Name your favourite top 6 songwriters

[Protein Junkie]

Jon Anderson
Kate Bush
Amy Lee
Neil Finn
Jem Godfrey

 

[chesterbells]

Springsteen
Young
Dylan
McCartney
Lennon
Weller

 

[DelToro]

Steve Wilson
Mark Hollis
Mariusz Dada
John Fogerty
Neal Morse
Mike Holmes

 

[Bill Walker]

I forgot I wanted to add Syd Barrett and Peter Green

 

[Mancitydoogle]

Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Jackson Browne
Warren Zevon
Leonard Cohen
Jason Isbell

 

[DelToro]

Interesting.

I’ll throw a few of my favour lyricists that haven’t been mentioned yet, into the mix.

Joni Mitchell
Al Stewart
Paul Simon
Neil Young (was mentioned)
Bob Dylan, although I prefer others singing them.

Al Stewart is a good call.

 

[Maintainin]

Roy Ayers

Steve Arrington

Curtis Mayfield

Barry White

Ron Isley

Marvin Gaye

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Minnie Riperton

Nina Simone

Aretha Franklin

Sylvia Robertson

Sarah Vaughan

Dionne Warwick

 

[-dabz-]

Neil Peart
Freddie Mercury
Francis Dunnery
Phil Lynott
Marc Bolan
Tom MacDonald

 

[Shuffs]

Personal opinion:

Lennon/McCartney
Ginger Wildheart
Ryan Adams
Bruce Springsteen
Mike Viola
Laura Marling





And Me ;-)

 

[Jazzyblue]

Some great names here. Hardest thing is boiling it down to six!

Soul/Jazz/Reggae

Ray Charles
Barry White
Bob Marley/Peter Tosh
Curtis Mayfield
Lee Perry
Donny Hathaway

Rock/Pop/Country

Paul Simon
Jimmie Rodgers
Bob Dylan
Carole King
Paul McCartney
Bryan Wilson

Honourable mentions

Charley Patton
Laura Nyro
Cole Porter
Hoagy Carmichael
Leonard Cohen
Burt Bacharach

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Kevin Parker

Wow - how does he find the time.to run the supporters club?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Morrissey / Marr
Difford / Tilbrook
Bob Dylan
Lloyd Cole
Pete Shelley
Springsteen

 

[West Yorks Owl]

Gil Scott-Heron?

 

[Deepest Blue]

Jimmy Webb
Bacharach/David
Brian Wilson
Lennon/McCartney
Cole Porter (not Palmer)
George Gershwin

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Jimmy Webb
Bacharach/David
Brian Wilson

They are 3 good calls,especially Jimmy Webb.
Maybe should have had Jim Steinman and Joni Mitchell on my original selection.
Webb and Steinman made a lot of money for other singers.

 

[chesterbells]

I see we’ve got the usual issue of more than a few posters struggling with the fundamentals of counting, including the op ;-)

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I see we’ve got the usual issue of more than a few posters struggling with the fundamentals of counting, including the op ;-)

My takeaway is that apparently there have only been about 20 artists in music history, and the last ones who ever wrote anything were Rivers Cuomo and J Mascis :)

JK. For me:

Neil Young
Walter Becker/Donald Fagan (that I am the first to mention these guys is sad)
Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe
Adam Schlesinger/Chris Collingwood
Corin Tucker/Carrie Brownstein
Eric Bachmann

 

[dublinblue12]

Lennon/McCartney
Jagger/Richards
Dylan
Young
N. Gallagher

 

[dobingsdobber]

Dylan
Paul Simon
Judee Sill
Richard Thompson
Nick Drake
Cole Porter

 

[peter.evans]

My takeaway is that apparently there have only been about 20 artists in music history, and the last ones who ever wrote anything were Rivers Cuomo and J Mascis :)

JK. For me:

Neil Young
Walter Becker/Donald Fagan (that I am the first to mention these guys is sad)
Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe
Adam Schlesinger/Chris Collingwood
Corin Tucker/Carrie Brownstein
Eric Bachmann

I agree re Walt and Don, absolute musical genius and as good as anything, ever !