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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Lee Adams
Songwriter
14-Aug-1924   Bye Bye Birdie
Harold Adamson
Songwriter
10-Dec-1906 17-Aug-1980 Time on My Hands
Richard Adler
Songwriter
3-Aug-1921 21-Jun-2012 Damn Yankees
Milton Ager
Songwriter
6-Oct-1893 6-May-1979 Ain't She Sweet
Harold Arlen
Songwriter
15-Feb-1905 23-Apr-1986 Wrote score to Wizard of Oz
Nickolas Ashford
Songwriter
4-May-1942 22-Aug-2011 Half of Ashford and Simpson
Howard Ashman
Songwriter
17-May-1950 14-Mar-1991 Beauty and the Beast
Dallas Austin
Music Producer
29-Dec-1970   R&B Producer
Ernest Ball
Songwriter
22-Jul-1878 3-May-1927 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Dominic Behan
Playwright
1929 3-Aug-1989 The Patriot Game
Alan Bergman
Songwriter
11-Sep-1925   You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Marilyn Bergman
Songwriter
10-Nov-1929   The Way We Were
Otis Blackwell
Songwriter
16-Feb-1932 6-May-2002 Prolific R&B songwriter
James A. Bland
Songwriter
22-Oct-1854 5-Mar-1911 Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Jerry Bock
Composer
23-Nov-1928 3-Nov-2010 Fiorello!
Danielle Brisebois
Actor
28-Jun-1969   Stephanie Mills on Archie Bunker's Place
Lew Brown
Songwriter
10-Dec-1893 5-Feb-1958 Beer Barrel Polka
Nacio Herb Brown
Songwriter
22-Feb-1896 28-Sep-1964 Singin' in the Rain
Boudleaux Bryant
Songwriter
13-Feb-1920 25-Jun-1987 Wake Up, Little Susie
Felice Bryant
Songwriter
7-Aug-1925 22-Apr-2003 Wake Up, Little Susie
Johnny Burke
Songwriter
3-Oct-1908 25-Feb-1964 Swinging on a Star
Carl Butler
Country Musician
2-Jun-1927 4-Sep-1992 Don't Let Me Cross Over
Irving Caesar
Songwriter
4-Jul-1895 17-Dec-1996 Tea for Two
Sammy Cahn
Songwriter
18-Jun-1913 15-Jan-1993 Three Coins in the Fountain
J. J. Cale
Songwriter
5-Dec-1938   Wrote Cocaine and After Midnight
Jim Capaldi
Drummer
24-Apr-1944 28-Jan-2005 Drummer/Songwriter for Traffic
Hoagy Carmichael
Songwriter
22-Nov-1899 27-Dec-1981 Star Dust
Rosanne Cash
Country Musician
24-May-1955   Rhythm and Romance
Guy Clark
Country Musician
6-Nov-1941   Old No. 1
Vince Clarke
Electronic Musician
3-Jul-1960   Erasure
Cy Coleman
Composer
14-Jun-1929 18-Nov-2004 Hey, Big Spender
Betty Comden
Songwriter
3-May-1915 23-Nov-2006 Singin' in the Rain
Con Conrad
Songwriter
18-Jun-1891 28-Sep-1938 The Continental
J. Fred Coots
Songwriter
2-May-1897 8-Apr-1985 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Hal David
Songwriter
25-May-1921   Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
Mack David
Songwriter
5-Jul-1912 30-Dec-1993 La vie en rose
Buddy DeSylva
Songwriter
27-Jan-1895 11-Jul-1950 DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson
Charles Dibdin
Songwriter
