NEW YORK (AP) — The funk rock group Residing Color opened an lively 2025 Songwriters Corridor of Fame Thursday evening with a canopy of Funkadelic’s “Cosmic Slop” to honor new inductee George Clinton.
It set the tone for an occasion with so much to rejoice, and much more to recollect. Simply someday after it was introduced that the inimitable Brian Wilson of The Seaside Boys had died, his bandmate Mike Love might be inducted into the 2025 Songwriters Corridor of Fame.
The gala, held on the Marriott Marquis Lodge in New York Metropolis Thursday evening, additionally options inductees spanning style, an inspiring mixture of funk, rock, R&B, nation and past: The Doobie Brothers, Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and Tony Macaulay.
Is there funk with out George Clinton? Is there groove? From Parliament/Funkadelic to his solo work, Clinton is an innovator of American in style music — a long-overdue inductee heard on timeless hits (like “Atomic Dog” and “Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)” but in addition throughout the songs of Kendrick Lamar, Tupac, OutKast, Dr. Dre, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, De La Soul and past.
Beforehand, Clinton was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame in 1997. He obtained a lifetime achievement award on the Grammys in 2019.
The Doobie Brothers — the inducted members are Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons — are recognized the world over for his or her rootsy rock ‘n’ roll, significantly for his or her No. 1 hits “What A Fool Believes” and “Black Water.” They went into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame in 2020.
Ashley Gorley is an unmistakable identify on this planet of nation music. Groundbreaking producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, whose contact is heard throughout numerous R&B and pop hits, and legendary English songwriter Tony Macaulay, recognized for such classics as The Foundations’ “Build Me Up Buttercup” and ’Child Now That I’ve Discovered You.”
Final 12 months’s inductees included Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford. On the induction ceremony final summer time, R.E.M. shocked attendees by reuniting for an acoustic model of their alt-rock hit, “Losing My Religion.”
The Songwriters Corridor of Fame was established in 1969 to honor these creating in style music. A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the primary business launch of a music. Some already within the corridor embody Gloria Estefan, Carole King, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Lionel Richie, Invoice Withers, Neil Diamond and Phil Collins.
