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Songwriters

Elton John - Musician - 2025

The 1960s artist Elton John hailed as the last “proper songwriter”

The end of an era.

Lauren Hunter
Jul 9, 2026
Paul Simon - John Lennon - Split

John Lennon, Lorne Michaels, and the 1983 song Paul Simon calls his proudest moment

Doing justice.

Lauren Hunter
Jul 5, 2026
'Save the Last Dance for Me'- Does The Drifters' 1960 chart-topper have the most tragic backstory in pop?

‘Save the Last Dance for Me’: Does The Drifters’ 1960 chart-topper have the most tragic backstory in pop?

A tragic admission.

Lauren Hunter
Jun 28, 2026
Seven wildly different songs that inspired Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy

Seven wildly different songs that inspired Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy

Influences way beyond the ‘alt-country’ world.

Andrew Clayman
Jun 27, 2026
Carole King - Cash Box - 1971

The 1962 song that rendered Carole King speechless: “We were stunned into silence”

A new world beckoned.

Lauren Hunter
Jun 27, 2026
Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

Five songs that will make you feel like the only person in the world

Isolating.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 25, 2026
Robert Plant - Roger Waters - Split

The 1969 song Robert Plant and Roger Waters agree is the most poetic ever written

A 1969 masterpiece.

Rachael Pimblett
Jun 24, 2026
Paul Simon - Musician - 1986

The opening lyric Paul Simon wrote in 1973 that the rest of the song couldn’t compete with

He set the bar too high.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 24, 2026
Phil Ochs - American Songwriter - Musician - Singer

When Phil Ochs convinced himself that Phil Ochs had died: The tragic story of John Butler Train

A desperate ending.

Lauren Hunter
Jun 24, 2026
Brian Wilson - Musician - The Beach Boys - 2004

The 1950s music legend who snubbed Brian Wilson: “Too bad”

An anti-climax.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 22, 2026
I went home with the waitress, the way I always do- Warren Zevon’s five best opening lines

“I went home with the waitress, the way I always do”: Warren Zevon’s five best opening lines

A master wordsmith.

Matthew Ingate
Jun 1, 2026
The merits of Stephin Merritt- The only indie artist on the New York Times' “Greatest American Songwriters” list

The merits of Stephin Merritt: Indie’s finest and most overlooked songwriter?

The man behind the Magnetic Fields…

Andrew Clayman
May 19, 2026

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