Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Nominated for Songwriters Hall of Fame

The songwriter/producer team of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have won over 100 ASCAP songwriting and publishing awards, including a record-sharing eight Songwriter of the Year awards. Most successful with Janet Jackson, their GRAMMY-nominated songs for her include “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” “Miss You Much,” Alright” and “That’s the Way Love Goes” (which won) with “Again” earning all three an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song from the movie Poetic Justice. Other important songs in the Jam/Lewis catalog are Human League’s “Human,” Karyn White’s “Romantic,” Boyz II Men’s “On Bended Knee” and “4 Seasons of Loneliness,” Mariah Carey’s “Thank God I Found You” and Yolanda Adams’ GRAMMY-winning “Be Blessed.”

Key songs in the Jam/Lewis catalog include:  That’s The Way Love Goes * Rhythm Nation * Control * Escapade * Fake * I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On *  Tender Love* Optimistic * On Bended Knee * If It Isn’t Love* No Sleeep * and many, many more hit songs!