The is an arm of the , United States . It also holds workshops and showcases, and grants scholarships, to help develop new song writing talent.
New inductees are voted on annually. At each annual event, gifted and promising songwriters are awarded a scholarship called the Abe Olman Publisher's Award For Excellence In Songwriting , named for one of the founding members.
In 2004 , they inaugurated the Starlight Award, to be given to young songwriters that have already made a lasting impact on music. Its first recipient was Rob Thomas , the lead singer of Matchbox Twenty .
- Adamson, Harold
- Adler, Richard
- Ager, Milton
- Ahlert, Fred
- Akst, Harry
- Alter, Louis
- Anderson, Leroy
- Anka, Paul
- Arlen, Harold
- Ashford, Nickolas
- Aznavour, Charles
- Bacharach, Burt
- Ball, Ernest
- Barry, Jeff
- Barry, John
- Bartholomew, Dave
- Bates, Katharine Lee
- Benjamin, Bennie
- Bergman, Alan
- Bergman, Marilyn
- Berlin, Irving
- Bernstein, Leonard
- Berry, Chuck
- Billings, William
- Blackwell, Otis
- Bland, James
- Blane, Ralph
- Bloom, Rube
- Bock, Jerry
- Bricusse, Leslie
- Brockman, James
- Garth Brooks
- Brown, James
- Brown, Lew
- Brown, Nacio Herb
- Bryan, Alfred
- Bryant, Boudleaux
- Bryant, Felice
- Burke, Joe
- Burke, Johnny
- Boyd, Daniel
- Caesar, Irving
- Cahn, Sammy
- Caldwell, Anne
- Carmichael, Hoagy
- Carroll, Harry
- Cash, Johnny
- Cave, Nick
- Chaplin, Saul
- Clapton, Eric
- Charles, Ray
- Clare, Sidney
- Cohan, George M.
- Coleman, Cy
- Collins, Phil
- Comden, Betty
- Conrad, Con
- Cooke, Sam
- Coots, J. Fred
- Coslow, Sam
- Coward, Sir Noel
- Creed, Linda
- Crewe, Bob
- Croce, Jim
- Danks, Hart P.
- Darin, Bobby
- David, Hal
- David, Mack
- Davis, Benny
- De Koven, Reginald
- DeLange, Eddie
- Denver, John
- De Paul, Gene
- De Rose, Peter
- De Sylva, B.G. (Buddy)
- Diamond, Neil
- Dietz, Howard
- Dixon, Mort
- Domino Jr., Antoine ("Fats")
- Donaldson, Walter
- Dozier, Lamont
- Drake, Ervin
- Dresser, Paul
- Dreyer, Dave
- Dubin, Al
- Duke, Vernon
- Dylan, Bob
- Gamble, Kenneth
- Gaudio, Bob
- Gershwin, George
- Gershwin, Ira
- Gibb, Barry
- Gibb, Maurice
- Gibb, Robin
- Gilbert, L. Wolfe
- Gillespie, Haven
- Gilmore, Patrick S.
- Gimbel, Norman
- Goffin, Gerry
- Gordon, Mack
- Green, Adolph
- Green, Bud
- Green, John
- Greenfield, Howard
- Greenwich, Ellie
- Grofe, Ferde
- Guthrie, Woody
- Hamlisch, Marvin
- Hammerstein II, Oscar
- Handman, Lou
- Handy, W.C. (Father of the Blues)
- Hanley, James F.
- Harbach, Otto
- Harburg, E.Y. ("Yip")
- Harnick, Sheldon
- Harris, Charles K.
- Hart, Lorenz (Larry)
- Henderson, Ray
- Henley, Don
- Herbert, Victor
- Herman, Jerry
- Heyman, Edward
- Hill, Billy
- Hill, Patty Smith
- Hill, Mildred J.
