SongDex provides thumbnail
biographies on 500 leading songwriters, including the lyricists, the composers,
and those who write both words and music. Each biography shows the
name most usually used by the writer, as well as other names (original or pen
names) that may have been used. Year and place of birth, and where
applicable, year and place of death, are shown. Detailed information
includes historical background of the writer, principal collaborators, and lists
the most prominent songs, shows, and films attributed to the writer.
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Songwriters -- The 500 writers are listed alphabetically below. Click
on the name of the writer, and you will get the biography. Note that the biography
includes only "principal songs". To see a more complete list of
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List of Songwriters
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| ADAIR, TOM |
| ADAMS, LEE |
| ADAMS, STANLEY |
| ADAMSON, HAROLD |
| ADLER, RICHARD |
| AGER, MILTON |
| AHLERT, FRED E. |
| AKST, HARRY |
| ALLEN, ROBERT |
| ALLEN, STEVE |
| ALSTONE, ALEX |
| ALTER, LOUIS |
| ALTMAN, ARTHUR |
| ANDERSON, LEROY |
| ANDERSON, MAXWELL |
| ARCHER, HARRY |
| ARLEN, HAROLD |
| ARMSTRONG, LOUIS |
| ARNHEIM, GUS |
| AUSTIN, GENE |
| AUTRY, GENE |
| BACHARACH, BURT |
| BAER, ABEL |
| BALL, ERNEST R. |
| BARRIS, HARRY |
| BAXTER, PHIL |
| BENJAMIN, BENNIE |
| BENNETT, ROY C. |
| BERGMAN, ALAN |
| BERGMAN, MARILYN |
| BERLIN, IRVING |
| BERNIE, BEN |
| BERNSTEIN, LEONARD |
| BLACK, JOHNNY S. |
| BLAKE, EUBIE |
| BLANE, RALPH |
| BLOOM, RUBE |
| BLOSSOM, HENRY |
| BOCK, JERRY |
| BOND, CARRIE JACOBS |
| BRENNAN, J. KEIRN |
| BRENT, EARL |
| BRICUSSE, LESLIE |
| BROCKMAN, JAMES |
| BRODSZKY, NICHOLAS |
| BROOKS, JACK |
| BROOKS, SHELTON |
| BROWN, LEW |
| BROWN, NACIO HERB |
| BRYAN, ALFRED |
| BRYAN, VINCENT |
| BRYANT, BOUDLEAUX |
| BRYANT, FELICE |
| BULLOCK, WALTER |
| BURKE, JOE |
| BURKE, JOHNNY |
| BURKE, SONNY |
| BURNETT, ERNIE |
| BURTNETT, EARL |
| BURTON, NAT |
| BUSHKIN, JOE |
| CADMAN, CHARLES WAKEFIELD |
| CAESAR, IRVING |
| CAHN, SAMMY |
| CALDWELL, ANNE |
| CAMPBELL, JIMMY |
| CARLE, FRANKIE |
| CARMICHAEL, HOAGY |
| CARR, MICHAEL |
| CARROLL, HARRY |
| CAVANAUGH, JAMES |
| CHAPLIN, SAUL |
| CHARNIN, MARTIN |
| CHURCHILL, FRANK |
| CLARE, SIDNEY |
| CLARKE, GRANT |
| CLINTON, LARRY |
| COBB, WILL D. |
| COBEN, CY |
| COGANE, NELSON |
| COHAN, GEORGE M. |
| COLEMAN, CY |
| COMDEN, BETTY |
| CONFREY, ZEZ |
| CONN, CHESTER |
| CONNELLY, REGINALD |
