List of Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees

The Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame (LSHOF) was established in 2012 by Rudy Pérez and Desmond Child in the United States to "educate, preserve, honor and celebrate the legacy of the greatest Latin songwriters from all over the world and their music in every genre".[1] According to Child, the organization was created to recognize songwriters who are rarely acknowledged for their compositions.[2] He cited "Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin as an example when searching the song's lyrics for the Internet with neither him nor Draco Rosa being credited for writing the song.[3]

The organization's committee is made up of music professional from 21 Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries in Latin America, Europe, and the United States. Nominees for the LSHOF are chosen by the committees while inductees are voted by the public.[3] For a songwriter to be considered, they must have a composed a hit song at least twenty years old.[2] Both living and deceased songwriters are eligible to be inducted into the LSHOF.[4]

The inductions were first held in 2013: Manuel Alejandro, José Ángel Espinoza, José Feliciano, Julio Iglesias, Armando Manzanero, Concha Valdés Miranda, and Roberto Cantoral were the first songwriters to be inducted. The latter was posthumously inducted.[5] Mexico is the country with the most songwriters inducted with twelve.

Inductees

Key
posthumous induction Indicates posthumous induction
Year Image Inductee Nationality Ref.
2013 Manuel Alejandro Spain [5]
— Roberto Cantoralposthumous induction Mexico
José Ángel Espinoza Mexico
José Feliciano Puerto Rico
Julio Iglesias Spain
Armando Manzanero Mexico
Concha Valdés Miranda Cuba
2014 — Omar Alfanno Panama [6]
— Rafael Pérez Botija Spain
— Lolita de la Colina Mexico
Gloria Estefan Cuba
Carlos Gardelposthumous induction Argentina
— Antônio Carlos Jobimposthumous induction Brazil
— Agustín Laraposthumous induction Mexico
Ernesto Lecuonaposthumous induction Cuba
Rafael Hernández Marínposthumous induction Puerto Rico
Violeta Parraposthumous induction Chile
2015 — Juan Carlos Calderónposthumous induction Spain [7]
— Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas Colombia
Emilio Estefan Cuba
Chabuca Grandaposthumous induction Peru
María Greverposthumous induction Mexico
Myriam Hernández Chile
Paco de Lucíaposthumous induction Spain
— César Portillo de la Luzposthumous induction Cuba
Gustavo Santaolalla Argentina
Joan Sebastianposthumous induction Mexico
Álvaro Torres El Salvador
Diego Torres Argentina
2016 — Claudia Brant Argentina [8]
Juan Gabrielposthumous induction Mexico
— Alejandro Jaén Spain
Miguel Luna Mexico
— Benny Moréposthumous induction Cuba
Mariano Moresposthumous induction Argentina
Tito Puenteposthumous induction United States
Draco Rosa Puerto Rico
— Myrta Silvaposthumous induction Puerto Rico
Los Temerarios Mexico
— Cheo Zorrilla Dominican Republic
2017 Gustavo Ceratiposthumous induction Argentina [9]
Erika Ender Panama
Ana Gabriel Mexico
Roberto Livi Mexico
Camilo Sesto Spain
— Martin Urieta Mexico
Carlos Vives Colombia

See also

References

General
  • "Inductee list". Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
Specific
  1. ↑ S. Pajot (December 12, 2012). "Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame Launches in Miami, Announces 2013 Nominees". Miami New Times. Voice Media Group. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Puga, Kristina (April 23, 2013). "Two Cuban-American music producing icons inaugurate the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame". NBC Latino. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Levin, Jordan (April 21, 2013). "Latin songwriters to be honored in Miami Beach". Miami Herald.
  4. ↑ "About Us". Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Cantor-Navas, Judy (January 28, 2013). "Julio Iglesias in First Class to Enter Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ingresa Gloria Estefan al Salón de la Fama". Milenio (in Spanish). October 19, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Emilio Estefan, Beto Cuevas y Fonseca homenajeados en los premios La Musa". The San Diego-Union Tribune (in Spanish). October 15, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Draco Rosa y Miguel Luna al salón de la fama de los compositores latinos". Orlando Sentinel (in Spanish). October 15, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Carlos Vives y Camilo Sesto entran al Salón de la Fama de los Compositores Latinos". Efe (in Spanish). October 20, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
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