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Some of the American music industry's biggest names turned out to honor some mostly unsung colleagues--songwriters--at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards on June 7, 2007. Needless to say, they were celebrated in song. Keep clicking for a look at the winners, onlookers and performers. At left, familiar faces included Dolly Parton, winner of the Johnny Mercer Award.
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Jackson Browne headlines the 2007 Hall of Fame class. The singer-songwriter was inducted alongside Don Black, Michael Masser, Irving Burgie, Bobby Weinstein and his songwriting partner, the late Teddy Randazzo. At left, Browne arrives at the gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
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Dolly Parton and singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka get cosy at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York. Both performed at the event.
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John Legend performs his song "Ordinary People" at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala after receiving the Hal David Starlight Award. A multiple Grammy winner, Legend got through his early struggles with the help of a Hall of Fame scholarship.
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Singer John Legend poses in the press room at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York. Legend received the Hal David Starlight Award. The award was presented by Kanye West.
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Singer Joss Stone shows off her dress at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
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Singer Marilyn McCoo performs at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
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Singer Marilyn McCoo--live and on big screen--performs at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
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Guitarist Richie Sambora, a founding member of Bon Jovi, arrives for the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards on June 7, 2007 in New York. The band's guitarist Richie Sambora entered a treatment facility in Los Angeles for an undisclosed problem, a spokesperson said Thursday.
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Singer Little Anthony performs at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
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Music publisher Don Kirshner attends the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York. Kirshner received the Abe Olman Publisher Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Music Industry.
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Singer Marilyn McCoo and her husband, singer Billy Davis Jr., pose at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
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Singer Marc Cohen and his wife, television journalist Elizabeth Vargas, arrive at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
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Singers Marc Cohen and Jackson Browne get together at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York. Browne was inducted into the Hall of Fame. "If you ask me what I was most proud of it would be my songs--more than my success, more than my sales," Browne said.
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Singer Idina Menzel and her husband, actor Taye Diggs, pose at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
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Singer Idina Menzel poses for the press as husband Taye Diggs looks on at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
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Doo Wop legend Little Anthony poses at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
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Singer Tony Orlando appears at the 2007 Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on June 7, 2007 in New York.
