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 鈥淐uts Like a Knife鈥� which spawned three hit singles, including 鈥淪traight From the Heart.鈥� 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 鈥淩eckless,鈥� which surged to No. 1 on the U.S. and Canadian album charts with hit singles 鈥淪ummer of 鈥�69,鈥� 鈥淩un to You,鈥� and 鈥淗eaven,鈥� the duo鈥檚 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 Heart鈥檚 鈥淲hat About Love,鈥� which was inducted into the Hall of Fame last year.

They reunited in 2018 for the music and lyrics of Broadway鈥檚 鈥淧retty Woman: The Musical.鈥�

Adams is set to release his 15th studio album 鈥淪o Happy It Hurts鈥� on Friday.

鈥擠avid Friend, The Canadian Press