Jon Bon Jovi, along with Richie Sambora of the rock band Bon Jovi, were inducted into the Song Writers Hall of Fame during a recent ceremony held in New York City.

Jon Bon Jovi noted that the honor was the closest thing to immortality that he and Sambora was ever going to see.

Bon Jovi and Sambora performed their hit song “Wanted Dead or Alive” at the gala which was a celebration of 40 years of Hall of Fame inductions.

Veteran rockers Crosby, Stills and Nash were inducted as well, and Sir Tom Jones was awarded with a hitmaker award.

Jones, who has just recently begun to collaborate on his material, noted that you had to have great songs in order to get your foot inside the door. He sang a medley of some of his hit songs at the ceremony. He had to start over on “It’s Not Unusual,” after starting in the wrong place in the song.

Jason Mraz, the US singer-songwriter, won an award as the most promising talent and was tapped as a possible future inductee into the Song Writer’s Hall of Fame.

Rob Thomas, a former winner who presented Mraz with his award, joked that he hated him, chiding Mraz and saying he had ruined the curve for everyone. You are young and cute and just too talented. You should stop.

Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook, the British songwriting pair, whose well known songs include “Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again” and “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing,” were also given a special award.