Top 5 fav songwriters

[Luckymama58]

We covered a lot of top 5's in the past week, but what about songwriters....

My top five are: (in no particular order)

Elton John
Barry Manilow
Neil Diamond
Jim Steinman
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (team)

[MariposaLKB]

Great choices....and here are a few more:

The members of the groups Boston, Styx, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Bon Jovi, and REO Speedwagon, Ronnie Dunn (of Brooks &...), Matraca Berg, Gretchen Peters, and last but NEVER least...Josh Groban (yes, he also writes!)

[Penny Lane]

Oh, this is just too easy!

1.Paul McCartney
2. John Lennon
3. Geeorge Harrison
4. Jim Morrison
5. John Fogarty

[theanswerman]

fiona apple
john lennon
rufus wainwright
rivers cuomo

[HuntingtonM15]

Matraca Berg, Gretchen Peters

Those are two very good ones.

[MissZero]

Alicia Keys
R. Kelly

[Shine]

1. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
4. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
5. Elton John

[Belair]

1.Whitney Houston
2.John Lennon
3.Elton John
4.Jon Bon Jovi
5.Steve Tyler