List of songwriters
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This list of songwriters includes names of those who have written the lyrics or music, or both, for successful songs. It is not limited to popular music.
Songwriters who perform their own work -- a relatively recent phenomenon -- are usually called singer-songwriters. (See List of singer-songwriters.) This list only includes those who remain in the background and rarely, if ever, perform(ed) their own songs in public.
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[edit] Australia
- Bernard Fanning
- Pete Murray
- Bob Evans
- Damien Leith
- Shaun Acland
[edit] Austria
- Wolfgang Ambros
- Ralph Benatzky
- Franz Schubert
- Robert Stolz
- Hugo Wolf
- Martin Frainer
[edit] Belgium
- Jacques Brel
- Laura Lynn
- Cedric Lemaire
[edit] Brazil
[edit] Canada
- Bryan Adams
- Paul Anka
- Jann Arden
- Randy Bachman
- Shelton Brooks
- Leonard Cohen
- Georges Dor
- Dallas Green
- Colin James
- Chantal Kreviazuk
- Avril Lavigne
- Félix Leclerc
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Sarah McLachlan
- Joni Mitchell
- Alanis Morissette
- Geoffrey O'Hara
- Neil Peart
- Robbie Robertson
- Stan Rogers
- Eddie Schwartz
- Ron Sexsmith
- Shania Twain
- Gilles Vigneault
- Rufus Wainwright
- Neil Young
[edit] France
- Dominique A
- Charles Aznavour
- Georges Brassens
- Léo Ferré
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Jean Michel Jarre
- Georges Moustaki
- Claude Nougaro
[edit] Germany
- Richard Kruspe-Bernstein of Rammstein
- Bertolt Brecht
- Hans Eisler
- Paul Landers of Rammstein
- Paul Lincke
- Carl Loewe
- Johann Christoph Pepusch
- Robert Schumann
- Konstantin Wecker
- Kurt Weill
- Tomasz Gaworek-Schodrok
[edit] Hungary
- Rudolf Friml
- Sigmund Romberg
- Jean Schwartz
- Egressy Béni-Petõfi Sándor
- Cerkovicz Béla
- Szirmai Albert
- Kálmán Imre
- Szörényi Levente-Bródy János
- Kacsóh Pongrác
- Seress Rezsõ
- Heltai Jenõ
[edit] Ireland
- Bono of U2
- Sinéad Lohan
- Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy
- Sinéad O'Connor
- Thomas Moore
- Shane MacGowan
- Damien Rice
[edit] Israel
- Bezalel Aloni
- Shlomo Artzi
- Matti Caspi
- Arkadi Dukhin
- Laura Fink
- Shlomo Gronich
- Ofra Haza
- Nurit Hirsh
- Uzi Hitman
- Ehud Manor
- Ya'acov Naveh
- Kobi Oshrat
- Bradley Fish
- Noa Tishby
- Naomi Shemer
[edit] Italy
- Franco Battiato
- Alfredo Bracchi
- Fred Buscaglione
- Renato Carosone
- Adriano Celentano
- Leo Chiosso
- Giovanni D'Anzi
- Tata Giacobetti
- Francesco Guccini
- Gorni Kramer
- Marcello Marchesi
- Domenico Modugno
- Mogol
- Giorgio Moroder
- Nicola Salerno (under the pseudonym Nisa)
- Virgilio Savona
[edit] Jamaica
- Beenie Man
- Buju Banton
- Burning Spear
- John Holt
- Bob Marley
- Lee Scratch Perry
- Peter Tosh of Bob Marley & the Wailers and a solo career
- King Tubby
- Bunny Wailer of Bob Marley & the Wailers and a solo career
- Yellowman
- Prince Lincoln Thompson
- Ijahman Levi
- Prince Far I
- Ras Sam Brown
- Cedric Myton
- Joseph Hill (Culture)
[edit] Mexico
- Antonio Aguilar
- Juan Gabriel
- Agustín Lara
- Jubertino Rosas
- Carlos Santana of the band Santana
[edit] Netherlands
[edit] New Zealand
[edit] Slovenia
- Elza Budau
- Anja Rupel
[edit] Spain
- Richard Daniel Roman
- Joan Manuel Serrat
[edit] Sweden
- Benny Andersson
- Stig Andersson
- Pontus Assarson
- Dan Attlerud
- Alexander Bard
- Jonas Berggren
- Andreas Carlsson
- Lars "Dille" Diedricson
- Niklas Edberger
- Jörgen Elofsson
- Thomas "Orup" Eriksson
- Ingela "Pling" Forsman
- Johan Fransson
- Magnus Funemyr
- Per Gessle
- Anders Glenmark
- Thomas G:son
- Anders Hansson
- Louise Hoffsten
- Andreas Johnsson
- Calle Kindbom
- Peter Kvint
- Tim Larsson
- Björn J:son Lindh
- Bobby Ljungren
- Tobias Lundgren
- Kristian Lundin
- Max Martin
- Stefan Nilsson
- Per Nylén
- Denniz Pop
- Povel Ramel
- Georg Riedel
- Thore Skogman
- Niklas Strömstedt
- Dan Sundquist
- Mats Söderlund
- Evert Taube
- Marcos Ubeda
- Magnus Uggla
- Björn Ulvaeus
- Mats Wester
[edit] Switzerland
[edit] Turkey
[edit] United Kingdom
- Emma Anderson of Lush and Sing-Sing
- Adam Ant of Adam & the Ants
- Michael Arne
- Thomas Arne
- Richard Ashcroft of The Verve
- Tony Banks
- Gary Bannon
- Sabine Baring-Gould
- Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd
- Lionel Bart
- Thomas Haynes Bayly
- Andy Bell
- Miki Berenyi of Lush
- Patrick Beverley
- Billy Bragg
- Leslie Bricusse
- Kate Bush
- Guy Chambers
- Vince Clarke
- Roger Cook
- Phil Coulter
- Noel Coward
- Justin Currie of Del Amitri
- Ray Dorset
- Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Brian Eno
- Guy Fletcher
- Robert Fripp of King Crimson
- Noel Gallagher of Oasis
- John Gay
- Noel Gay
- Martin Gore of Depeche Mode
- Roger Greenaway
- Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead
- Steve Hackett
- Rob Halford of Judas Priest
- George Harrison of The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys, and a solo career
- Tony Hatch
- Robert Hawker
- Brian Higgins of Xenomania
