Miss a Thing’ and at least 100 (15!) Academy Award nominations, she shows up to write songs every morning at 8 am!
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