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 ...
Ben Rector is one of the poets of the millenial/gen X group, and incredibly prolific. I’d put him above at least 10 of the people on this list.
you think?? Oy vey. The guys/gals who run the nyt are a bunch of putzes and schmucks
No Jimmy Webb?...joke list...mostly rap garbage.
How much were they paid to put Taylor Swift on the list?
I cant believe that list. Shawn Camp should be on it. A great songwriter/storyteller. His first album is not even available, some of the songs are on youtube album title “Live at the Station Inn”. 2004. I have a few of his later cds too. He is just a huge talent. link to his biography.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Camp_(singer)
Neal Sedaka died in February, otherwise he would have been at or near the top of the list.
oh. I see.
Jeff Barry? He’s still alive.
Not yet, looks like.
https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato/search?query=rush
For a real sensory overload, Professor of Rock had Beato on his channel. 😊
https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessorofRock/search?query=rick%20beato
I’m a little surprised Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Jack White didn’t make the cut.
Good question.
that was a long article, I have heard of a couple of people on that list, but it seemed really slanted.
Hell I had some neighbors that are better than the people on that list.
That’s as much of a travesty as putting some of these low-IQ rhyming apes on the list.
Paul Williams
Neil Diamond
Carol Bayer Sager
Willie Nelson
“...Jimmy Webb belongs onthere somehwere...”
Beat me to it. Diane Warren (*gag*) is on the list, but Jimmy Webb, and Tom Paxton are NOT?
Uh huh...
Yes on Bob Seger (he should be on the list...).
Oh yeah! I am, I said. To no one there. And no one heard at all, not even the chair.....
I actually love Neil Diamond, but I am not too sure about some of his songs.....:)
Cynthia Weil of Mann (Barry) and Weil. I’m a child of the 60s.
“ No Elton John/Bernie Taupin”
Excellent 👍
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