Previous recipients include Barry Manilow, the Bee Gees, Brian Wilson, Carlos Santana, Carole King, Crosby, Stills & Nash, David Foster, Dolly Parton, the Jacksons, John Fogerty, Kris Kristofferson, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, Merle Haggard, Nile Rodgers, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks, Sting and Willie Nelson. Tony Orlando & Dawn: The Definitive Collection. Seals & Crofts Greatest Hits Seals & Crofts. Stream songs including 'I Can See Clearly Now', 'Dream Lover' and more. Sager and Stoller join an elite group of songwriters who have received BMI’s highest honor. Listen to The Best of Johnny Nash by Johnny Nash on Apple Music. Other accolades for Stoller include being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1987), a Trustees Award from the Recording Academy (1999), and an Ivor Novello International Songwriters Award (2000). Stoller and his long-time collaborator Jerry Leiber wrote more than 20 songs for Elvis Presley, including “Hound Dog,” “Love Me,” and “Jailhouse Rock,” and wrote and produced all of The Coasters’ hits, such as “Yakety Yak” and “Poison Ivy.” Other classics written by the pair include “Love Potion Number 9,” “I’m A Woman,” and “Is That All There Is?” as well as “On Broadway,” co-written with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, and “Stand by Me,” co-written with Ben E. Sager wrote the lyrics to such songs as “Nobody Does It Better,” “A Groovy Kind of Love,” “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” and the Oscar-winning “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do).” Sager has also received two Golden Globe Awards.
“As we commemorate BMI’s 70th Pop Awards, we pay homage to the craft of these two musical legends and their timeless contributions to BMI and the Great American Songbook.” He was also the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica. “BMI is thrilled to be honoring two iconic songwriters,” Barbara Cane, BMI’s vice president worldwide creative, said in a statement. (born August 19, 1940) is an American pop singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 comeback hit, 'I Can See Clearly Now'.