Swift, Lovett Honored for Their Songwriting

Taylor Swift and country legend Lyle Lovett are headed into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The new class announced Tuesday also includes Shawn Camp and Lee Thomas Miller, both elected in the contemporary songwriter category, and Bruce Channel in the veteran songwriter camp, per the AP. All will be formally inducted during the 56th Anniversary Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala later this year.

• Swift, a 14-time Grammy winner, is in the contemporary songwriter/artist category. She's known for writing many of her own hits since launching her career in Nashville as a preteen. Those include her country singles "Teardrops On My Guitar" and "Love Story," as well as her blockbuster pop hits "Blank Space," "Anti-Hero," and "Cruel Summer." She became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June.
• Lovett is in the veteran songwriter/artist category. He started his career in the folk scene before finding success for his clever lyricism and innovative country-Americana songs like "She's No Lady," "Cowboy Man," "Give Back My Heart," "Why I Don't Know," "God Will," and more.
• Camp began as a fiddle player for Shelby Lynne, Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, and others in the '80s before becoming a hit songwriter. His credits include Garth Brooks' "Two Piña Coladas," Brooks & Dunn's "How Long Gone," and Willie Nelson's "A Beautiful Time."
• Miller's hits include Terri Clark's "I Just Wanna Be Mad," Trace Adkins' "You're Gonna Miss This," Tim McGraw's "Nothin' To Die For" and "Southern Girl," Chris Stapleton's "Whiskey And You," and many songs for Brad Paisley, including "The World."
• Texas talent Channel is perhaps best known for "Hey! Baby!" written in 1959 and recorded by José Feliciano, Ringo Starr, Conway Twitty, Anne Murray, and DJ Ötzi; it may be most recognizable for its prominent placement in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing.