List of songwriters

Songwriters who perform their own work -- a relatively recent phenomenon -- are usually called singer-songwriters. (See List of singer-songwriters.) This list only includes those who remain in the background and rarely, if ever, perform(ed) their own songs in public.

Austria

• Wolfgang Ambros[?]
• Ralph Benatzky[?]
• Franz Schubert
• Robert Stolz[?] [1] (http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/1945/WSB/stolz)
• Hugo Wolf

Brazil

• Astrid Gilberto[?]
• Ernesto Nazareth

Canada

• Shelton Brooks
• Leonard Cohen
• Geoffrey O'Hara
• Robbie Robertson of The Band
• Stan Rogers
• Neil Young with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and later, Crazy Horse
• Rufus Wainwright[?]

France

• Serge Gainsbourg

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

• Phil Lynott[?] of Thin Lizzy
• Thomas Moore

Jamaica

• Beenie Man
• Buju Banton
• John Holt
• Bob Marley
• 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

• Benny Andersson
• Alexander Bard
• Bjorn Ulvaeus

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
• Roger Greenaway[?]
• Rob Halford of Judas Priest
• George Harrison of The Beatles and a solo career
• Tony Hatch[?]
• Robert Hawker[?]
• Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones
• John Kay[?] of Jamiroquai
• John Lennon of The Beatles and a solo career
• Paul McCartney of The Beatles and Wings, and a solo career
• Bill Martin[?]
• Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath and a solo career
• Bill Owen
• Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
• Joseph Parry[?]
• 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
• 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
• 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 Sebastien[?]
• 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

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

See also: Songwriters Hall of Fame