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As a precision-minded songwriter, she bestowed a kind of emotional dignity on everyday characters in hardscrabble circumstances; as a glittering pop persona, she called constant attention to the artifice of her own A-list stardom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Yet she has always described herself first and foremost as a songwriter.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

"It was a worldwide thing. It was in a movie; it was No. 1. I thought, 'Wow. I wrote that little song'... That's when I felt my worth as a songwriter."

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Ms. Howard, the band’s creative engine, has never been a prolific songwriter, and according to a recent interview in the New York Times, she had few completed songs on hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Your songwriter has written the solo as it sounds on his keyboard, so you have a C part.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Whether or not they were composed on the same day, Parton, who died at age 80 on Tuesday in Nashville, according to her family, remains one of the most prolific songwriters who ever lived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

"So overlooked but so accomplished as musicians and songwriters, and with an exceptional frontman in Marti Pellow," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Composers and songwriters would receive payments irregularly at best; performers and venues had to contend with multiple agencies seeking money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

I’m sure you saw the New York Times’ list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

But the growing commercial confidence of Broadway and Hollywood musicals and of their songwriters blossomed at a time when classical music was struggling to find a sense of purpose beyond mere experimentation.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall