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[[Performer]]s who write their own songs are known as [[singer]]-songwriters. | [[Performer]]s who write their own songs are known as [[singer]]-songwriters. | ||
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Revision as of 01:10, July 12, 2016
A songwriter, in popular music, is a person who composes both the words and music for a song. Someone who writes only the words (lyrics) is known as a lyricist, while the composer of the music or melody is known as a melodist.
Performers who write their own songs are known as singer-songwriters.
Some notable songwriters
- John Lennon
- Paul McCartney
- Bob Dylan
- Paul Simon
- Ewan MacColl
- Kirsty MacColl
- Pete Seeger
- Joan Baez
- Joni Mitchell
- Cole Porter
- George Gershwin
- Harold Arlen
- Irving Berlin
- Jerome Kern
- Richard Rodgers
- Leonard Bernstein
- Sigmund Romberg
- Steven Sondheim
- Frederick Loewe