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This year’s performing inductees are Parliament-Funkadelic ringleader George Clinton, the Beach Boys’ Mike Love, and the Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, and Patrick Simmons ...

The Doobie Brothers‘ Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, and Patrick Simmons, the Beach Boys‘ Mike Love, George Clinton, and more are among the inductees into the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF).