American songwriters. An H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary
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| Adamson, Harold (b. 1906 d. 1980) | lyricist, songwriter |
| Adler, Richard (b. 1921) | composer, lyricist |
| Ager, Milton (b. 1893 d. 1979) | composer, songwriter |
| Ahlert, Fred E. (b. 1892 d. 1953) | cast, composer |
| Arlen, Harold (b. 1905 d. 1986) | cast, composer |
| Ball, Ernest R. (b. 1878 d. 1927) | composer, songwriter |
| Bergman, Alan (b. 1925) | composer |
| Bergman, Marilyn Keith (b. 1929) | lyricist |
| Berlin, Irving (b. 1888 d. 1989) | cast, composer |
| Bernstein, Leonard (b. 1918 d. 1990) | composer, conductor |
| Berry, Chuck (b. 1926) | composer, lyricist |
| Blake, Eubie [James Hubert] (b. 1883 d. 1983) | cast, composer |
| Bock, Jerry (Lewis) (b. 1928) | composer, librettist |
| Braham, David (b. 1834 d. 1905) | composer, incidental music |
| Bryant, Boudleaux (b. 1920 d. 1987) | composer, country music song writer |
| Bryant, Felice (b. 1925) | composer, country music song writer |
| Burke, Johnny (b. 1908 d. 1964) | writer, composer |
| Caesar, Irving (b. 1895) | cast, composer |
| Cahn, Sammy (b. 1913 d. 1993) | cast, composer |
| Carmichael, Hoagy [Hoagland Howard] (b. 1899 d. 1981) | composer, cornet |
| Cash, Johnny (b. 1932) | guitar, country music singer |
| Cohan, George M. [George Michael] (b. 1878 d. 1942) | author, cast |
| Coleman, Cy (b. 1929) | composer, dance arranger |
| Comden, Betty (b. 1915) | cast, composer |
| Conrad, Con (b. 1891 d. 1938) | composer, director |
| Coots, John Frederick (b. 1897 d. 1985) | piano, composer |
| David, Hal (b. 1921) | composer, lyricist |
| De Koven, Reginald [Henry Louis Reginald] (b. 1859 d. 1920) | composer, conductor |
| De Sylva, Buddy [George Card] (b. 1895 d. 1950) | lyricist, librettist |
| Denver, John (b. 1943) | guitar, singer |
| Diamond, Neil (Leslie) (b. 1941) | composer, lyricist |
| Dietz, Howard (b. 1896 d. 1983) | director, librettist |
| Domino, Fats (b. 1928) | composer, lyricist |
| Donaldson, Walter (b. 1893 d. 1947) | composer, lyricist |
| Drake, Ervin Maurice (b. 1919) | composer, librettist |
| Dresser, Paul [John Paul] (b. 1857 d. 1906) | composer, author |
| Dubin, Al [Alfred] (b. 1891 d. 1945) | lyricist |
| Duke, Vernon (b. 1903 d. 1969) | composer, lyricist |
| Dylan, Bob (b. 1941) | composer, folksinger |
| Ebb, Fred (b. 1932) | composer, librettist |
| Edwards, Gus (b. 1879 d. 1945) | cast, composer |
| Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) | composer, direttore d'orchestra |
| Emmett, Daniel Decatur (b. 1815 d. 1904) | composer, lyricist |
| Evans, Raymond Bernard (b. 1915) | lyricist |
| Fain, Sammy (b. 1902 d. 1989) | author, cast |
| Fields, Dorothy (b. 1905 d. 1974) | cast, composer |
| Fisher, Fred (b. 1875 d. 1942) | composer, lyricist |
| Forrest, George (b. 1915) | author, composer |
| Foster, Stephen Collins (b. 1826 d. 1864) | bass guitar, composer |
| Friml, Rudolf [Charles Rudolph] (b. 1879 d. 1972) | composer, librettist |
| Gershwin, George (b. 1898) | author, cast |
| Gershwin, Ira (b. 1896 d. 1983) | author, composer |
| Gordon, Mack (b. 1904 d. 1959) | librettist, lyricist |
| Gorney, Jay (b. 1896 d. 1990) | composer, librettist |
| Green, Al (b. 1946) | soul singer, tenor sax |
| Green, Johnny [John William] (b. 1908 d. 1989) | composer, music director |
| Guthrie, Woody [Woodrow Wilson] (b. 1912 d. 1967) | cast, composer |
| Haggard, Merle (b. 1937) | country music singer |
| Hamlisch, Marvin (b. 1944) | composer, dance arranger |
| Hammerstein, Oscar (Greeley Clendenning) (b. 1895 d. 1960) | cast, composer |
| Handy, W.C. [William Christopher] (b. 1873 d. 1958) | additional Music, cast |
| Harbach, Otto Abels (b. 1878 d. 1963) | author, composer |
| Harburg, E.Y. [Edgar Yip] (b. 1898 d. 1981) | author, composer |
| Harrigan, Ned [Edward] (Green) (b. 1844 d. 1911) | playwright, actor |
| Harris, Charles Kassell (b. 1867 d. 1930) | composer, lyricist |
| Hart, Lorenz (Milton) (b. 1895 d. 1943) | cast, director |
