MIAMI – Singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan built background on Thursday evening in New York as the very first Latina to be inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame.
“It is really an honor to be the 1st that anything. And I’ve had really a handful of firsts in my lifetime far more than any human being deserves. So, I’m quite thrilled to force that door open up a very little extra for much more Latinos to appear up and get this,” she explained.
The Cuban-born singer was inducted together with country songwriter Liz Rose, ELO co-founder Jeff Lynne, hip-hop and R&B producer Teddy Riley and Glen Ballard, who explained he however will get a kick out of listening to his music.
“Each individual now and then I’m in like CVS Pharmacy and I listen to a pair of my tunes and, and I just quit. I halt buying, you know? So, it truly is constantly a thrill. It is really, you know, I am going to hardly ever get more than the thrill,” he said.
Rapper Post Malone was honored with the Hal David Starlight Award which goes to younger songwriters and veteran composer Tim Rice gained the Johnny Mercer prize.
Inductees qualify for the Corridor of fame 20 many years right after the initial business launch of a tune. There are roughly 400 inductees currently in the Corridor of Fame.
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