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