- Hilliard, Bob
- Hoffman, Al
- Holland, Brian
- Holland, Edward
- Holly, Buddy
- Howard, Joe
- Howard, Harlan
- Howe, Julia Ward
- Huff, Leon
- Jackson, Michael
- Jacobs Bond, Carrie
- Jagger, Mick
- Jenkins, Gordon
- Jobim, Antonio Carlos
- Joel, Billy
- John, Sir Elton
- Johnson, Howard
- Johnson, James P.
- Johnson, James W.
- Johnston, Arthur
- Jones, Isham
- Joplin, Scott
- Kaempfert, Bert
- Kahal, Irving
- Kahn, Gus
- Kalmar, Bert
- Kander, John
- Katas, Tolga
- Kennedy, Jimmy
- Kern, Jerome
- Key, Francis Scott
- King, Carole
- Koehler, Ted
- Kristofferson, Kris
- Lane, Burton
- Lawrence, Jack
- Lecuona, Ernesto
- Ledbetter, Huddie ( Leadbelly )
- Lee, Miss Peggy
- Legrand, Michel
- Leiber, Jerry
- Leigh, Carolyn
- Lennon, John
- Lerner, Alan Jay
- Leslie, Edgar
- Lewis, Sam
- Little Richard
- Livingston, Jay
- Livingston, Jerry
- Lloyd Webber, Andrew
- Loesser, Frank
- Loewe, Frederick
- MacDonald, Ballard
- Madden, Edward
- Magidson, Herb
- Mancini, Henry
- Manilow, Barry
- Mann, Barry
- Marks, Johnny
- Martin, Hugh
- Mayfield, Curtis
- McCarthy, Joseph
- McCartney, Sir Paul
- McHugh, Jimmy
- Mercer, Johnny
- Merrill, Bob
- Meyer, George W.
- Meyer, Joseph
- Mitchell, Joni
- Monaco, Jimmy
- Moret, Neil
- Morrison, Van
- Morse, Theodore
- Muir, Lewis F.
- Rainger, Ralph
- Raye, Don
- Razaf, Andy
- Redding, Otis
- Rehbein, Herb
- Revel, Harry
- Rexford, Eben E.
- Rice, Sir Tim
- Richards, Keith
- Richie, Lionel
- Robin, Leo
- Robinson, Perry
- Robinson, Smokey
- Rodgers, Jimmie
- Rodgers, Richard
- Rogers, Garnet
- Rogers, Stan
- Romberg, Sigmund
- Rome, Harold
- Root, George F.
- Rose, Billy
- Rose, Fred
- Rose, Vincent
- Jerry Ross (composer)
- Ruby, Harry
- Russell, Bob
- Sager, Carole Bayer
- Schwartz, Arthur
- Schwartz, Jean
- Sedaka, Neil
- Seeger, Pete
- Sherman, Richard M.
- Sherman, Robert B.
- Shuman, Mort
- Sigman, Carl
- Simon, Carly
- Simon, Paul
- Simpson, Valerie
- Smith, Harry B.
- Smith, Elliott
- Smith, Samuel Francis
- Snyder, Ted
- Sondheim, Stephen
- Sousa, John Phillip
- Spector, Phil
- Springsteen, Bruce
- Steiner, Max
- Sterling, Andrew B.
- Stillman, Al
- Sting
- Stock, Larry
- Stoller, Mike
- Strayhorn, Billy
- Strong, Barrett
- Strouse, Charles
- Styne, Jule
- Waits, Tom
- Waller, Thomas ("Fats")
- Ward, Samuel A.
- Warren, Diane
- Warren, Harry
- Washington, Ned
- Wayne, Mabel
- Webb, Jimmy
- Webster, Paul Francis
- Weil, Cynthia
- Weill, Kurt
- Weiss, George David
- Wenrich, Percy
- Whitfield, Norman
- Whiting, Richard
- Wilder, Alec
- Williams, Clarence
- Williams, Hank
- Williams, John
- Williams, Paul
- Williams, Spencer
- Willson, Meredith
- Wilson, Brian
- Winner, Septimus (Sep)
- Wonder, Stevie
- Woods, Harry M.
- Work, Henry C.
- Wrubel, Allie
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