List of songwriters
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Austria
- Wolfgang Ambros
- Ralph Benatzky
- Franz Schubert
- Robert Stolz [1]
- Hugo Wolf
Brazil
- Astrud Gilberto
- Ernesto Nazareth
Canada
- Shelton Brooks
- Leonard Cohen
- Colin James
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Geoffrey O'Hara
- Robbie Robertson of The Band
- Stan Rogers
- Neil Young with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and later, Crazy Horse
- Rufus Wainwright
France
Germany
- Bertolt Brecht
- Hans Eisler
- Paul Lincke
- Carl Loewe
- Johann Christoph Pepusch
- Robert Schumann
- Konstantin Wecker
- Kurt Weill
Hungary
- Rudolf Friml
- Sigmund Romberg
- Jean Schwartz
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
- Beenie Man
- Buju Banton
- 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
Mexico
- Antonio Aguilar
- Juan Gabriel
- Agustín Lara
- Jubertino Rosas
- Carlos Santana of the band Santana
Netherlands
- Herman van Veen
Sweden
United Kingdom
- Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
- Adam Ant of Adam & the Ants
- Michael Arne
- Thomas Arne
- Sabine Baring-Gould
- Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd
- Lionel Bart
- Leslie Bricusse
- Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac
- Roger Cook
- Phil Coulter
- Noel Coward
- John Gay
- Noel Gay
- Roger Greenaway
- Rob Halford of Judas Priest
- George Harrison of The Beatles and a solo career
- Tony Hatch
- Robert Hawker
- MissyFoxx [1]
- Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones
- John Kay of Jamiroquai
- George Le Brunn
- Fred W Leigh
- John Lennon of The Beatles and a solo career
- Adam Leonard
- Paul McCartney of The Beatles and Wings, and a solo career
- Bill Martin
- Eric Maschwitz
- Ivor Novello
- Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath and a solo career
- Bill Owen
- Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
- Joseph Parry
- Felix Powell
- Joseph Tabrar
- Graham Revell
- Tim Rice
- Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners
- Bernie Taupin, songwriting partner with Elton John
- Pete Waterman
- Roger Waters of Pink Floyd
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- John Wesley
- Sandy Wilson
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Thom Yorke of Radiohead
United States
- Tori Amos
- Trey Anastasio of Phish
- Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
- Afrika Bambaataa
- Burt Bacharach, songwriter for Dionne Warwick among others
- Bert Berns
- Irving Berlin
- Leonard Bernstein
- MissyFoxx [1]
- Clint Black
- Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple and Rainbow
- Shelton Brooks
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Johnny Cash
- Tracy Chapman
- Bootsy Collins of Parliament, Funkadelic and Bootsy's Rubber Band
- Dick Dale
- Glenn Danzig of Samhain, Danzig and The Misfits
- Hal David
- Kim Deal of the Pixies and The Breeders
- John Denver
- Bob Dylan
- Steve Earle
- George Gershwin
- Ira Gershwin
- 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
- Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon
- Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders
- Waylon Jennings
- William Jerome
- Tim Jones
- Gordon Kennedy, writer for Eric Clapton, others
- Jerome Kern
- Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Wayne Kirkpatrick, writer for Eric Clapton, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, others
- Tom Lehrer
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Frank Loesser
- Frederick Loewe
- Courtney Love of Hole
- Phil Madeira, writer for Julie Miller, Ashley Cleveland, Wynonna Judd and others
- Dave Matthews
- Rod McKuen
- Henry Mancini
- Johnny Mercer
- Jim Morrison of The Doors
- Mos Def
- Nas
- Willie Nelson
- Bradley Nowell of Sublime
- Cole Porter
- Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
- Richard Rodgers
- Jean Schwartz
- John Sebastian
- Neil Sedaka
- Tupac Shakur
- Mort Shuman
- Tommy Simms, writer for Eric Clapton, others
- Carly Simon
- Stephen Sondheim
- James Taylor
- Terry Scott Taylor, writer for Daniel Amos, The Lost Dogs and The Swirling Eddies
- Albert Von Tilzer
- Harry Von Tilzer
- Diane Warren
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
- Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
- Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
- Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
- George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
- Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Brian Holland (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia
- Elton John and Bernie Taupin
- Carol King and Gerry Goffin
- Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- John Lennon and Paul McCartney
- Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill
- Bill Martin and Phil Coulter
- Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse
- Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
- Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II