{"id":30042,"date":"2024-07-31T21:02:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T21:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/prince-posthumously-inducted-into-the-songwriters-hall-of-fame\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T21:02:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T21:02:42","slug":"prince-posthumously-inducted-into-the-songwriters-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/prince-posthumously-inducted-into-the-songwriters-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-31\/Getty_Prince_073124.jpg\" alt><figcaption> Kevin Winter\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Prince<\/strong> has finally been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The legendary singer was posthumously inducted into the prestigious organization on July 27 during a Prince celebration at Minneapolis\u2019 Target Center marking the 40th anniversary of Prince\u2019s film\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Purple Rain<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cYou will always remember his songs,\u201d Prince\u2019s sister\u00a0<strong>Sharon L. Nelson <\/strong>said in accepting the honor.<strong> \u201c<\/strong>This is the award he wanted more than any other in life \u2014 to be known as a great songwriter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prince was actually chosen for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013, but was unable to attend the induction and awards gala, something required by the Hall of Fame in order to officially be inducted. According to SHOF President &amp; CEO\u00a0<strong>Linda Moran<\/strong>, Prince had planned to attend the June 2015 ceremony, but passed away that April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt has been a long road, but we are thrilled that one of the world\u2019s most prolific and phenomenal songwriters is finally a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame,\u201d Moran shared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prince\u00a0wrote all of his songs, and even wrote for other artists, like <strong>Sheena Easton<\/strong>, <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>Bangles<\/strong>,<strong> Madonna<\/strong> and more. Of his own tunes, 19 hit the top 10, with\u00a0five\u00a0landing at #1: \u201cLet\u2019s Go Crazy,\u201d \u201cWhen Doves Cry,\u201d \u201cKiss,\u201d \u201cBatdance\u201d and \u201cCream.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Winter\/Getty Images Prince has finally been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The legendary singer was posthumously inducted into the prestigious organization on July 27 during a Prince celebration at Minneapolis\u2019 Target Center marking the 40th anniversary of Prince\u2019s film\u00a0Purple Rain.\u00a0 \u201cYou will always remember his songs,\u201d Prince\u2019s<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/prince-posthumously-inducted-into-the-songwriters-hall-of-fame\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,42,4,48],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}