DAVE STEWART (Eurythmics) Statement on Last Night's Songwriters Hall of Fame
DAVE STEWART
— CO-FOUNDER OF LEGENDARY DUO EURYTHMICs —
INDUCTED, ALONGSIDE ANNIE LENNOX, INTO THE
SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME
Above: Left-to-Right, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart
Credit: Getty Images for Songwriters Hall of Fame
NASHVILLE, TN (June 17, 2022) — Last night, Dave Stewart was officially inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame — alongside his Eurythmics co-founder, Annie Lennox — during the 51st Annual Ceremony and Awards Gala in New York City.
St. Vincent honored the award-winning, multi-platinum British duo with a blistering cover of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” prior to introducing and welcoming Stewart and Lennox to the podium, followed by the duo’s performance of “Here Comes the Rain Again.”
Stewart reflects on the evening saying, “Annie and I were honored and very happy to be inducted by the wonderfully talented St. Vincent into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Our journey together has been like none other, yet we both know the joy and heartache each artist goes through to get to this point. We feel humbly rewarded that so many people love and appreciate our songs, making us part of a giant tapestry of poets and songwriters that hopefully bring some light into people's lives.”
ABOUT DAVE STEWART:
Dave Stewart is recognized as one of the most respected and accomplished talents in the music industry today with a music career spanning four decades and over 100 million album sales. Stewart Produced every Eurythmics album which he co-wrote with Annie Lennox. He has also co-written and produced albums and songs with Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger, Bryan Ferry, Daryl Hall, Katy Perry, Sinead O’Connor, Gwen Stefani, Jon Bon Jovi, Joss Stone and many others. Along the way, his work has garnered numerous awards including 26 ASCAP Awards and BMI awards for most performed songs, 4 Ivor Novello Awards, 4 Brit Awards for Best Producer, a Lifetime Achievement Award, The Silver Clef Award, the Clive Davis Legend in Songwriting Award, and a GRAMMY Award. In 2015, Stewart also won the Outstanding Contribution to UK Music Award given by the Producers Guild. He has scored films for several directors including Robert Altman, Paul Verhoeven and Ted Demme. He has written and produced the title songs for many hit movies and together with Mick Jagger wrote and produced the score for Alfie, which won the pair a Golden Globe for Best Original Song. Stewart along with Glen Ballard wrote the music for the hit musical Ghost. In 2001, Stewart was approached by Nelson Mandela to help fight against the Aids epidemic. Stewart then developed a hugely successful Global Campaign using Mandela’s prison number 46664. He has written the music for the musical The Time Traveler’s Wife being launched September 2022 and has written an autobiographical triple album titled Ebony McQueen, released May 2022, with a film and musical in the works.
ABOUT EURYTHMICS:
80’s British pop duo, Eurythmics namely, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, achieved global success with their album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) for which the title track became a worldwide hit topping the charts in numerous countries including the U.S.. Eurythmics quickly became arena headliners on nearly every continent, widely recognized as one of the most innovative groups in the history of popular music — pioneering a unique blend of soul, electronic, pop and rock. Songs such as “Would I Lie To You,” “Missionary Man” and “Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves” inspired an entire generation of the world’s most successful artists who directly cite Eurythmics as major influences. The duo continued to release a string of hit singles and albums before they went their own ways in 1990. Both Lennox and Stewart spent the next nine years focusing on their solo careers. Eurythmics reunited in 1999 to record their ninth album, Peace, and once again in 2005 to release their single “I’ve Got A Life,” which also appeared on the new Eurythmics compilation album, Ultimate Collection. The duo won an MTV Music Video Award for Best New Artist in 1984, a GRAMMY Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1987, a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1999, and were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. They are now members of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Above: Dave Stewart; credit: Kristin Burns
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