LIGHTFOOT, SEGER SET TO ENTER SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME

Seventies-era folk rock icon Gordon Lightfoot and Detroit rocker Bob Seger have been selected for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at a ceremony that will take place on June 14 in New York City. Lightfoot is already a member of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and Seger is already a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Others who will join Lightfoot and Seger in the class of 2012 include Jim Steinman, best known for penning every song on Meat Loaf’s 1977 epic album Bat Out of Hell, and country songwriter Don Schlitz, who wrote hits such as “The Gambler” and “Forever and Ever, Amen.”