The Great Songwriters
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wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 01:23 last edited by
How did I forget John Philip Sousa?
He should have been on my list.
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wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 16:30 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 18:57 last edited by
The Beatles did not write all of their songs.
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wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 19:26 last edited by
@mark said in The Great Songwriters:
The Beatles did not write all of their songs.
Nor do most artists today write their own songs.
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wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 19:27 last edited by Doctor Phibes 11 Mar 2021, 19:27
One or more of the Beatles wrote all but 25 of them, according to my secret internet sauce.
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One or more of the Beatles wrote all but 25 of them, according to my secret internet sauce.
wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 19:29 last edited by@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.
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wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 19:48 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 19:59 last edited by
(Schubert wrote more than 600 songs and he was dead before he reached age 32)
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One or more of the Beatles wrote all but 25 of them, according to my secret internet sauce.
wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 21:26 last edited by@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!
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wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 21:37 last edited by
@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.
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@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.
wrote on 3 Nov 2021, 23:30 last edited by@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.