Editing Songwriters Hall of Fame (section)

==Towering Song Award==
The '''Towering Song Award''' is given to creators of an individual song that has influenced the culture in a unique way over the years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/awards/C3006 |title=Towering Songs |website=Songwriters Hall of Fame |access-date=June 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329123417/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/awards/C3006 |archive-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref><ref name="SHOF2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.songhall.org/news/entry/songwriters_hall_of_fame_celebrates_the_best_of_songwriting_legends |title=Songwriters Hall of Fame Celebrates The Best Of Songwriting Legends |website=Songwriters Hall of Fame |date=June 14, 2013 |access-date=June 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624035325/http://www.songhall.org/news/entry/songwriters_hall_of_fame_celebrates_the_best_of_songwriting_legends |archive-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref><ref name="SHOF2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.songhall.org/news/entry/songwriters_hall_of_fame_celebrates_the_best_of_songwriting_legends1 |title=Songwriters Hall of Fame Celebrates The Best Of Songwriting Legends |website=Songwriters Hall of Fame |date=June 13, 2014 |access-date=June 16, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105203749/http://songhall.org/news/entry/songwriters_hall_of_fame_celebrates_the_best_of_songwriting_legends1 |archive-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref>
*1995 – "[[As Time Goes By (song)|As Time Goes By]]" ''(written by [[Herman Hupfeld]])''
*1996 – "[[Happy Birthday To You]]" ''(written by [[Patty Hill]] and [[Mildred J. Hill]])''
*1997 – "[[How High The Moon]]" ''(lyrics by [[Nancy Hamilton]] and music by [[Morgan Lewis (songwriter)|Morgan Lewis]])''
*1998 – "[[The Christmas Song]]" ''(written by [[Robert Wells (songwriter)|Robert Wells]] and [[Mel Tormé]])''
*1999 – "[[Fly Me To The Moon]]" ''(written by [[Bart Howard]])''
*2000 – "[[All of Me (Ruth Etting song)|All of Me]]" ''(written by [[Gerald Marks]] and [[Seymour Simons]])''
*2000 – "[[You Are My Sunshine]]" ''(recorded by [[Jimmie Davis]])''
*2001 – "[[Let Me Call You Sweetheart]]" ''(lyrics by [[Beth Slater Whitson]] and music by [[Leo Friedman]])''
*2002 – "[[You're a Grand Old Flag]]" ''(written by [[George M. Cohan]])''
*2003 – "[[I Left My Heart in San Francisco]]" ''(written by George Cory and Douglass Cross)''<ref>{{cite web |title="I Left My Heart in San Francisco" |url=https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/I_Left_My_Heart_in_San_Francisco |website=Songwriters Hall of Fame |access-date=October 23, 2021 |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016092957/https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/I_Left_My_Heart_in_San_Francisco |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2004 – "[[What the World Needs Now is Love]]" ''(lyrics by [[Hal David]] and music by [[Burt Bacharach]])''
*2005 – "[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]" ''(written by [[Phil Spector]], [[Barry Mann]] and [[Cynthia Weil]])''
*2006 – "[[When the Saints Go Marching In]]" ''(lyrics by [[Katharine Purvis]] and music by [[James Milton Black]])''
*2007 - "[[Unchained Melody]]" ''(lyrics by [[Hy Zaret]] and music by [[Alex North]])''
*2008 – "[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]" ''(lyrics by [[Jack Norworth]] and music by [[Albert Von Tilzer]])''
*2009 – "[[Moon River]]" ''(lyrics by [[Johnny Mercer]] and music by [[Henry Mancini]])''
*2010 – "[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge Over Troubled Water]]" ''(written by [[Paul Simon]])''
*2011 – "[[It Was a Very Good Year]]" ''(written by [[Ervin Drake]])''
*2012 – "[[Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)|Stand by Me]]" ''(written by [[Ben E. King]], [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]])''
*2013 – "[[A Change Is Gonna Come]]" ''(written by [[Sam Cooke]])''
*2014 – "[[Over The Rainbow]]" ''(lyrics by [[Yip Harburg|E.Y. Harburg]] and music by [[Harold Arlen]])''
*2015 – "[[What a Wonderful World]]" ''(written by [[Bob Thiele]] and [[George David Weiss]])''