Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame announces this year’s nominees.
Nominees in the Songwriter category (with an example of the writer’s work and the artist who recorded the hit) are:
Pat Alger ("The Thunder Rolls" by Garth Brooks)
Larry Henley ("The Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler)
Mark James ("Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley)
Mac McAnally ("Old Flame" by Alabama)
Bob Morrison ("You Decorated My Life" by Kenny Rogers)
Gary Nicholson ("One More Last Chance" by Vince Gill)
Hugh Prestwood ("Ghost In This House" by Shenandoah)
Thom Schuyler ("16th Avenue" by Lacy J. Dalton)
John Scott Sherrill ("Wild And Blue" by John Anderson) and
Jim Weatherly ("Midnight Train To Georgia" by Gladys Knight & The Pips)
Nominees in the Songwriter/Artist category are:
Arthur Alexander ("You Better Move On")
Jimmy Buffett ("Margaritaville")
J.J. Cale ("Cocaine")
John Hiatt ("Have A Little Faith In Me")
Tony Joe White ("Rainy Night In Georgia")"