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The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters
Stefan ruiz ^ | 4-27-26 | New York Times

Posted on 05/05/2026 10:53:39 AM PDT by MarlonRando

A list of the 30 greatest American living songwriters. on the list:

Young Thug, Bad Bunny, Jay-Z and more!!!

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: music

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I see they neglected to put on Billy Joel. You might’ve heard of him, you know, the piano player? Then there is James Taylor. The American duo from Fleetwood Mac and on and on.
1 posted on 05/05/2026 10:53:39 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: MarlonRando

They were waiting for David Allen Coe to die so they could make this list.


2 posted on 05/05/2026 10:55:41 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (RL)
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To: for-q-clinton

I honestly can’t name one jay-Z “song”


3 posted on 05/05/2026 10:57:47 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: MarlonRando

Bob Segar better be on there!.............


4 posted on 05/05/2026 10:58:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: MarlonRando

Jimmy Webb belongs onthere somehwere.


5 posted on 05/05/2026 11:00:17 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: MarlonRando

That list is an absolute joke. Not surprising, given that it’s the NYT.


6 posted on 05/05/2026 11:00:53 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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The NYT “Greatest Songwriters” List is an Absolute Disaster
(Rick Beato)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr2nuKFM33s


7 posted on 05/05/2026 11:00:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Red Badger

He’s not.


8 posted on 05/05/2026 11:01:07 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: MarlonRando

Never heard most of them, but I’ll accept the list now that I’ve found Bob Dylan on it.


9 posted on 05/05/2026 11:02:53 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: SunkenCiv

I like Rick. He’s a good cat


10 posted on 05/05/2026 11:04:21 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: Sicon

I will agree to about 3-4 people on that list. The rest are crap as is their music.


11 posted on 05/05/2026 11:04:58 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: MarlonRando

No Jim Steinman?
No Tony Carey?


12 posted on 05/05/2026 11:05:49 AM PDT by posterchild
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To: Resolute Conservative
The rest are crap as is their music.

Pavement ape noise pollution.
13 posted on 05/05/2026 11:06:26 AM PDT by In_Iowa_not_from
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To: MarlonRando

Rick Beato has comments

https://youtu.be/Dr2nuKFM33s?si=p_WUSg0XOZKzFfBd


14 posted on 05/05/2026 11:07:32 AM PDT by stanne
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I don’t know half of those people..........Taylor Swift? Really?...............


15 posted on 05/05/2026 11:07:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: In_Iowa_not_from

Exactly and the twat Swift, really?...


16 posted on 05/05/2026 11:08:55 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: TBP

I advise looking at Rick Beato’s comments posted here twice

He has his comments about Jimmy Webb being left off the list.


17 posted on 05/05/2026 11:09:07 AM PDT by stanne
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To: MarlonRando

A couple of years ago I discovered “Empire State of Mind”...on youtube.He wrote it and he and Alicia Keyes perform it. It’s really good...both the song and the video.


18 posted on 05/05/2026 11:09:41 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: MarlonRando

No Neil Diamond. What a joke.


19 posted on 05/05/2026 11:10:05 AM PDT by jps098
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“I like Rick. He’s a good cat”

Rick Beato has an extensive music education besides being good at communicating what’s going on with music old and new


20 posted on 05/05/2026 11:10:38 AM PDT by stanne
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