Who were the greatest song writing duo's of all time?

Freerepublic ^ | 7/22/2020 | mylife

[John W]

John Lennon & Paul McCartney and Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller.

[j.argese]

Graham Gouldman

[discostu]

The Glimmer Twins (Jagger/ Richard) have been doing it 5 times as long.

[Red Badger]

Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Carole King & Gerry Goffin

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen

Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, the Bee Gees

Holland–Dozier–Holland....................

[gcparent]

I could listen to their music all day. I say a little prayer, Raindrops keep falling on my head, Close to you, Do you know the way to San Jose....

[Red Badger]

Couldn’t really sing, either...............

[gswilder]

Being a pop/rock person....

Lennon/McCarthy
Simon and Garfunkle
Elton and Bernie

[mylife]

I fear I have created a monster...

[cweese]

Cheech and Chong.

[Alberta's Child]

Good pick. I think Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts deserve a mention here for their iconic brand of music that has endured for decades.

[trebb]

Almost impossible task - enough superior teams for a number of genres means personal tastes come into play and it becomes subjective rather than objective...I love so much of the music, especially from the 90s and earlier that I couldn’t even begin to decide.

[mylife]

Fagan/Becker
solid pick

[BigEdLB]

You have to distill it by era because one musical era can’t be compared to another. You can’t compare Gilbert/Sullivan to Gershwin Brothers to Rogers/Hammerstein to Lennon/McCartney.

[Sheapdog]

Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of The Clash. The only band that matters. (mattered)

[bramps]

Not a huge Zeppelin fan

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I’m not either but I’ve come to recognize what I can only call the genius of Jimmy Page.

In every category of music there is at least one band or artist that sounds somewhat like another.

I’ve never heard anything that sounds like the music Jimmy Page wrote. It would be one thing if it was junk, but even not being a giant fan when I’m in the mood I find Zeppelins music to be indescribably extraordinary.

[Peter W. Kessler]

Lieber and Stoller!!!

Completely forgot those two.

They’d be second on my list.

After Lennon & McCartney.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Rogers and Hammerstein.

[jonsie]

Wow, haven't heard the names Ferrante and Teicher in a long time. Got to see a concert of theirs in 1966, they helped shape my love of music. I was only 14 at the time.

[mylife]

Holland–Dozier–Holland not a duo but solid songwriting that keeps me hanging on...

[Wissa]

Henley and Frey ought to be in the mentions.