| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Harold Arlen |
Songwriter |
15-Feb-1905 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Wrote score to Wizard of Oz |
| Dallas Austin |
Music Producer |
29-Dec-1970 |
|
R&B Producer |
| Dominic Behan |
Playwright |
1929 |
3-Aug-1989 |
The Patriot Game |
| Otis Blackwell |
Songwriter |
16-Feb-1932 |
6-May-2002 |
Prolific R&B songwriter |
| Carl Butler |
Country Musician |
2-Jun-1927 |
4-Sep-1992 |
Don't Let Me Cross Over |
| 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 |
| Hoagy Carmichael |
Songwriter |
11-Nov-1899 |
27-Dec-1981 |
Songwriter, Stardust, Heart and Soul |
| Rosanne Cash |
Country Musician |
24-May-1955 |
|
Rhythm and Romance |
| Charles Dibdin |
Songwriter |
4-Mar-1745 |
25-Jul-1814 |
The Comic Mirror |
| Ervin Drake |
Songwriter |
3-Apr-1919 |
|
Wrote It was a Very Good Year |
| Ahmet Ertegün |
Business |
21-Jul-1923 |
14-Dec-2006 |
Atlantic Records co-founder |
| 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 |
| George Gershwin |
Songwriter |
26-Sep-1898 |
11-Jul-1937 |
Rhapsody In Blue |
| Lorenz Hart |
Songwriter |
2-May-1895 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart |
| Julia Ward Howe |
Activist |
27-May-1819 |
17-Oct-1910 |
Battle Hymn of the Republic |
| Robby Krieger |
Guitarist |
8-Jan-1946 |
|
Guitarist for The Doors |
| Jerry Leiber |
Songwriter |
25-Apr-1933 |
|
Hitmaker for Elvis |
| Barry Mann |
Songwriter |
9-Feb-1939 |
|
Put the bomp in the bomp sha-bomp |
| Johnny Mercer |
Songwriter |
18-Nov-1909 |
25-Jun-1976 |
Accentuate the Positive |
| 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 |
| Laura Nyro |
Songwriter |
18-Oct-1947 |
8-Apr-1997 |
New York songwriter |
| 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 |
Musician |
14-Dec-1932 |
25-Jul-1995 |
The Silver Fox |
| Denise Rich |
Socialite |
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|
Marc Rich's ex-wife |
| Joseph Scriven |
Songwriter |
10-Sep-1819 |
10-Aug-1886 |
What a Friend We Have in Jesus |
| Shel Silverstein |
Author |
25-Sep-1930 |
10-May-1999 |
Where the Sidewalk Ends |
| Mike Stoller |
Songwriter |
13-Mar-1933 |
|
Hitmaker for Elvis |
| Bernie Taupin |
Songwriter |
22-May-1950 |
|
Elton John's lyricist |
| Roger Waters |
Songwriter |
9-Sep-1943 |
|
Bassist for Pink Floyd |
| Jimmy Webb |
Songwriter |
15-Aug-1946 |
|
Up, Up, and Away! |
| Cynthia Weil |
Songwriter |
18-Oct-1937 |
|
Half of songwriting duo Mann and Weil |
| Hugo Wolf |
Composer |
13-Mar-1860 |
22-Feb-1903 |
19th century German songwriter |
