The Great Songwriters

[Jolly]

Tom T. Hall
Otis Blackwell
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Merle Haggard
Smokey Robinson

[Copper]

How did I forget John Philip Sousa?

He should have been on my list.

[taiwan_girl]

I think that both @George-K and @Doctor-Phibes are correct.

From what I have read before, the Beatles were kind of the first group to write all their own songs. Before, there were songwriters to do it.

Now, most people and groups think it is a "badge" to write their own songs.

The best songwriters may not be good singers and good singers may not be good songwriters.

[mark]

The Beatles did not write all of their songs.

[Larry]

@mark said in The Great Songwriters:

The Beatles did not write all of their songs.

Nor do most artists today write their own songs.

[Doctor Phibes]

One or more of the Beatles wrote all but 25 of them, according to my secret internet sauce.

[Larry]

@doctor-phibes said in The Great Songwriters:

One or more of the Beatles wrote all but 25 of them, according to my secret internet sauce.

Thus proving the Beatles did not write all of their songs.

[Copper]

But they made up for it in the other direction

According to Guinness World Records, “Yesterday” has the most cover versions of any song ever written. The song remains popular today with more than 1,600 recorded cover versions.

[George K]

(Schubert wrote more than 600 songs and he was dead before he reached age 32)

[brenda]

@doctor-phibes said in The Great Songwriters:

One or more of the Beatles wrote all but 25 of them, according to my secret internet sauce.

Sauce? You have internet sauce?

Well, no wonder so much of the stuff I see online gets boring. It needs the sauce!

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in The Great Songwriters:

(Schubert wrote more than 600 songs and he was dead before he reached age 32)

In general, it's fair to say that the output, training and knowledge of classical composers puts the current generation of characters to shame.

[Larry]

@doctor-phibes said in The Great Songwriters:

@george-k said in The Great Songwriters:

(Schubert wrote more than 600 songs and he was dead before he reached age 32)

In general, it's fair to say that the output, training and knowledge of classical composers puts the current generation of characters to shame.

If you're talking about today's pop music, I agree.