- Steve Howe of Yes
- MissyFoxx [1]
- Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones
- Elton John
- Mick Jones of The Clash
- Jason Kay of Jamiroquai
- Jimmy Kennedy
- Greg Lake of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- George Le Brunn
- Fred W Leigh
- John Lennon of The Beatles and a solo career
- Annie Lennox of Eurythmics and a solo career
- Adam Leonard
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Jeff Lynne
- Tony Macaulay
- Paul McCartney of The Beatles and Wings, and a solo career
- Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac
- Bill Martin
- Eric Maschwitz
- Lee Mavers
- Nellie McKay
- George Michael
- Alexi Murdoch
- Mitch Murray
- Ivor Novello
- Mike Oldfield
- Lisa O'Neill of Sing-Sing
- Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries
- Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath and a solo career
- Bill Owen
- Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
- Joseph Parry
- Karen Poole of Alisha's Attic
- Felix Powell
- Queen
- Joseph Tabrar
- Tim Rice
- Richard Daniel Roman
- Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners
- Jamie Short
- Mike Skinner
- Robert Smith the lead singer of The Cure
- Chris Squire of Yes
- Geoff Stephens
- Dave Stewart of Eurythmics
- Alexis Strum
- Joe Strummer of The Clash
- Bernie Taupin, songwriting partner with Elton John
- Pete Townshend of The Who
- Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones of McFly
- Rick Wakeman of Yes
- Pete Waterman
- Roger Waters of Pink Floyd and a solo career
- Paul Weller of The Jam, Style Council and a solo career
- John Wesley
- Sandy Wilson
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Roy Wood
- The Spice Girls — as a group and soloists
- Thom Yorke of Radiohead
- Pete Doherty
[edit] United States
- Bryan Adams
- Joe Allison
- Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers
- Tori Amos
- Trey Anastasio of Phish
- Liz Anderson
- Fiona Apple
- John Austin
- Burt Bacharach, songwriter for Dionne Warwick among others
- Joan Baez
- Glen Ballard
- Aaron Barrett, songwriter for Reel Big Fish
- Steve Barri
- Jeff Barry
- Bert Berns
- Irving Berlin
- Leonard Bernstein
- Clint Black
- Frank Black
- Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple and Rainbow
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Joanne Borgella
- Cindy Breck
- Garth Brooks
- Shelton Brooks
- Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
- Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac
- Ray Buttigieg
- Beyonce Knowles
- Jerry Cantrell main songwriter of Alice In Chains and his solo work.
- Mariah Carey
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Kim Carnes
- Cletis Carr
- Johnny Cash
- Tracy Chapman
- Desmond Child
- Kelly Clarkson
- Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
- Hank Cochran
- Bootsy Collins of Parliament, Funkadelic and Bootsy's Rubber Band
- Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins
- Wayne Coyne of Flaming Lips
- Bob Crewe
- Jim Croce
- Rivers Cuomo of Weezer
- Dick Dale
- Glenn Danzig of Samhain, Danzig and The Misfits
- Hal David
- Mac Davis
- Kim Deal of the Pixies and The Breeders
- Claude Demetrius
- John Denver
- Neil Diamond
- Ani DiFranco
- Jimmy Driftwood
- Bob Dylan
- Steve Earle
- Danielle Egnew of Pope Jane
- Bradley Fish
- Willa Ford
- Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October
- Victoria Ganger
- Don Gant
- George Gershwin
- Ira Gershwin
- Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service
- Amy Grant
- Dave Grohl of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters
- Merle Haggard
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Ben Harper
- Lorenz Hart
- Eddie Hazel of Parliament and Funkadelic
- Richard Hell
- Gil-Scott Heron
- James Hetfield of Metallica
- Joel Hirschhorn
- Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon
- Harlan Howard
- Mark Hudson
- Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders
- Dan Israel
- Michael Jackson, of The Jackson 5, writer for himself and Diana Ross, Eric Clapton and 3T among others
- Al Jardine of The Beach Boys
- Waylon Jennings
- William Jerome
- Kameron Johnson
- Stan Jones
- Gabe Kelley
- R. Kelly
- Gordon Kennedy, writer for Eric Clapton, others
- Jerome Kern
- Antony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Merle Kilgore
- Wayne Kirkpatrick, writer for Eric Clapton, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, others
- Tom Lehrer
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Aaron Lewis, lead singer of Staind
- Dennis Linde
- Sandy Linzer
- Lisa Loeb
- Frank Loesser
- Frederick Loewe
- John D. Loudermilk
- Courtney Love of Hole
- Mike Love of The Beach Boys
- Phil Madeira, writer for Julie Miller, Ashley Cleveland, Wynonna Judd and others
- Ian Mackaye
- Stephen Malkmus of Pavement
- John Mayer
- Mike McCracken
- Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy and Common Rider
- Toby McKeehan, frontman for dc Talk and solo Christian rapper.
