MOST TALKED ABOUT SONGWRITERS
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Name |
Occupation |
Birth |
Death |
Known for |
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Songwriter |
15-Feb-1905 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Wrote score to Wizard of Oz |
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Playwright |
1929 |
3-Aug-1989 |
The Patriot Game |
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Songwriter |
16-Feb-1932 |
6-May-2002 |
Prolific R&B songwriter |
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Country Musician |
2-Jun-1927 |
4-Sep-1992 |
Don't Let Me Cross Over |
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Songwriter |
18-Jun-1913 |
15-Jan-1993 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
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Songwriter |
5-Dec-1938 |
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Wrote Cocaine and After Midnight |
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Songwriter |
11-Nov-1899 |
27-Dec-1981 |
Songwriter, Stardust, Heart and Soul |
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Songwriter |
4-Mar-1745 |
25-Jul-1814 |
The Comic Mirror |
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Songwriter |
3-Apr-1919 |
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Wrote It was a Very Good Year |
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Songwriter |
1-Nov-1949 |
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Songwriter, has won 14 Grammys |
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Songwriter |
4-Jul-1826 |
13-Jan-1864 |
My Old Kentucky Home |
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Songwriter |
26-Sep-1898 |
11-Jul-1937 |
Rhapsody In Blue |
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Songwriter |
2-May-1895 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart |
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Activist |
27-May-1819 |
17-Oct-1910 |
Battle Hymn of the Republic |
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Guitarist |
8-Jan-1946 |
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Guitarist for The Doors |
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Songwriter |
25-Apr-1933 |
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Hitmaker for Elvis |
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Songwriter |
9-Feb-1939 |
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Put the bomp in the bomp sha-bomp |
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Songwriter |
18-Nov-1909 |
25-Jun-1976 |
Accentuate the Positive |
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Country Musician |
10-Dec-1919 |
11-Apr-1977 |
Release Me |
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Songwriter |
18-Oct-1947 |
8-Apr-1997 |
New York songwriter |
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Songwriter |
16-Nov-1941 |
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Soul songwriter, Dark End of the Street |
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Songwriter |
10-Nov-1944 |
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Collaborator with Andrew Lloyd Webber |
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Musician |
14-Dec-1932 |
25-Jul-1995 |
The Silver Fox |
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Socialite |
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Marc Rich's ex-wife |
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Songwriter |
10-Sep-1819 |
10-Aug-1886 |
What a Friend We Have in Jesus |
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Author |
25-Sep-1930 |
10-May-1999 |
Where the Sidewalk Ends |
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Songwriter |
13-Mar-1933 |
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Hitmaker for Elvis |
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Songwriter |
22-May-1950 |
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Elton John's lyricist |
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Songwriter |
15-Aug-1946 |
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Up, Up, and Away! |
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Songwriter |
18-Oct-1937 |
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Half of songwriting duo Mann and Weil |
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Composer |
13-Mar-1860 |
22-Feb-1903 |
19th century German songwriter |
Source: Showbiz, Pioneers, Best Singers, Musicians and Entertainers from 1606 to the Present. Volume IV of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainments. Publishers Times Square Press and Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA).