A Few of My Favorite Songwriters

I stole this idea from the lovely Miss Trixie:

King, Carole. Tapestry. S.l.: Epic, 1971. Sound recording.

Here are fifteen of my favorite songwriters and songwriting teams in no particular order:

1. Joni Mitchell
2. Johnny Hickman & David Lowery (as a team and as solo writers)

3. Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II


4. John Lennon & Paul McCartney
5. Freddie Mercury & David Bowie (as a team and as solo writers)


6. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
7. Chris LeRoy


8. John Prine


9. Irving Berlin
10. Carole King


11. Willie Nelson


12. Dolly Parton

13. George and Ira Gershwin

14. Neil Sedaka

(Sedaka wrote this song about Carole King.)

15. Burt Bacharach