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White, Mark
You must remember this ... : popular songwriters 1900-1980
London: Frederick Warner, 1983


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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
  Anka, Paul (b. 1941)   composer, lyricist
  Arlen, Harold (b. 1905 d. 1986)   cast, composer
  Bacharach, Burt F. (b. 1928)   composer
  Barry, John (b. 1933)   composer, drums
  Bart, Lionel (b. 1930)   cast, composer
  Bernstein, Leonard (b. 1918 d. 1990)   composer, conductor
  Bricusse, Leslie (b. 1931)   composer, librettist
  Brown, Lew (b. 1893 d. 1958)   cast, composer
  Brown, Nacio Herb (b. 1896 d. 1964)   composer, lyricist
  Bryant, Boudleaux (b. 1920 d. 1987)   composer, country music song writer
  Burke, Johnny (b. 1908 d. 1964)   writer, composer
  Burke, Joseph A. (b. 1884 d. 1950)   piano, composer
  Cahn, Sammy (b. 1913 d. 1993)   cast, composer
  Callander, Peter (b. 1939)   composer
  Carmichael, Hoagy [Hoagland Howard] (b. 1899 d. 1981)   composer, cornet
  Carr, Michael (b. 1904 d. 1968)   additional Music, composer
  Cash, Johnny (b. 1932)   guitar, country music singer
  Chaplin, Saul (b. 1912 d. 1990)   composer, lyricist
  Chapman, Michael (b. 1947)   songwriter
  Chinn, Nicholas B. (b. 1946)   composer
  Cohan, George M. [George Michael] (b. 1878 d. 1942)   author, cast
  Coleman, Cy (b. 1929)   composer, dance arranger
  Connor, Tommie (b. 1904)   songwriter, composer
  Cook, Roger (b. 1940 a. 1965)   singer, composer
  Coslow, Sam (b. 1902 d. 1982)   composer, lyricist
  Coward, Noel (Pierce) (b. 1899 d. 1973)   actor, author
  David, Hal (b. 1921)   composer, lyricist
  Davies, Harry Parr (b. 1914 d. 1955)   composer, songwriter
  Diamond, Neil (Leslie) (b. 1941)   composer, lyricist
  Dietz, Howard (b. 1896 d. 1983)   director, librettist
  Donaldson, Walter (b. 1893 d. 1947)   composer, lyricist
  Dozier, Lamont (b. 1941)   composer, lyricist
  Dubin, Al [Alfred] (b. 1891 d. 1945)   lyricist
  Duke, Vernon (b. 1903 d. 1969)   composer, lyricist
  Dylan, Bob (b. 1941)   composer, folksinger
  Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974)   composer, direttore d'orchestra
  Ellis, Vivian (John Herman) (b. 1903)   composer, lyricist
  Evans, Raymond Bernard (b. 1915)   lyricist
  Evans, Tolchard (b. 1901 d. 1978)   songwriter, publisher
  Fain, Sammy (b. 1902 d. 1989)   author, cast
  Fields, Dorothy (b. 1905 d. 1974)   cast, composer
  Fletcher, Guy (b. 1944)   composer, keyboard
  Flett, Doug (b. 1935)   composer
  Freed, Dorothy Whitson (b. 1919)   composer, librarian
  Gay, Noel (b. 1898 d. 1954)   composer, lyricist
  Gershwin, George (b. 1898)   author, cast
  Gershwin, Ira (b. 1896 d. 1983)   author, composer
  Goffin, Gerry (b. 1939)   composer, lyricist
  Gordon, Mack (b. 1904 d. 1959)   librettist, lyricist
  Greenaway, Roger (b. 1942 a. 1965)   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
  Hatch, Tony (b. 1939)   arranger, composer
  Henderson, Ray (b. 1896 d. 1970)   cast, composer
  Herbert, Victor (August) (b. 1859 d. 1924)   composer, conductor
  Herman, Jerry [Gerald] (b. 1933)   composer, director
  Hoffman, Al (b. 1902 d. 1960)   composer, lyricist
  Holland, Brian (b. 1941)   composer, lyricist
  Holland, Eddie (b. 1939)   composer, lyricist
  John, Elton (b. 1947)   composer, lyricist
  Johnston, Arthur James (b. 1898 d. 1954)   composer
  Kahal, Irving (b. 1903 d. 1942)   lyricist, vocals
