Songwriters Hall of Fame
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-00599 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-L-0014. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Songwriter honors
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Songwriter honors
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- https://www.songhall.org/about (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Songwriters Hall of Fame is a hall_of_fame honoring songwriters (note confirmed): its own About page (songhall.org, tier 2) states 'Established in 1969, the Songwriters Hall of Fame honors those whose work represents a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook', founded by Johnny Mercer, Abe Olman and Howie Richmond, with 400+ inductees and eligibility 20 years after a song's first commercial release. Stored list_type=hall_of_fame and note='Songwriter honors' confirmed at the bar; source additionally establishes founded=1969 (not currently stored).
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