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arts&life

On June 14, at a ceremony in New York,
Detroit-native Allee Willis, 70, was induct-
ed into the prestigious Songwriters’ Hall
of Fame. Eight songwriters were inducted
this year, with Willis being the only woman.
Willis, a multimedia artist, is best known
for writing such mega-hits as “I’ll Be
There for You” (the theme from Friends),
“Neutron Dance” (a Pointer Sisters hit);
“What Have I Done to Deserve This?” (hit
for the Pet Shop Boys); and “September”
(Earth, Wind & Fire hit). Actor and singer
Brandon Victor Dixon honored Willis by
performing “Neutron” and “September” at
the ceremony.
The Boston Herald reports that Willis
won over the crowd by telling real-life
stories, like how her father warned her “to
stay away from black culture” and how
the sex life of a frisky female friend was
an inspiration for many of her songs. Willis
responded to the “elephant in the room”
— that she was the only female inductee
— this way: “I really started thinking
about how, at the time, mentally painful
it was that the girls were not getting the
chances the boys were. So, I just want to
say, ‘We’re here. We’ve always been here.
And we’re no longer the little wilting flow-
ers that we were when it comes to equal-
ity.’ So, wipe off the seats because here
we come.”
Country songwriter Steve Dorff, 69,
was in tears as he listened to an induc-
tion speech delivered by his son, actor
Stephen Dorff, 44. The elder Dorff’s hits
include “Every Which Way but Loose”
(Eddie Rabbitt) and “Through the Years”
(Kenny Rogers).
Neil Diamond, 77, received the Hall’s
Johnny Mercer Award. It is given to a
songwriter who already has been inducted
into the Hall (Diamond was inducted in
1984), for “a history of outstanding cre-
ative work.” Diamond closed out the cer-
emony by performing a rousing version of
his mega-hit “Sweet Caroline.”
It’s sad that Willis’ father warned her
away from “black culture.” However,
that’s certainly not the whole story.
African American rap superstar Jay-Z
recently told David Letterman that his
sixth-grade teacher, Renee Rosenblum-
Lowden, now 77, was a great inspiration
to him. Likewise, the late rapper Tupac
Shakur took poetry classes led by Leila
Steinberg, now 56. She became his most
important early mentor and his first man-
ager. Finally, the great Louis Armstrong
became a fervent, lifelong “philo-Semite”
after a Jewish New Orleans family, the
Karnofskys, hired him to do odd jobs and
gave him a salary advance to buy his first
trombone.

Allee Willis

Stephen and Steve Dorff

Neil Diamond

Ben Foster

AT THE MOVIES

Opening on June 29 is the film Leave No
Trace. Ben Foster, 37, stars as Will, the
father of a teenage girl. For years, they
live happily “off the grid” in a huge Oregon
park. A mistake results in them being
discovered and being placed in urban
shelters by social services. They hate their
new surroundings and attempt to return,
together, to the wilderness. Directed by
Debra Granik, 55 (Winter’s Bone). •