  Kahn, Gus (b. 1886 d. 1941)   composer, lyricist
  Kennedy, Jimmy (b. 1902 d. 1984)   songwriter
  Kern, Jerome (David) (b. 1885 d. 1945)   cast, composer
  King, Carole (b. 1943)   composer, lyricist
  Lane, Burton (b. 1912)   composer, lyricist
  Lee, Bert (b. 1880 d. 1947)   songwriter
  Legrand, Michel (b. 1932 a. 1953)   arranger, author
  Leiber, Jerry (b. 1933)   composer, lyricist
  Lennon, John (Winston Ono) (b. 1940 d. 1980)   author, composer
  Lerner, Alan Jay (b. 1918 d. 1986)   cast, composer
  Leslie, Edgar (b. 1885 d. 1976)   composer, lyricist
  Lightfoot, Gordon (Meredith) (b. 1939)   singer, songwriter
  Livingston, Jay Harold (b. 1915)   composer, lyricist
  Livingston, Jerry (b. 1909 d. 1987)   composer, lyricist
  Lloyd Webber, Andrew (b. 1948)   composer, librettist
  Loesser, Frank (Henry) (b. 1910 d. 1969)   songwriter, playwright
  Loewe, Frederick (b. 1901 d. 1988)   composer, lyricist
  Macaulay, Tony (b. 1944)   composer, author
  Macleod, John (b. 1934)   composer
  Mancini, Henry (b. 1924)   arranger, composer
  Mann, Barry (b. 1939)   composer, lyricist
  Mason, Barry (b. 1935)   lyricist
  McCartney, Paul [James Paul] (b. 1942)   author, composer
  McHugh, Jimmy [James Francis] (b. 1894 d. 1969)   cast, composer
  McLean, Don (b. 1945)   composer, lyricist
  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
  Murray, Mitch (b. 1940)   composer, songwriter
  Newley, Anthony (b. 1931)   actor, cast
  Nilsson, Harry (b. 1941)   composer, lyricist
  Noble, Ray [Raymond Stanley] (b. 1903 d. 1978)   bandleader, celeste
  Novello, Ivor (b. 1893 d. 1951)   cast, composer
  O'Sullivan, Gilbert [Raymond] (b. 1946)   singer, songwriter
  Porter, Cole (Albert) (b. 1891 d. 1964)   cast, composer
  Rainger, Ralph (b. 1901 d. 1942)   cast, composer
  Reed, Les (b. 1935)   composer
  Reid, Billy [William Gordon] (b. 1902 d. 1974 a. 1940s)   composer, lyricist
  Revel, Harry (b. 1905 d. 1958)   composer, lyricist
  Rice, Tim [Timothy Miles Bindon] (b. 1944)   lyricist, writer
  Rodgers, Richard (Charles) (b. 1902 d. 1979)   cast, composer
  Romberg, Sigmund (b. 1887 d. 1951)   cast, composer
  Schwartz, Arthur (b. 1900 d. 1984)   cast, composer
  Sedaka, Neil (b. 1939)   composer, lyricist
  Simon, Paul (b. 1942)   composer, lyricist
  Sondheim, Stephen (Joshua) (b. 1930)   composer, incidental music
  Stephens, Geoff (b. 1934)   composer
  Stoller, Mike [Michael Endore] (b. 1933)   composer, lyricist
  Styne, Jule (b. 1905)   composer, director
  Taupin, Bernie (b. 1950)   composer, lyricist
  Tobias, Harry (b. 1895)   composer, lyricist
  Tobias, Henry (b. 1905)   composer, lyricist
  Trent, Jackie [Jacqueline] (b. 1940)   author, composer
  Turk, Roy (b. 1892 d. 1934)   composer, lyricist
  Van Heusen, Jimmy (b. 1913 d. 1990)   composer, lyricist
  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
  Webb, Jimmy [James Layne] (b. 1946)   arranger, composer
  Weill, Cynthia (b. 1937)   author, composer
  Weston, R.P. [Bob] (b. 1878 d. 1936)   composer, librettist
  Whiting, Richard A. (b. 1891 d. 1938)   composer, lyricist
  Wodehouse, P.G. [Pelham Grenville] (b. 1881 d. 1975)   author, librettist
  Wonder, Stevie (b. 1950)   composer, harmonica
  Woods, Harry MacGregor (b. 1896 d. 1970)   composer
  Wright, Lawrence (b. 1888 d. 1964)   composer, director
  Wrubel, Allie (b. 1905 d. 1973)   composer
  Youmans, Vincent (Millie) (b. 1898 d. 1946)   composer, musicisti

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