4-Mar-1745 25-Jul-1814 The Comic Mirror
Howard Dietz
Songwriter
8-Sep-1896 30-Jul-1983 MGM songwriter, publicity chief
Kara DioGuardi
Songwriter
9-Dec-1970   Former judge, American Idol
Walter Donaldson
Songwriter
15-Feb-1893 15-Jul-1947 Yes, Sir, That's My Baby
Ervin Drake
Songwriter
3-Apr-1919   It Was a Very Good Year
Paul Dresser
Songwriter
21-Apr-1857 30-Jan-1906 My Gal Sal
Al Dubin
Songwriter
10-Jun-1891 11-Feb-1945 Lullaby of Broadway
Gus Edwards
Songwriter
18-Aug-1879 7-Nov-1945 By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Dan Emmett
Songwriter
29-Oct-1815 28-Jun-1904 Dixie
Scott English
Songwriter
10-Jan-1943   70's pop songwriter, Brandy
Ahmet Ertegün
Business
21-Jul-1923 14-Dec-2006 Atlantic Records co-founder
Ray Evans
Songwriter
4-Feb-1915 15-Feb-2007 Que Sera Sera
Sammy Fain
Composer
17-Jun-1902 6-Dec-1989 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Dorothy Fields
Songwriter
15-Jul-1905 28-Mar-1974 On the Sunny Side of the Street
Fred Fisher
Songwriter
30-Sep-1875 14-Jan-1942 Dardanella
Chet Forrest
Songwriter
31-Jul-1915 10-Oct-1999 Kismet
David Foster
Songwriter
1-Nov-1949   Songwriter, has won 14 Grammys
Stephen Collins Foster
Songwriter
4-Jul-1826 13-Jan-1864 My Old Kentucky Home
Andy Fraser
Bassist
7-Aug-1952   Free
Arthur Freed
Film/TV Producer
9-Sep-1894 12-Apr-1973 MGM producer, big budget musicals
George Gershwin
Songwriter
26-Sep-1898 11-Jul-1937 Rhapsody In Blue
Ira Gershwin
Songwriter
6-Dec-1896 17-Aug-1983 They Can't Take That Away from Me
Mack Gordon
Composer
21-Jun-1904 28-Feb-1959 Chattanooga Choo Choo
Jay Gorney
Composer
12-Dec-1896 14-Jun-1990 Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
Adolph Green
Songwriter
2-Dec-1914 23-Oct-2002 Singin' in the Rain
Johnny Green
Composer
10-Oct-1908 15-May-1989 Body and Soul
Ellie Greenwich
Songwriter
23-Oct-1940 26-Aug-2009 Leader of the Pack
Otto Harbach
Songwriter
18-Aug-1873 24-Jan-1963 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
E. Y. Harburg
Songwriter
8-Apr-1896 4-Mar-1981 The Wizard of Oz
Charles K. Harris
Songwriter
1-May-1865 22-Dec-1930 After The Ball
Lorenz Hart
Songwriter
2-May-1895 22-Nov-1943 Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart
Ray Henderson
Songwriter
1-Dec-1896 31-Dec-1970 The Best Things in Life Are Free
Jerry Herman
Composer
10-Jul-1931   Hello Dolly!
John Hill Hewitt
Songwriter
11-Jul-1801 7-Oct-1890 The Minstrels Return'd from the War
Julia Ward Howe
Activist
27-May-1819 17-Oct-1910 Battle Hymn of the Republic
Howard Johnson
Songwriter
2-Jun-1887 1-May-1941 We All Scream for Ice Cream
Tom Jones
Songwriter
17-Feb-1928   The Fantasticks
Gus Kahn
Songwriter
6-Nov-1886 8-Oct-1941 Ain't We Got Fun?
Bert Kalmar
Songwriter
10-Feb-1884 17-Sep-1947 Who's Sorry Now?
