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Vertically-integrated pop music publishing house. Best known for its stable of songwriters, overseen by Don Kirshner.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Anka	Singer/Songwriter	30-Jul-1941		Put Your Head on My Shoulder
Burt Bacharach	Pianist	12-May-1929		Incomparable composer of lounge music
Jim Croce	Singer/Songwriter	10-Jan-1943	20-Sep-1973	Time in a Bottle
Bobby Darin	Musician	14-May-1936	20-Dec-1973	Splish, Splash and Mack the Knife
John Denver	Country Musician	31-Dec-1943	12-Oct-1997	Rocky Mountain High
Neil Diamond	Singer/Songwriter	24-Jan-1941		Cherry Baby
Billy Joel	Pianist	9-May-1949		Didn't start the fire
Carole King	Singer/Songwriter	9-Feb-1942		It Might As Well Rain Until September
Don Kirshner	Business	17-Apr-1934		Mastermind behind The Monkees
Kris Kristofferson	Actor	22-Jun-1936		Big Top Pee-Wee
Jerry Leiber	Songwriter	25-Apr-1933		Hitmaker for Elvis
Barry Mann	Songwriter	9-Feb-1939		Put the bomp in the bomp sha-bomp
Joni Mitchell	Singer/Songwriter	7-Nov-1943		Big Yellow Taxi
Neil Sedaka	Singer/Songwriter	13-Mar-1939		Laughter In The Rain and 1,000 others
Carly Simon	Singer/Songwriter	25-Jun-1945		You're So Vain
Paul Simon	Singer/Songwriter	13-Oct-1941		Simon and Garfunkel
Mike Stoller	Songwriter	13-Mar-1933		Hitmaker for Elvis
James Taylor	Singer/Songwriter	12-Mar-1948		Seen fire, rain
Cynthia Weil	Songwriter	18-Oct-1937		Half of songwriting duo Mann and Weil

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