Songwriter

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[edit]

• 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

See also[edit]

• Famous American musicians