| CONNOR, TOMMIE |
| CONRAD, CON |
| COOTS, J. FRED |
| COSLOW, SAM |
| COWARD, NOEL |
| CRAIG, FRANCIS |
| CREAMER, HENRY |
| CURTIS, MANN |
| DAVID, HAL |
| DAVID, MACK |
| DAVIS, BENNY |
| DEE, SYLVIA |
| DELANGE, EDDIE |
| DELUGG, MILTON |
| DENNIS, MATT |
| DEPAUL, GENE |
| DEROSE, PETER |
| DESYLVA, B. G. |
| DEUTSCH, EMERY |
| DEVOL, FRANK |
| DEVRIES, JOHN |
| DIETZ, HOWARD |
| DIXON, MORT |
| DOLAN, ROBERT EMMETT |
| DONALDSON, WALTER |
| DONNELLY, DOROTHY |
| DONOVAN, WALTER |
| DRAKE, ERVIN |
| DRAKE, MILTON |
| DRESSER, PAUL |
| DREYER, DAVE |
| DUBIN, AL |
| DUKE, VERNON |
| DURHAM, EDDIE |
| EATON, JIMMY |
| EBB, FRED |
| EDENS, ROGER |
| EDWARDS, GUS |
| EGAN, RAYMOND B. |
| ELISCU, EDWARD |
| ELLINGTON, DUKE |
| ENGVICK, WILLIAM |
| ERDMAN, ERNIE |
| EVANS, RAY |
| EVANS, REDD |
| EVANS, TOLCHARD |
| FAIN, SAMMY |
| FIELDS, DOROTHY |
| FIO RITO, TED |
| FISCHER, CARL |
| FISHER, DORIS |
| FISHER, FRED |
| FORREST, GEORGE |
| FRANKLIN, DAVE |
| FREED, ARTHUR |
| FREED, RALPH |
| FRIEDMAN, LEO |
| FRIEND, CLIFF |
| FRIML, RUDOLF |
| FRISCH, AL |
| FURBER, DOUGLAS |
| GABLER, MILTON |
| GALLOP, SAMMY |
| GAMSE, ALBERT |
| GANNON, KIM |
| GARNER, ERROLL |
| GASKILL, CLARENCE |
| GENSLER, LEWIS |
| GEORGE, DON |
| GERSHWIN, GEORGE |
| GERSHWIN, IRA |
| GILBERT, L. WOLFE |
| GILBERT, RAY |
| GILLESPIE, HAVEN |
| GIMBEL, NORMAN |
| GOELL, KERMIT |
| GOETZ, E. RAY |
| GOODHART, AL |
| GOODMAN, BENNY |
| GOODWIN, JOE |
| GORDON, IRVING |
| GORDON, MACK |
| GORNEY, JAY |
| GOTTLER, ARCHIE |
| GREEN, ADOLPH |
| GREEN, BUD |
| GREEN, JOHNNY |
| GREENE, MORT |
| GREER, JESSE |
| GREY, CLIFFORD |
| GRIER, JIMMIE |
| GROFE, FERDE |
| GROSZ, WILL |
| GROUYA, TED |
| HAGUE, ALBERT |
| HAMILTON, NANCY |
| HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR II |
| HANDMAN, LOU |
| HANDY, W. C. |
| HANIGHEN, BERNIE |
| HANLEY, JAMES F. |
| HARBACH, OTTO |
| HARBURG, E. Y. |
| HARLINE, LEIGH |
| HARLING, W. FRANKE |
| HARNICK, SHELDON |
| HARRIS, CHARLES K. |
| HART, LORENZ |
| HENDERSON, CHARLES |
| HENDERSON, RAY |
| HERBERT, VICTOR |
| HERMAN, JERRY |
| HEYMAN, EDWARD |
| HILL, BILLY |
| HILLIARD, BOB |
| HINES, EARL |
| HIRSCH, LOUIS |
| HIRSCH, WALTER |
| HOFFMAN, AL |
| HOLLANDER, FREDERICK |
| HOOKER, BRIAN |
| HOSCHNA, KARL |
| HOWARD, EDDY |
| HOWARD, JOE |
| HUDSON, WILL |
| HUPFELD, HERMAN |
| JAFFE, MOE |
| JAMES, INEZ |
| JAMES, PAUL |
| JENKINS, GORDON |
| JEROME, M. K. |
| JEROME, WILLIAM |
| JOHNSON, HOWARD |
| JOHNSON, J. C. |
| JOHNSON, JAMES P. |
| JOHNSTON, ARTHUR |
| JOLSON, AL |
