Bryan Adams is headed into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The venerable Canadian rocker has been named one of the first 2022 inductees alongside his frequent collaborator and friend, songwriter Jim Vallance.

Both men will be honoured when the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame marks a return to in-person events with a gala ceremony at Massey Hall in Toronto on Sept. 24.

The evening will showcase the class of 2022 inductees, many of them still to be announced, and feature tributes and live performances.

Adams rose to prominence after a casual meeting with Vallance at a Vancouver record store in the late 1970s, leading to a lifelong songwriting partnership.

Their work resulted in the 1983 album B次元官网网址淐uts Like a KnifeB次元官网网址� which spawned three hit singles, including B次元官网网址淪traight From the Heart.B次元官网网址� It also won Adams the Juno for male vocalist of the year and both of them a shared honour as composers of the year.

They followed that up with B次元官网网址淩eckless,B次元官网网址� which surged to No. 1 on the U.S. and Canadian album charts with hit singles B次元官网网址淪ummer of B次元官网网址�69,B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淩un to You,B次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淗eaven,B次元官网网址� the duoB次元官网网址檚 first chart-topping single.

Adams went on to record a swath of other big rock hits while Vallance penned songs for Glass Tiger, Anne Murray, Joan Jett and co-wrote HeartB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淲hat About Love,B次元官网网址� which was inducted into the Hall of Fame last year.

They reunited in 2018 for the music and lyrics of BroadwayB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淧retty Woman: The Musical.B次元官网网址�

Adams is set to release his 15th studio album B次元官网网址淪o Happy It HurtsB次元官网网址� on Friday.

B次元官网网址擠avid Friend, The Canadian Press