TT Roberta Flack is inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame, which will now hold its first gala. Stock Photography.Picture: Charles Syke's Roberta Flack, Valerie Simpson and Tawatha Agee, these are some of the women now elected to the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame, Billboard writes. A total of ten women are noticed when holding their first annual gala. The names also include Klymaxx, Deniece Williams, Jeri Keever “Bunny” Hull, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Veryl Howard. The Women Songwriters Hall of Fame wants to draw attention to women who they believe have been neglected by the classic Songwriters Hall of Fame. Since the organization was founded, only 31 women out of 439 names have been elected. In June 2022, Mariah Carey will also be elected – at the same time as thirteen men. – We want the Songwriters Hall of Fame to understand that women have been left out of the conversation for far too long. We all know people like Dionne Warwick, Deniece Williams, Roberta Flack. Why do they only get flowers ?, says Janice McLean DeLoatch, executive producer and founder of the female version of the gala. The Hall of Fame declined to comment because they “do not know The Women Songwriters Hall of Fame.