| JONES, ISHAM |
| JONES, TOM |
| JURGENS, DICK |
| JURMANN, WALTER |
| KAEMPFERT, BERT |
| KAHAL, IRVING |
| KAHN, GUS |
| KALMAR, BERT |
| KANDER, JOHN |
| KAPER, BRONISLAW |
| KASSEL, ART |
| KAUFMAN, AL |
| KAYE, BUDDY |
| KENDIS, JAMES |
| KENNEDY, JIMMY |
| KENNY, CHARLES |
| KENNY, NICK |
| KENT, WALTER |
| KERN, JEROME |
| KING, PEE WEE |
| KING, ROBERT A. |
| KING, WAYNE |
| KLAGES, RAYMOND |
| KLENNER, JOHN |
| KOEHLER, TED |
| KRAMER, ALEX |
| LAMB, ARTHUR |
| LANE, BURTON |
| LANGE, JOHNNY |
| LATOUCHE, JOHN |
| LAWNHURST, VEE |
| LAWRENCE, JACK |
| LAYTON, TURNER |
| LEE, LESTER |
| LEE, PEGGY |
| LEES, GENE |
| LEGRAND, MICHEL |
| LEIGH, CAROLYN |
| LERNER, ALAN JAY |
| LERNER, SAMMY |
| LESLIE, EDGAR |
| LEWIS, AL |
| LEWIS, MORGAN |
| LEWIS, SAM |
| LINK, HARRY |
| LIPPMAN, SID |
| LITTLE, JACK |
| LIVINGSTON, JAY |
| LIVINGSTON, JERRY |
| LOEB, JOHN JACOB |
| LOESSER, FRANK |
| LOEWE, FREDERICK |
| LOMBARDO, CARMEN |
| MACDONALD, BALLARD |
| MACK, CECIL |
| MADDEN, EDWARD |
| MAGIDSON, HERB |
| MALIE, TOMMIE |
| MALNECK, MATTY |
| MANCINI, HENRY |
| MANDEL, JOHNNY |
| MANN, DAVE |
| MANN, PAUL |
| MANNING, DICK |
| MARCUS, SOL |
| MARION, GEORGE JR. |
| MARKS, GERALD |
| MARKS, JOHNNY |
| MARSALA, JOE |
| MARTIN, HUGH |
| MASCHWITZ, ERICH |
| MCCARTHY, JOSEPH |
| MCCARTHY, JOSEPH ALLAN |
| MCHUGH, JIMMY |
| MELLIN, ROBERT |
| MENCHER, MURRAY |
| MERCER, JOHNNY |
| MERRILL, BOB |
| MESKILL, JACK |
| MEYER, GEORGE |
| MEYER, JOSEPH |
| MEYERS, BILLY |
| MILLS, IRVING |
| MILLS, KERRY |
| MITCHELL, SIDNEY |
| MIZZY, VIC |
| MOLL, BILLY |
| MONACO, JAMES V. |
| MORET, NEIL |
| MOREY, LARRY |
| MORGAN, RUSS |
| MORSE, THEODORA |
| MORSE, THEODORE |
| MOSSMAN, TED |
| MUIR, LEWIS F. |
| MYROW, JOSEF |
| MYSELS, SAMMY |
| NEIBURG, AL J. |
| NELSON, ED G. |
| NELSON, STEVE |
| NEMO, HENRY |
| NEWLEY, ANTHONY |
| NEWMAN, ALFRED |
| NEWMAN, CHARLES |
| NICHOLLS, HORATIO |
| NOBLE, RAY |
| NORTON, GEORGE A. |
| NORWORTH, JACK |
| OAKLAND, BEN |
| OLCOTT, CHAUNCEY |
| OLIVER, SY |
| OLMAN, ABE |
| OWENS, HARRY |
| PALEY, HERMAN |
| PALMER, JACK |
| PARISH, MITCHELL |
| PARSONS, GEOFFREY |
| PEASE, HARRY |
| PERKINS, FRANK |
| PETKERE, BERNICE |
| PIANTADOSI, AL |
| PINKARD, MACEO |
| POCKRISS, LEE |
| POLLACK, LEW |
| PORTER, COLE |
| POWELL, TEDDY |
| PREVIN, ANDRE |
| PREVIN, DORY |
| PRINCE, HUGHIE |
| QUADLING, LEW |
| RAINGER, RALPH |
| RAKSIN, DAVID |
| RALEIGH, BEN |
| RAM, BUCK |
| RAPEE, ERNO |
| RAPOSO, JOE |
| RAYE, DON |
| RAZAF, ANDY |
| REDMOND, JOHN |
| REICHNER, BICKLEY "BIX" |