| Henderson, Ray (b. 1896 d. 1970) | cast, composer |
| Herbert, Victor (August) (b. 1859 d. 1924) | composer, conductor |
| Herman, Jerry [Gerald] (b. 1933) | composer, director |
| Hewitt, John Hill (b. 1801 d. 1890) | composer, poet |
| Kahn, Gus (b. 1886 d. 1941) | composer, lyricist |
| Kalmer, Bert (b. 1884 d. 1947) | lyricist |
| Kander, John (Harold) (b. 1927) | composer, dance arranger |
| Kern, Jerome (David) (b. 1885 d. 1945) | cast, composer |
| King, Carole (b. 1943) | composer, lyricist |
| Lane, Burton (b. 1912) | composer, lyricist |
| Lerner, Alan Jay (b. 1918 d. 1986) | cast, composer |
| Livingston, Jay Harold (b. 1915) | composer, lyricist |
| Loesser, Frank (Henry) (b. 1910 d. 1969) | songwriter, playwright |
| Loewe, Frederick (b. 1901 d. 1988) | composer, lyricist |
| Mancini, Henry (b. 1924) | arranger, composer |
| Marks, Edward Bennett (b. 1865 d. 1945) | music publisher |
| McDonald, Harl (b. 1899 d. 1955) | composer, piano |
| McHugh, Jimmy [James Francis] (b. 1894 d. 1969) | cast, composer |
| Mercer, Johnny [John Herndon] (b. 1909 d. 1976) | lyricist, composer |
| Merrill, Robert (b. 1921) | baritone, bass |
| Monaco, James V. (b. 1885 d. 1945) | composer, lyricist |
| Moore, Douglas Stuart (b. 1893 d. 1969) | composer, teacher |
| Newman, Randy (b. 1943) | composer, lyricist |
| Parish, Mitchell (b. 1900) | lyricist |
| Porter, Cole (Albert) (b. 1891 d. 1964) | cast, composer |
| Rainger, Ralph (b. 1901 d. 1942) | cast, composer |
| Revel, Harry (b. 1905 d. 1958) | composer, lyricist |
| Richie, Lionel (Brockman) (b. 1949) | soul singer, songwriter |
| Robbins, Marty (b. 1925 d. 1982) | country music singer, vocals |
| Robin, Leo (b. 1900 d. 1984) | additional Lyrics, Broadway and Hollywood lyricist |
| Rodgers, Richard (Charles) (b. 1902 d. 1979) | cast, composer |
| Romberg, Sigmund (b. 1887 d. 1951) | cast, composer |
| Rome, Harold (Jacob) (b. 1908 d. 1993) | composer, incidental music |
| Root, George Frederick (b. 1820 d. 1895) | composer, music educator |
| Ruby, Harry (b. 1895 d. 1974) | author, cast |
| Schmidt, Harvey (Lester) (b. 1929) | composer |
| Schwartz, Arthur (b. 1900 d. 1984) | cast, composer |
| Schwartz, Jean (b. 1878 d. 1956) | author, cast |
| Sedaka, Neil (b. 1939) | composer, lyricist |
| Sherman, Richard Morton (b. 1928) | composer |
| Simon, Carly (b. 1945) | singer |
| Simon, Paul (b. 1942) | composer, lyricist |
| Sissle, Noble (Lee) (b. 1889 d. 1975) | cast, composer |
| Sondheim, Stephen (Joshua) (b. 1930) | composer, incidental music |
| Springsteen, Bruce (b. 1949) | singer |
| Stern, Joseph W. (b. 1870 d. 1934) | songwriter, publisher |
| Strouse, Charles (Louis) (b. 1928) | composer, librettist |
| Styne, Jule (b. 1905) | composer, director |
| Taylor, James (Vernon) (b. 1948) | composer, lyricist |
| Thornton, James (b. 1861 d. 1938) | composer, entertainer |
| Tierney, Harry (Austin) (b. 1890 d. 1965) | composer, lyricist |
| Tiomkin, Dimitri (b. 1894 d. 1979) | composer, Klavier |
| Van Alstyne, Egbert Anson (b. 1882 d. 1951) | songwriter, composer |
| Van Heusen, Jimmy (b. 1913 d. 1990) | composer, lyricist |
| Von Tilzer, Albert (b. 1878 d. 1956) | composer, songwriter |
| Von Tilzer, Harry (b. 1872 d. 1946) | cast, composer |
| Waller, Fats [Thomas Wright] (b. 1904 d. 1943) | cast, composer |
| Warren, Harry (b. 1893 d. 1981) | songwriter |
| Washington, Ned (b. 1901 d. 1976) | lyricist, songwriter |
| Webster, Paul Francis (b. 1907 d. 1984) | author, lyricist |
| Weill, Kurt (Julian) (b. 1900 d. 1950) | author, composer |
| Whiting, Richard A. (b. 1891 d. 1938) | composer, lyricist |
| Williams, Hank (b. 1923 d. 1953) | country music singer, guitar |
| Willson, Meredith (b. 1902 d. 1984) | author, composer |
| Wonder, Stevie (b. 1950) | composer, harmonica |
| Work, Henry Clay (b. 1832 d. 1884) | composer of popular songs, composer |
| Wright, Robert Craig (b. 1914) | author, cast |
| Yellen, Jack (b. 1892 d. 1991) | composer, librettist |
| Youmans, Vincent (Millie) (b. 1898 d. 1946) | composer, musicisti |