- Dave Matthews
- Rod McKuen
- Henry Mancini
- Hugh Martin
- Colin Meloy of The Decemberists
- Johnny Mercer
- Alanis Morissette
- Jim Morrison of The Doors
- Fred Neil
- Mos Def
- Anna Nalick
- Nas
- Willie Nelson
- Mickey Newbury
- Randy Newman
- Ne-Yo
- Roger Nichols
- Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick
- Bradley Nowell of Sublime
- Conor Oberst
- Roy Orbison of Traveling Wilburys
- Dolly Parton
- Joe Perry
- Linda Perry
- Ryan Parker
- Robert Pollard
- Cole Porter
- Prince
- Denny Randell
- Rattlesnake Annie
- Eddy Raven
- Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
- Dax Riggs of Deadboy & the Elephantmen
- Josh Ritter
- David Roback (formerly of Mazzy Star)
- Richard Rodgers
- Kenny Rogers
- Todd Rundgren
- Carole Bayer Sager
- Richie Sambora
- Carlos Santana
- Tupper Saussy
- Jean Schwartz
- Troy Seals
- John Sebastian
- Neil Sedaka
- Tupac Shakur
- Richard M. Sherman
- Robert B. Sherman
- Kevin Shields
- Mike Shinoda
- Mort Shuman
- Tommy Sims, writer for Eric Clapton, others
- Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel and a solo career
- Carly Simon
- Nina Simone, singer/pianist/songwriter/composer
- P.F. Sloan
- Chris Smith
- Elliott Smith
- Robert W. Smith
- Stephen Sondheim
- Britney Spears
- Rick Springfield
- Bruce Springsteen
- Richie Supa
- Seth Swirsky
- Chip Taylor
- James Taylor
- Terry Scott Taylor, writer for Daniel Amos, The Lost Dogs and The Swirling Eddies
- Johnny Tillotson
- Jim Vallance
- Albert Von Tilzer
- Harry Von Tilzer
- Joseph Troski
- Jeff Tweedy
- Steven Tyler
- Ben Wakeman
- Reppard Walker
- Cindy Walker
- Scott Walter
- Diane Warren
- Gene Ween primary writer for Ween
- Dottie West
- Jack White of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs
- Jeordie White of Marilyn Manson
- Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys
- Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys
- Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys
- Pharell Williams
- Kip Winger
- Stevie Wonder
- Frank Zappa
- Warren Zevon
- Zim Zum of The Pop Culture Suicides
- Claudio Sanchez of Coheed & Cambria and The Prize Fighter Inferno
[edit] Songwriting teams
Some songwriting teams are listed below:
- Burt Bacharach and Hal David
- John Perry Barlow (of EFF fame) and Bob Weir
- Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
- Jeff Barry and Andy Kim
- Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
- Alfredo Bracchi and Giovanni D'Anzi
- Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
- Ian Brown and John Squire
- Fred Buscaglione and Leo Chiosso
- Renato Carosone and Nicola Salerno
- George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
- Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
- Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook
- Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Brian Holland (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia
- The Jacksons (mostly Randy and Michael)
- Elton John and Bernie Taupin
- Carole King and Gerry Goffin
- Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- John Lennon and Paul McCartney know as Lennon/McCartney
- John Linnell and John Flansburgh
- Kristian Lundin and Andreas Carlsson
- Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
- Bill Martin and Phil Coulter
- Morrissey and Johnny Marr
- Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse
- Roy Orbison & Joe Melson
- Roy Orbison & Bill Dees
- Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
- Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
- Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
- Virgilio Savona and Tata Giacobetti
- Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield
- Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody
- Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, known as the Sherman Brothers
- Joe Strummer and Mick Jones
- Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett
- Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
- Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, known as the Glimmer Twins
- Angus Young and Malcolm Young, known as the "Young Brothers"
- Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, known as the Toxic Twins
- Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora
- Jack Blades and Tommy Shaw
- Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson
- Nina & Mike McDonnell
- Cletis T Judd