Greatest Songwriters

Greatest Songwriters (September 2019)

Songwriting, I suppose is something that is really lost these days. These were the greatest songwriters of all time, well of rock and roll, pop, r and b etc. It doesn't include classical music or anything like that.

100. Gamble and Huff

99. Pomus and Shuman

98. Whitfield and Strong

97. Greenwich and Barry

96. Carly Simon

95. Isaac Hayes and David Porter

94. Lieber and Stoller

93. Paul Weller

92. James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich

91. Van Halen

90. Grace Slick

89. Chuck D

88. Sting

87. Don McLean

86. Peter Gabriel

85. Hank Williams

84. David Byrne

83. Roy Orbison

82. Kris Kristofferson

81. REM

80. Woody Guthrie

79. Patti Smith

78. Jackson Browne

77. Curtis Mayfield

76. Garcia and Hunter

75. Otis Redding

74. Cat Stevens

73. Leonard Cohen

72. Cyndi Lauper

71. Chrissie Hynde

70. Harry Nilsson

69. George Clinton

68. Robert Johnson

67. Randy Newman

66. Sam Cooke

65. Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi

64. John Mellencamp

63. Joan Baez

62. Marc Bolan

61. Holland, Dozier and Holland

60. Tom Waits

59. Willie Nelson

58. Pink Floyd

57. Dolly Parton

56. Stevie Nicks

55. Phil Spector

54. Don Henley and Glenn Fry

53. Robbie Robertson

52. Neil Young

51. Jack Bruce

50. Richard Carpenter

49. Sly Stone

48. Ray Charles

47. Al Green

46. Elvis Costello

44. Van Morrison

44. Buddy Holly

43. Ray Davies

42. Burt Bacharach

41. Chuck Berry

40. Johnny Cash

39. The Bee Gees

38. Kurt Cobain

37. Neil Diamond

36. James Taylor

35. Madonna

34. James Brown

33. Lou Reed

32. Jimi Hendrix

31. Robert Plant

30. Frank Zappa

29. Marvin Gaye

28. Bono and the Edge

27. Joe Strummer and Mick Jones

26. Eric Clapton

25. George Harrison

24. Tom Petty

23. Smokey Robinson

22. John Phillips

21. Joni Mitchell

20. Billy Joel

19. Benny and Bjorn

18. Bob Marley

17. John Fogerty

16. The Doors

15. Carole King and Gerry Goffin

14. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

13. Michael Jackson

12. Paul Simon

11. Bruce Springsteen

10. Prince

9. Stevie Wonder

8. Pete Townshend

7. Queen

6. David Bowie

5. Elton John and Bernie Taupin

4. Brian Wilson

3. John Lennon

2. Paul McCartney

1. Bob Dylan