There are two alternatives to this list, located at Talk:List of songwriters/temp and Talk:List of songwriters/temp2. Some refactoring would be good.

This list of songwriters includes names of those who have written the lyrics or music, or both, for successful songs. It is not limited to popular music.

Songwriters who perform their own work -- a relatively recent phenomenon -- are usually called singer-songwriters. (See List of singer-songwriters.) This list only includes those who remain in the background and rarely, if ever, perform(ed) their own songs in public.

Austria

• Wolfgang Ambros
• Ralph Benatzky
• Franz Schubert
• Robert Stolz [1]
• Hugo Wolf

Belgium

• Jacques Brel

Brazil

• Astrud Gilberto
• Ernesto Nazareth

Canada

• Bryan Adams
• Paul Anka
• Shelton Brooks
• Leonard Cohen
• Georges Dor
• Colin James
• Félix Leclerc
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Alanis Morissette
• Geoffrey O'Hara
• Robbie Robertson of The Band
• Stan Rogers
• Gilles Vigneault
• Rufus Wainwright
• Neil Young with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and later, Crazy Horse

France

• Dominique A
• Georges Brassens
• Léo Ferré
• Serge Gainsbourg
• Claude Nougaro

Germany

• Bertolt Brecht
• Hans Eisler
• Paul Lincke
• Carl Loewe
• Johann Christoph Pepusch
• Robert Schumann
• Konstantin Wecker
• Kurt Weill

Hungary

• Rudolf Friml
• Sigmund Romberg
• Jean Schwartz

Ireland

• Bono of U2
• Sinéad Lohan
• Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy
• Sinéad O'Connor
• Thomas Moore

Italy

• Alfredo Bracchi
• Fred Buscaglione
• Renato Carosone
• Adriano Celentano
• Leo Chiosso
• Giovanni D'Anzi
• Tata Giacobetti
• Gorni Kramer
• Marcello Marchesi
• Domenico Modugno
• Mogol
• Nicola Salerno (under the pseudonym Nisa)
• Virgilio Savona

Jamaica

• Beenie Man
• Buju Banton
• Burning Spear
• John Holt
• Bob Marley
• Lee Scratch Perry
• Peter Tosh of Bob Marley & the Wailers and a solo career
• King Tubby
• Bunny Wailer of Bob Marley & the Wailers and a solo career
• Yellowman
• Prince Lincoln Thompson
• Ijahman Levi
• Prince Far I
• Ras Sam Brown
• Cedric Myton
• Joseph Hill (Culture)

Mexico

• Antonio Aguilar
• Juan Gabriel
• Agustín Lara
• Jubertino Rosas
• Carlos Santana of the band Santana

Netherlands

• Herman van Veen

Slovenia

• Elza Budau
• Anja Rupel

Sweden

• Benny Andersson
• Alexander Bard
• Björn Ulvaeus

United Kingdom

• Emma Anderson of Lush and Sing-Sing
• Adam Ant of Adam & the Ants
• Michael Arne
• Thomas Arne
• Sabine Baring-Gould
• Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd
• Lionel Bart
• Thomas Haynes Bayly
• Miki Berenyi of Lush
• Leslie Bricusse
• Kate Bush
• Roger Cook
• Phil Coulter
• Noel Coward
• Justin Currie of Del Amitri
• Thomas Dolby
• John Gay
• Noel Gay
• Roger Greenaway
• Rob Halford of Judas Priest
• George Harrison of The Beatles and a solo career
• Tony Hatch
• Robert Hawker
• MissyFoxx [2]
• Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones
• Jason Kay of Jamiroquai
• Jimmy Kennedy
• George Le Brunn
• Fred W Leigh
• John Lennon of The Beatles and a solo career
• Annie Lennox of Eurythmics and a solo career
• Adam Leonard
• Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Paul McCartney of The Beatles and Wings, and a solo career
• Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac
• Bill Martin
• Eric Maschwitz
• Ivor Novello
• Lisa O'Neill of Sing-Sing
• Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries
• Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath and a solo career
• Bill Owen
• Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
• Joseph Parry
• Karen Poole of Alisha's Attic
• Felix Powell
• Joseph Tabrar
• Graham Revell
• Tim Rice
• Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners
• Dave Stewart of Eurythmics
• Joe Strummer
• Bernie Taupin, songwriting partner with Elton John
• Pete Waterman
• Roger Waters of Pink Floyd
• Paul Weller of The Jam, Style Council and a solo career
• John Wesley
• Sandy Wilson
• P. G. Wodehouse
• Thom Yorke of Radiohead

