Best songwriters??

[Michael Douchette]

http://www.comcast.net/music/bestsongwr ... ow/view/9/

On Comcast... these bags get picked, and no mention of Harlan Howard? (There was no time frame specified that I saw.) They did pick Dolly, so country wasn't ignored in the process...

[Ron !]

and no mention of Harlan Howard?

Probably the biggest one ever ---->"Mikey"<----:lol:

Ron

[Chris LeDrew]

Jay-Z makes it, but no Jimmy Webb or Townes Van Zandt.

[Stephen Gambrell]

Barry Manilow, but not Steven Sondheim? And why wasn't Stevie Wonder nominated like, 11 times?

And just to keep this civil, Harlan Howard's genius will be around for generations to appreciate(Long after Jay-Z is gone).

[Dave Mudgett]

Well, to pick Harlan Howard and some of the other great classic country writers would require that the writers at Comcast Entertainment actually know who they are. I expect that this is asking way too much, even considering their wide-ranging experience in the broad field of popular music.

[Chuck Thompson]

heh - maybe they should have done the 50 or so - there are a few of my favs in there and maybe some not so fav but country sure did slighted - the ones already mentioned plus maybe willie - kristofferson - roger miller - cash, johnny or rosanne.......

[Clyde Mattocks]

Tom T. Hall, Jim Rushing, Tommy Barnes, Larry Cordle.

[Les Anderson]

How many hit recordings has Willie Nelson penned?

In fact, how many country musicians in here can name 50% of the hit songs that Willie has written?

[Papa Joe Pollick]

They ignored country ALL together..

[sonbone]

Well I guess I can understand if they ignore country, but the schmucks couldn't even get Chuck Berry!!!!!!!! C'est la vie say the old folks...

[Richard Sevigny]

Goes to show... the news isn't what's really important.


It's what someone decides is the news.

[Barry Blackwood]

Three words, Pa - the - tic!

[Gary Harris]

As a retired school teacher.......and the winner for all times are the teachers who wrote, "Happy Birthday to You." This song is sung hundreds of thousands of times each and every year and has for many many years. No, don't even try to come up with a comparable song, there aren't any. Number two would be, "You Are My Sunshine."
Cindy Walker and Harlan Howard are the best that country has produced.

[Michael Douchette]

Three words, Pa - the - tic!

Your Dad's a tic? I'm sorry...

[Richard Sevigny]

Your Dad's a tic? I'm sorry...

Would that make him a sonofatic?

[Barry Blackwood]

Actually, it's my dad's "The Tick." That would make me Son of Tick, or Tick Jr.



Oh, and, Gary H. we are talking best, not most popular.

[Richard Sevigny]

Spoon!

[Mark Durante]

Oh, for the love of
Don't get me started again, I really should be practicing...

[Barry Blackwood]

Spoon indeed! Thank you, Richard!

[David Doggett]

Come on y'all, this was obviously recent pop only. Don't feel bad for country. They also left out Rogers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Henry Mancini, Louie Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Muddy Waters, and Robert Johnson; not to mention Puccini, Verdi, Mozart, and Wagner.

[Stephen Gambrell]

Come on y'all, this was obviously recent pop only. Don't feel bad for country. They also left out Rogers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Henry Mancini, Louie Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Muddy Waters, and Robert Johnson; not to mention Puccini, Verdi, Mozart, and Wagner.

Wagner wasn't all that great, unless you're playing in a European heavy metal band.

[David Doggett]

Tell that to the thousands of Wagner fans who sit through several days of his operas every year in Bayreuth and Seattle. They think that Italian stuff is girlie.

[Ron Page]

I'm a life-long hard core country fan and don't know (or care) much about other genres. It's quite common for songwriters in country music to become well known as writers without having success as a performing artist. And even in cases where the writers go on to performing, they were often known as writers before that, e.g. Kris Kristofferson, Tom T. Hall.

Is this common in other genres of music? It seem that the top 25 list includes only writers who were well known performers.

And of course Haggard should be on the list anyway.

[Ron Page]

I'm a life-long hard core country fan and don't know (or care) much about other genres. It's quite common for songwriters in country music to become well known as writers without have fame as a performing artist. And even in cases where the writers go on to performing, they were often known as writers before that, e.g. Kris Kristofferson.

Is this common in other genres of music. It seems that the top 25 list includes only writers who were well known performers.

And of course Haggard should be on the list anyway.

[Barry Blackwood]

It's quite common for songwriters in country music to become well known as writers without have fame as a performing artist. Is this common in other genres of music?

Sure. Paul Williams is a good example.