Robby Krieger
Guitarist
8-Jan-1946   Guitarist for The Doors
Burton Lane
Composer
2-Feb-1912 5-Jan-1997 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Jerry Leiber
Songwriter
25-Apr-1933 22-Aug-2011 Hitmaker for Elvis
Carolyn Leigh
Songwriter
21-Aug-1926 19-Nov-1983 Young at Heart
Frank Loesser
Composer
29-Jun-1910 28-Jul-1969 Guys and Dolls
Barry Mann
Songwriter
9-Feb-1939   Put the bomp in the bomp sha-bomp
Edward B. Marks
Songwriter
28-Nov-1865 17-Dec-1945 My Mother Was a Lady
Jimmy McHugh
Songwriter
10-Jul-1893 23-May-1969 On the Sunny Side of the Street
Terry Melcher
Music Producer
8-Feb-1942 19-Nov-2004 Songwriter for Byrds, Beach Boys
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter
18-Nov-1909 25-Jun-1976 Accentuate the Positive
Bob Merrill
Songwriter
17-May-1921 17-Feb-1998 How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
Sergei V. Mikhalkov
Songwriter
13-Mar-1913 27-Aug-2009 Lyricist, Russian National Anthem
Eddie Miller
Country Musician
10-Dec-1919 11-Apr-1977 Release Me
Anthony Newley
Actor
24-Sep-1931 14-Apr-1999 Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist
Randy Newman
Songwriter
28-Nov-1943   I Love L.A., Short People
Laura Nyro
Songwriter
18-Oct-1947 8-Apr-1997 New York songwriter
Mitchell Parish
Songwriter
10-Jul-1900 31-Mar-1993 Volare
Dan Penn
Songwriter
16-Nov-1941   Soul songwriter, Dark End of the Street
Tim Rice
Songwriter
10-Nov-1944   Collaborator with Andrew Lloyd Webber
Charlie Rich
Country Musician
14-Dec-1932 25-Jul-1995 The Silver Fox
Denise Rich
Socialite
26-Jan-1944   Marc Rich's ex-wife
Leo Robin
Songwriter
6-Apr-1900 29-Dec-1984 Thanks For The Memory
Harold Rome
Composer
27-May-1908 26-Oct-1993 I Can Get It for You Wholesale
George Frederick Root
Songwriter
30-Aug-1825 6-Aug-1895 The Battle Cry of Freedom
Harry Ruby
Songwriter
27-Jan-1895 23-Feb-1974 Who's Sorry Now?
Tom Scholz
Songwriter
10-Mar-1947   Founder and songwriter behind Boston
Jean Schwartz
Songwriter
4-Nov-1878 30-Nov-1956 Chinatown, My Chinatown
Joseph Scriven
Songwriter
10-Sep-1819 10-Aug-1886 What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Richard M. Sherman
Songwriter
12-Jun-1928   Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Robert B. Sherman
Songwriter
19-Dec-1925 5-Mar-2012 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
David Shire
Composer
3-Jul-1937   It Goes Like It Goes
Shel Silverstein
Poet
25-Sep-1930 10-May-1999 Where the Sidewalk Ends
Mike Stoller
Songwriter
13-Mar-1933   Hitmaker for Elvis
Jule Styne
Songwriter
31-Dec-1905 20-Sep-1994 Three Coins in the Fountain
Bernie Taupin
Songwriter
22-May-1950   Elton John's lyricist
James Thornton
Songwriter
5-Dec-1861 27-Jul-1938 When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Bobby Troup
Songwriter
18-Oct-1918 7-Feb-1999 (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Egbert Van Alstyne
Songwriter
4-Mar-1882 9-Jul-1951 In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
Jimmy Van Heusen
Composer
26-Jan-1913 7-Feb-1990 Call Me Irresponsible
Albert Von Tilzer
Songwriter
29-Mar-1878 1-Oct-1956 Take Me Out To The Ball Game
Harry Von Tilzer
Songwriter
8-Jul-1872 10-Jan-1946 Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad
Harry Warren
Composer
24-Dec-1893 22-Sep-1981 Forty-Second Street
Ned Washington
Songwriter
15-Aug-1901 20-Dec-1976 When You Wish Upon a Star
Roger Waters
Songwriter
9-Sep-1943   Bassist for Pink Floyd
Jimmy Webb
Songwriter
15-Aug-1946   Up, Up, and Away!
Paul Francis Webster
Songwriter
20-Dec-1907 22-Mar-1984 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Cynthia Weil
Songwriter
18-Oct-1937   Half of songwriting duo Mann and Weil
Meredith Willson
Composer
18-May-1902 15-Jun-1984 The Music Man
Hugo Wolf
Composer
13-Mar-1860 22-Feb-1903 19th century German songwriter
Henry Clay Work
Composer
1-Oct-1832 8-Jun-1884 Marching Through Georgia
Robert Wright
Songwriter
25-Sep-1914 27-Jul-2005 Kismet
Jack Yellen
Songwriter
6-Jul-1892 17-Apr-1991 Happy Days Are Here Again
Vincent Youmans
Composer
27-Sep-1898 5-Apr-1946 No, No Nanette



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