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ASCAP Founders Award

The ASCAP Founders Award is our most prestigious honor and is given to songwriters who have made pioneering contributions to music by inspiring and influencing their fellow music creators. Each recipient is a musical innovator who possesses a unique style of songwriting genius, which will enrich generations to come.

Alan & Marilyn Bergman2008
Melissa Etheridge2007
Annie Lennox2006
Rubén Blades2005
Neil Young2005
Jackson Browne2004
Emmylou Harris2004
Elvis Costello2003
James Taylor2002
Elmer Bernstein2001
Arturo Sandoval2001
Tom Waits2001
Steely Dan2000
Garth Brooks1999
Joni Mitchell1999
Stephen Sondheim1999
Billy Joel1997
Ashford & Simpson1996
George Martin1996
Don Henley & Glen Frey1994
Tito Puente1994
Burt Bacharach & Hal David1993
Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller1991
Berry Gordy Jr. and Motown Industries1988
Smokey Robinson1988
Jule Styne1988
Bob Dylan1986
Paul McCartney1985
Stevie Wonder1984
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