United States

• Joe Allison
• Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers
• Tori Amos
• Trey Anastasio of Phish
• Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day
• John Austin
• Afrika Bambaataa
• Burt Bacharach, songwriter for Dionne Warwick among others
• Bert Berns
• Irving Berlin
• Leonard Bernstein
• MissyFoxx [3]
• Clint Black
• Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple and Rainbow
• Shelton Brooks
• Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
• Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac
• Hoagy Carmichael
• Kim Carnes
• Johnny Cash
• Tracy Chapman
• Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
• Hank Cochran
• Bootsy Collins of Parliament, Funkadelic and Bootsy's Rubber Band
• Jim Croce
• Dick Dale
• Glenn Danzig of Samhain, Danzig and The Misfits
• Hal David
• Mac Davis
• Kim Deal of the Pixies and The Breeders
• Claude Demetrius
• John Denver
• Ani DiFranco
• Jimmy Driftwood
• Bob Dylan
• Steve Earle
• Danielle Egnew of Pope Jane
• Don Gant
• George Gershwin
• Ira Gershwin
• Amy Grant
• Dave Grohl of Nirvana and The Foo Fighters
• Merle Haggard
• Oscar Hammerstein II
• Ben Harper
• Lorenz Hart
• Eddie Hazel of Parliament and Funkadelic
• Richard Hell
• Gil-Scott Heron
• Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon
• Harlan Howard
• Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders
• Waylon Jennings
• William Jerome
• Tim Jones
• Gordon Kennedy , writer for Eric Clapton, others
• Jerome Kern
• Antony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Merle Kilgore
• Wayne Kirkpatrick, writer for Eric Clapton, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, others
• Tom Lehrer
• Alan Jay Lerner
• Dennis Linde
• Frank Loesser
• Frederick Loewe
• John D. Loudermilk
• Courtney Love of Hole
• Phil Madeira, writer for Julie Miller, Ashley Cleveland , Wynonna Judd and others
• Ian Mackaye
• Dave Matthews
• Rod McKuen
• Henry Mancini
• Johnny Mercer
• Jim Morrison of The Doors
• Fred Neil
• Mos Def
• Nas
• Willie Nelson
• Mickey Newbury
• Bradley Nowell of Sublime
• Cole Porter
• Rattlesnake Annie
• Eddy Raven
• Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
• Richard Rodgers
• Tupper Saussy
• Jean Schwartz
• Troy Seals
• John Sebastian
• Neil Sedaka
• Tupac Shakur
• Mort Shuman
• Tommy Simms , writer for Eric Clapton, others
• Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel and a solo career
• Carly Simon
• Stephen Sondheim
• Chip Taylor
• James Taylor
• Terry Scott Taylor, writer for Daniel Amos, The Lost Dogs and The Swirling Eddies
• Johnny Tillotson
• Albert Von Tilzer
• Harry Von Tilzer
• Cindy Walker

Songwriting teams

Some songwriting teams are listed below:

• Burt Bacharach and Hal David
• John Perry Barlow (of EFF fame) and Bob Weir
• Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
• Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
• Alfredo Bracchi and Giovanni D'Anzi
• Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
• Fred Buscaglione and Leo Chiosso
• Renato Carosone and Nicola Salerno
• Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
• George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
• Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Brian Holland (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
• Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia
• Elton John and Bernie Taupin
• Carole King and Gerry Goffin
• Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
• John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill
• Bill Martin and Phil Coulter
• Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse
• Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
• Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
• Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
• Virgilio Savona and Tata Giacobetti

See also

• Songwriters Hall of Fame