 Complete the following phrase:  A large number of country-pop and soft rock songs fit into the singer-songwriter classification  that is, songs written and recorded by the same person. Some of the most successful singer-songwriter artists were Jackson Browne, Eric Carmen, Jim Croce, John Denver, Steve Goodman, Arlo Guthrie, Joel, Dave Mason, Don McLean, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Taylor and Neil Young. Some artists  including King, Kris Kristofferson and Gordon Lightfoot  had previously been primarily songwriters but began releasing albums and songs of their own. Kings album Tapestry became one of the top-selling albums of the decade, and the song Its Too Late became one of the 1970s biggest songs. McLeans 1971 song American Pie, inspired by 