What is Songwriter?
A '''songwriter''' is a [[writer]] who creates [[song]]s. A songwriter generally writes songs for [[popular music]], rather than [[art song]]s or [[classical music]]. Many songwriters are also singers, and perform the songs they write - they are called [[singer-songwriter]]s. Other songwriters have their songs performed by other singers. == History == The history of writing songs is thousands of years old. Scholars believe that men and women may have created and sung songs even at the time of [[prehistory]]. Many modern [[band]]s have one or two members who write songs for the band. Others have more members contribute songs, or give the whole band credit for writing. Others perform songs by outside writers. ==Famous songwriters== *[[Lennon–McCartney|John Lennon and Paul McCartney]], members of [[The Beatles]] *[[Brian Wilson]] and [[Mike Love]], members of [[The Beach Boys]] *[[Justin Bieber]] *[[Paul Anka]] *[[Burt Bacharach]] *[[Bob Dylan]] *[[Stephen Foster]] *[[Woody Guthrie]] *[[Johnny Mercer]] *[[Willie Nelson]] *[[Mickey Newbury]] *[[Harry Nilsson]] *[[Laura Nyro]] *[[Dolly Parton]] *[[Cole Porter]] *[[Glen Ballard]] *[[Diane Warren]] *[[Neil Young]] *[[:en:John_Williams|John Williams]] ==Related pages== *[[Composer]] {{music-stub}} [[Category:Music industry]] [[Category:Songwriters| ]] [[Category:Entertainment occupations]]