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Wide shot of 45th Street, pan to red carpet entrance2. Wide shot of Garth Brooks entering on red carpet3. Tilt up on Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks4. SOUNDBITE (English) Garth Brooks /Recording...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 17 June 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of 45th Street, pan to red carpet entrance\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide shot of Garth Brooks entering on red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e3. Tilt up on Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Garth Brooks /Recording Artist \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's very important. It's the one. If you talk to quarterbacks, they all secretly want to be linemen because they know the linemen are the most important guys on the field; songwriters are the most important guys in our thing, men and women. To be considered a songwriter, is probably the greatest honor anyone can bestow on you.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood posing on red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Garth Brooks /Recording Artist \u003cbr/\u003e\"You talk about songwriters, there's one of the greatest songwriters of all time. And he's taken a day out of his life to do this, I feel very lucky.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of Billy Joel and Alexa Ray Joel\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Joel/Recording Artist \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well songwriters aren't always seen. Not until the year of the songwriter did people even know who was writing the songs. People like Carole King, or James Taylor, or Elton John, or myself.  It's  the hardest part of the job. If you're a singer, writing is the toughest part.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Medium of Billy Joel and Alexa Ray Joel\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Billy Joel/Recording Artist \u003cbr/\u003e\"Not odd, it's cool. That's what intended in the first place. I didn't really set out to be a rock star. I set out to be a songwriter, hoping other people would do my stuff, which is why sometimes I'm trying to sound like Ray Charles or The Beatles. I want other people to do my stuff. I don't even like my own voice, I don't. I don't think I'm a good singer. I think I'm a good songwriter.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of Chrissie Hynde signing autographs \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Kelly/Songwriter \u003cbr/\u003e\"I love 'True Colors,' Cyndi Lauper, that's a good one. Also, anything we done with Chrissie because the magic of her voice makes it special.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English) Chrissie Hynde/Recording Artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"And 'Like a Virgin,' of course, Madonna's hit. They've done so many, it's crazy.\"\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter: Tell me a little about Like a Virgin?) \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English) Billy Steinberg/Songwriter \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's was pretty risque at the time, actually. Billy writes lyrics first, and I try to write music to it. He brought me the lyrics and I tried to write a ballad to it because it was such a touching lyric. It took us about a month to finally, accidentally fall into what it ended up.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dwight Yoakam/Recording Artist \u003cbr/\u003e\"As a songwriter, I've written about 80% of what I've recorded over the years. Some albums, 100% of what I did on an album was written by me. That's where it starts. It did for me, and it does for every musician. It starts with the song. Without a song, there's nothing to record.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Medium of Drake posing on red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e15. Medium of Allen Toussaint on red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Allen Toussaint /Recording Artist \u003cbr/\u003e\"Because what we do as songwriters is very private, so for it to be sought and found and celebrated in such a way it's magnificent.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium of Hal David on red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Hal David/Songwriter \u003cbr/\u003e\"I remember when I got in. It was at the Waldorf Astoria. Johnny Mercer was the president. He gave me my award and it was the thrill of my life.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Trisha Yearwood/Recording Artist \u003cbr/\u003e\"Yes, I'm performing for Hal David. There doing a tribute to him. And to pick five or six of his 100 of hits to do, I get to do that tonight, so I'm excited.\"\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter: Any hints on what you're gonna do?) \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well you know, you can name just about anything. It's a seven minute medley; we broke it down to as short as we can get it. I'll just give you that hint. It's just a little bit of everything.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English) Garth Brooks /Recording Artist \u003cbr/\u003e\"With Hall David, just turn on the radio. With him you're gonna hear a hit every other song.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Sam Moore and Bill Medley pose for photographers\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of Bill Medley signing autographs\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Medley /Recording Artist \u003cbr/\u003e\"' 'Lovin Feelin?' Well, I'm blessed. I'm blessed that Barry Mann and Cynthia, who wrote it, are being honored tonight. You know, it's just - we were just lucky that they wrote that song, and they wrote it for us. It's unbelievable. I think it's the most played record in the history of American radio, and I just don't know how to wrap my brain around that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Medium of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (English) Cynthia Weil/Songwriter \u003cbr/\u003e\"This one has Johnny Mercer's name on it. And Johnny Mercer was the master of songwriting.We are in the company that are greats, that are our heroes like Alan J. Lerner and Stephen Sondheim.\"\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide of Drake and his mother, Sandi Graham on red carpet\u003cbr/\u003eThe most prestigious award show that the public doesn't know much about held its 41st Annual dinner in New York Thursday (16 JUNE 2011) night.\u003cbr/\u003eThis year honorees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame included Garth Brooks, Leon Russell, Allen Toussaint and others.\u003cbr/\u003eBrooks was inducted by Billy Joel.\u003cbr/\u003e\"You talk about songwriters, there's one of the greatest songwriters of all time. And he's taken a day out of his life to do this, I feel very lucky,\" Brooks said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe pair performed 'Shameless,' later at the event. Written by Joel, Brooks had a crossover hit with it in 1991. Joel loves the idea that other artists record his material.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I didn't really set out to be a rock star. I set out to be a songwriter, hoping other people would do my stuff,\" Joel said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe legendary performer says he never set out to be a performer. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't even like my own voice, I don't. I don't think I'm a good singer. I think I'm a good songwriter,\" Joel said.\u003cbr/\u003eCountry star Dwight Yoakam was to the point when asked about the evening's significance.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Without a song, there's nothing to record,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eYoakam inducted Leon Russell, and the pair performed 'Superstar.'\u003cbr/\u003eNew Orleans great Allen Toussaint was also inducted this year. Known for a wide body of work, including the Glenn Campbell hit, 'Southern Nights,' the songwriter was elated.\u003cbr/\u003e\"What we do as songwriters is very private, so for it to be sought and found and celebrated in such a way it's magnificent,\" Toussaint said.\u003cbr/\u003eBill Medley was there to present Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil with the Johnny Mercer Award.\u003cbr/\u003eThe duo penned a slew of hits, including The Animals' 'We've Gotta Get Out of This Place,' George Benson's 'On Broadway,' and the mega-hit by the Righteous Brothers, 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin.'\u003cbr/\u003e\"We were just lucky that they wrote that song, and they wrote it for us. It's unbelievable. I think it's the most played record in the history of American radio, and I just don't know how to wrap my brain around that,\" Medley said.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile most of the night's inductees had logged several decades in the business, the organization doesn't exclude up and coming talent. 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