| REID, BILLY |
| RENE, LEON |
| RENE, OTIS |
| REVEL, HARRY |
| RICHMAN, HARRY |
| ROBERTS, ALLAN |
| ROBERTSON, DICK |
| ROBIN, LEO |
| ROBINSON, J. RUSSEL |
| ROBISON, WILLARD |
| RODGERS, RICHARD |
| ROLLINS, JACK |
| ROMBERG, SIGMUND |
| ROME, HAROLD |
| RONELL, ANN |
| ROSE, BILLY |
| ROSE, DAVID |
| ROSE, FRED |
| ROSE, VINCENT |
| ROSS, JERRY |
| RUBY, HARRY |
| RUBY, HERMAN |
| RUSSELL, BOB |
| RYAN, BEN |
| SAMPSON, EDGAR |
| SAMUELS, WALTER |
| SCHERTZINGER, VICTOR |
| SCHMIDT, HARVEY |
| SCHWARTZ, ARTHUR |
| SCHWARTZ, JEAN |
| SCOTT, RAYMOND |
| SEGAL, JACK |
| SEILER, EDDIE |
| SEYMOUR, TOT |
| SHAND, TERRY |
| SHAPIRO, TED |
| SHAY, LARRY |
| SHERMAN, AL |
| SHERMAN, RICHARD M. |
| SHERMAN, ROBERT B. |
| SHERWIN, MANNING |
| SHIELDS, REN |
| SHILKRET, NATHANIEL |
| SHIRL, JIMMY |
| SIGLER, MAURICE |
| SIGMAN, CARL |
| SIGNORELLI, FRANK |
| SILVER, ABNER |
| SIMON, NAT |
| SIMONS, SEYMOUR |
| SINGLETON, CHARLES |
| SISSLE, NOBLE |
| SKYLAR, SUNNY |
| SMITH, BEASLEY |
| SMITH, CHRIS |
| SMITH, HARRY B. |
| SMITH, ROBERT B. |
| SNYDER, EDDIE |
| SNYDER, TED |
| SONDHEIM, STEPHEN |
| SOUR, ROBERT |
| SPENCE, LEW |
| SPIELMAN, FRED |
| SPINA, HAROLD |
| STANTON, FRANK |
| STEINER, MAX |
| STEPT, SAM |
| STERLING, ANDREW B. |
| STILLMAN, AL |
| STOCK, LARRY |
| STORDAHL, AXEL |
| STOTHART, HERBERT |
| STRACHEY, JACK |
| STRAYHORN, BILLY |
| STROUSE, CHARLES |
| STYNE, JULE |
| SUESSE, DANA |
| SWAN, EINAR A. |
| SWIFT, KAY |
| SYMES, MARTY |
| TEPPER, SID |
| TIERNEY, HARRY |
| TINTURIN, PETER |
| TIOMKIN, DIMITRI |
| TOBIAS, CHARLES |
| TOBIAS, HARRY |
| TOBIAS, HENRY |
| TOMLIN, PINKY |
| TRACE, AL |
| TROUP, BOBBY |
| TURK, ROY |
| TWOMEY, KAY |
| VALLEE, RUDY |
| VAN ALSTYNE, EGBERT |
| VAN HEUSEN, JAMES "JIMMY" |
| VANCE, PAUL |
| VON TILZER, ALBERT |
| VON TILZER, HARRY |
| WALLER, FATS |
| WARREN, HARRY |
| WASHINGTON, NED |
| WAYNE, BERNIE |
| WAYNE, MABEL |
| WAYNE, SID |
| WEBSTER, PAUL FRANCIS |
| WEILL, KURT |
| WEISS, GEORGE DAVID |
| WEISS, STEPHAN |
| WELDON, FRANK |
| WELLS, BOB |
| WENDLING, PETE |
| WENRICH, PERCY |
| WESTON, PAUL |
| WHEELER, FRANCIS |
| WHITCUP, LEONARD |
| WHITING, GEORGE |
| WHITING, RICHARD |
| WHITNEY, JOAN |
| WILDER, ALEC |
| WILLIAMS, CLARENCE |
| WILLIAMS, HARRY |
| WILLIAMS, SPENCER |
| WILLSON, MEREDITH |
| WISE, FRED |
| WODEHOUSE, P. G. |
| WOOD, GUY |
| WOODE, HENRI |
| WOODS, HARRY |
| WORTH, BOBBY |
| WRIGHT, ROBERT |
| WRUBEL, ALLIE |
| YELLEN, JACK |
| YOUMANS, VINCENT |
| YOUNG, JOE |
| YOUNG, RIDA JOHNSON |
| YOUNG, VICTOR |
| ZARET, HY |
