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Pete Townshend, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed and Dion DiMucci are among the artists who have been nominated for induction into the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Members will have until December 12 to vote for which of the nominees are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The nominees are listed below, along with some examples of their biggest songs:

Performer/Songwriters

• Elvis Costello – “Accidents Will Happen,” “Alison,” “Veronica,” “Pump It Up and “Watching The Detectives
• Dion DiMucci – “Born To Cry,” “Donna The Prima Donna,” “King Of The New York Streets,” “Love Came To Me” and “Runaround Sue”
• Deborah Harry/Chris Stein (Blondie) – “Dreaming,” “Heart Of Glass,” “In The Flesh,” “Rapture” and “One Way Or Another”
• Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) – “Moonshadow,” “Morning Has Broken,” “Peace Train,” “The First Cut Is The Deepest” and “Wild World”
• Annie Lennox/Dave Stewart – “Here Comes The Rain Again,” “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This),” “Would I Lie To You,” “Missionary Man” and “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves”
• Gordon Lightfoot – “Carefree Highway,” “Early Morning Rain,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown” and “Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald”
• George Michael – “Careless Whisper,” “Faith,” “Father Figure,” “I Want Your Sex” and “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
• Steve Miller – “Abracadabra,” “Fly Like An Eagle,” “Living In The USA,” “Take The Money And Run” and “The Joker”
• Lou Reed – “Dirty Boulevard,” “Heroin,” “Rock & Roll,” “Sweet Jane” and “Walk On The Wild Side”
• Bob Seger – “Like A Rock,” “Night Moves,” “Rock & Roll Never Forgets,” “Still The Same” and “We’ve Got Tonight”
• Pete Townshend – “I Can See For Miles,” “Magic Bus,” “My Generation,” “See Me, Touch Me, Feel Me” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
• Tom Waits –”Ol’ 55,” “Jersey Girl,” “(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night,” “Innocent When You Dream” and “Downtown Train.”

Non-Performer Songwriters

• Don Covay – “Sookie, Sookie,” “Mercy, Mercy,” “Tonight’s The Night,” “Chain Of Fools” and “Seesaw”
• Jerry Fuller – “Travelin’ Man,” “Young World,” “Young Girl,” “Lady Willpower” and “Show And Tell”
• Graham Gouldman – “Bus Stop,” “I’m Not In Love,” “For Your Love,” “The Things We Do For Love” and “No Milk Today”
• Tony Hatch – “Downtown,” “Don’t Sleep In The Subway,” “I Know A Place,” “My Love” and “Sign Of The Times”
• Sandy Linzer/Denny Randell – “A Lover’s Concerto,” “Workin’ My Way Back To You,” “Let’s Hang On To What We’ve Got,” “Native New Yorker” and “Opus 17 (Don’t Worry ‘bout Me)”
• Tony Macaulay – “Baby Now That I’ve Found You,” “Build Me Up Buttercup,” “Don’t Give Up On Us,” “Last Night I Couldn’t Get To Sleep At All” and “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”
• Chips Moman – “Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,” “At The Dark End Of The Street,” “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man,” “Lukenbach, Texas” and “Wurlitzer Prize”
• Artie Resnick/Kenny Young – “Under The Boardwalk,” “I’ve Got Sand In My Shoes,” “One Kiss For Old Time’s Sake,” “Good Lovin'” and “Just A Little Bit Better”
• Don Schlitz – “The Gambler,” “Forever And Ever, Amen,” “When You Say Nothing At All,” “He Thinks He’ll keep Her” and “On The Other Hand”
• P.F. Sloan/Steve Barri – “Secret Agent Man,” “Eve Of Destruction,” “Where Were You When I Needed You,” “You Baby (Nobody but You)” and “Can I Get to Know You Better”
• Jim Steinman – “I’d Do Anything For Love But I Won’t Do That,” “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All,” “Paradise By The Dashboard Light,” “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” and “Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad”
• Paul Vance/Lee Pockriss – “Catch A Falling Star,” “Dommage Dommage,” “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” “Playground In My Mind” and “She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning).”

The 2012 Annual Awards Gala will take place at the New York Marriott Marquis on Thursday, June 14th 2012.

Last year’s inductees were John Bettis, Garth Brooks, Leon Russell, Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly, and Allen Toussaint.