George Clinton , the Doobie Brothers (the trio of Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, and Patrick Simmons), Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Tony Macaulay, and the Beach Boys’ Mike Love are being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as the institution’s 2025 class. The induction ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 12, at the New York Marriott Marquis. Chic’s Nile Rodgers, who is the chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, remarked in a press release: “The foundation of the