Parliament-Funkadelic founder George Clinton; Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers; country hitmaker (and Variety‘s 2023 Hitmakers Songwriter of the Year) Ashley Gorley;

George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers' Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons and The Beach Boys' Mike Love are among this year's inductees.

The class of 2025 for the Songwriters Hall of Fame have been announced and they include George Clinton and The Doobie Brothers for their contribution to music.

Mike Love, a co-founder and lead vocalist for the Beach Boys, is among this year’s fun, fun, fun honorees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Love’s induction, which comes exactly 25 years after his bandmate Brian Wilson was bestowed with the award,

Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Tony Macaulay and Ashley Gorley also make up the 2025 class. They will be inducted on June 12 in New York.

This year's Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees include iconic artists and producers like The Doobie Brothers, George Clinton and Ashley Gorley, among others.

Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers learned they were among this year's inductees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.