You must remember this ... : popular songwriters 1900-1980
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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 |