Loudermilk | Mann-Weil | Curtis Mayfield | Van McCoy | Joni Mitchell | Willie Nelson | Laura Nyro | Penn-Oldham | Gene Pitney | Pomus-Shuman | Porter-Hayes | Smokey Robinson | Sedaka-Greenfield | Sloan-Barri | Joe South | Chip Taylor | Wayne Carson Thompson | Allen Toussaint | Jim Webb | Whitfield-Strong | Ray Whitley | Neil Young Last updated 08/05/16 with 43 songwriters.Īshford-Simpson | Bacharach-David | Barry-Greenwich | Carter-Lewis | Chinn-Chapman | Rudy Clark | Neil Diamond | Bob Dylan | Gamble-Huff | Bob Gaudio | Graham Gouldman | Greenaway-Cook | Holland-Dozier-Holland | Harlan Howard | Mark James | King-Goffin | Kris Kristofferson | Lambert-Potter | Leiber-Stoller | Lennon-McCartney | Levine-Resnick | John D. If you know of a songwriter (or songwriting team) who should be here and isn't, please send a note through the Classic 45s Comments form. The songwriters are listed in alphabetical order. The list below is just a suggestion, and I plan to expand it as time permits. In such a world, keying on who produced, arranged, or wrote a given song or artist you've never heard of before can lead to some excellent finds.
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Long-time 45 collectors understand that the universe of music released on 45 records is so vast it seems to just keep expanding as your collection grows. Not included are songwriters whose work is not so distinctive that their presence on a 45 record's label may not be a good guide to whether you'll like other records they worked on, nor will you find songwriters who wrote primarily for a single artist (e.g., Elton John/Bernie Taupin). This is a companion list to other ones I'm preparing for collecting arrangers and producers some songwriters listed here also appear on the producers page.
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If you like the work of one songwriter on this list, chances are you'll like other 45s they wrote as well. These are individuals who had a large enough impact on the Rock 'n' Soul marketplace to influence trends and whose consistent work makes picking up unknown 45s with their names on them a good bet.
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The list on this page is very short comparatively, and concentrates on songwriters from the 1960s-80s. One of the most successful strategies I've had in collecting 45s is to look for certain songwriters whose work I'm familiar with.