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This is a '''list of famous [[songwriter]] tandems of [[popular music]] and [[pop standards]]'''. It is limited to pairs responsible for multiple [[hit record|hit records]] or [[musical theatre|hit Broadway shows]] over a lengthy period of time, with influence and staying power measured in decades.
This is a list of notable [[songwriter]] teams. <!-- Listed alphabetically by the last name of the first named partner. !-->


==Rock, soul and pop==
*[[Benny Andersson]] & [[Bjorn Ulvaeus]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
*[[Harold Arlen]] & [[Johnny Mercer]]
|-
*[[Ashford & Simpson|Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson]]
! Collaborators
*[[Burt Bacharach]] & [[Hal David]]
! Period
*[[Alan Bergman]] & [[Marilyn Bergman]]
! Songs
*[[Mike Chapman]] & [[Nicky Chinn]]
|-
*[[Difford & Tilbrook|Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook]]
| [[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]]<ref>{{cite news |title=ABBA Songwriters Get Lifetime Award |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=May 24, 2002 |url=https://apnews.com/e0b9a091934808d9aff3c764d3072074}}</ref> of [[ABBA]] and post-ABBA
*[[Bernard Edwards]] & [[Nile Rodgers]]
| 1966<ref>[http://www.abbaofficial.com/abba_the_story.html The Story of ABBA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>–present
*[[Donald Fagen]] & [[Walter Becker]]
| {{For|a more complete listing|:Category:Songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus}} "[[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]]"<br />"[[SOS (ABBA song)|SOS]]"<br />"[[Mamma Mia (ABBA song)|Mamma Mia]]"<br />"[[Fernando (song)|Fernando]]"<br />"[[Dancing Queen]]"
*[[Charles Fox (composer)|Charles Fox]] & [[Norman Gimbel]]
|-
*[[Arthur Freed]] & [[Nacio Herb Brown]]
| [[Ashford & Simpson]]<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |title=From Leiber and Stoller to Lennon and McCartney: the alchemy of the duo |author=Laura Barton |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=August 23, 2011 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/23/songwriting-leiber-stoller-ashford-simpson}}</ref>
*[[Jerry Garcia]] & [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]]
| 1964–2011
*[[Ira Gershwin]] & [[George Gershwin]]
| {{For|a more complete listing|List of songs written by Ashford & Simpson}}"[[Ain't No Mountain High Enough]]"<br />"[[You're All I Need to Get By]]"<br />"[[Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing]]"<br />"[[Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)]]"
*[[Gilbert and Sullivan|W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan]]
|-
*[[Gerry Goffin]] & [[Carole King]]
| [[Burt Bacharach]] (music) and [[Hal David]] (lyrics)<ref name=Guardian/>
*[[Mack Gordon]] & [[Harry Revel]]
| 1957–1973
*[[Ellie Greenwich]] & [[Jeff Barry]]
| {{See also|List of songs written by Burt Bacharach}}"[[Alfie (Burt Bacharach song)|Alfie]]"<br />"[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head]]"<br />"[[This Guy's in Love with You]]"<br />"[[(They Long to Be) Close to You]]"<br />"[[Walk On By (song)|Walk On By]]"<br />"[[The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]]"<br />"[[One Less Bell to Answer]]"<br />"[[Do You Know the Way to San Jose]]"
*[[Isaac Hayes]] & [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]]
|-
*[[Don Henley]] & [[Glenn Frey]]
| [[Randy Bachman]] and [[Burton Cummings]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Bachman, Cummings named into Canadian Songwriters Hall |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=December 7, 2004 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/bachman-cummings-named-into-canadian-songwriters-hall/article1145239/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Guess Who is Taking Care of Unfinished Business.(What's Happening) |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=November 2, 2001 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-79822979.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411021423/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-79822979.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |quote=The core of the Canadian band has always been Winnipeg natives Cummings (vocals/piano) and Randy Bachman (vocals/guitars), a prolific songwriting duo. In the late '60s and early 1970, the duo produced a string of hits ...}}</ref> of [[The Guess Who]]
*[[Barry Gibb]], [[Robin Gibb]] & [[Maurice Gibb]]
|
*[[Holland–Dozier–Holland|Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland, Jr.]]
| "[[These Eyes]]"<br />"[[No Time (The Guess Who song)|No Time]]"<br />"[[American Woman (song)|American Woman]]" (with [[Garry Peterson]] and [[Jim Kale]])<br />"[[No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature]]"
*[[Jagger/Richards|Mick Jagger & Keith Richards]]
|-
*[[Elton John]] & [[Bernie Taupin]]
| [[Jeff Barry]] and [[Ellie Greenwich]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Brill Building's dynamic duos |author=Thomas Conner |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=July 3, 2005 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1585459.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414080022/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1585459.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Jerome Kern]] & [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]
| 1962–late 1960s
*[[Lennon/McCartney|John Lennon & Paul McCartney]]
| {{For|a more complete listing|List of songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich}}"[[Da Doo Ron Ron]]" (with [[Phil Spector]])<br />"[[Be My Baby]]" (with Spector)<br />"[[Leader of the Pack]]" (with [[Shadow Morton]])<br />"[[Do Wah Diddy Diddy]]"<br />"[[Chapel of Love]]" (with Spector)<br />"[[River Deep, Mountain High]]" (with Spector)
*[[Lerner and Loewe|Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe]]
|-
*[[Linnel and Flansburgh| John Linnel & John Flansburgh]]
| [[Walter Becker]] and [[Donald Fagen]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Steely Dan's New Songs |author=Stephen Holden |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 18, 1981 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/18/arts/steely-dan-s-new-songs.html}}</ref> of [[Steely Dan]]
*[[Lieber and Stoller|Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller]]
| 1971–2017
*[[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] & [[Tim Rice]]
| "[[Do It Again (Steely Dan song)|Do It Again]]"<br />"[[Rikki Don't Lose That Number]]"<br />"[[Reelin' In the Years]]"<br />"[[Peg (song)|Peg]]"<br />"[[Hey Nineteen]]"
*[[Barry Mann]] & [[Cynthia Weil]]
|-
*[[Jimmy McHugh]] & [[Harold Adamson]]
| [[Barry Gibb|Barry]], [[Robin Gibb|Robin]] and [[Maurice Gibb]], the [[Bee Gees]] (and also for other artists)<ref>{{cite news |title=Robin Gibb: the hits you didn't know were written by the Bee Gees |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=May 21, 2012 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9279651/Robin-Gibb-the-hits-you-didnt-know-were-written-by-the-Bee-Gees.html}}</ref>
*[[Jimmy McHugh]] & [[Dorothy Fields]]
|
*[[Morrissey|Steven Morrissey]] & [[Johnny Marr]]
| "[[Massachusetts (Bee Gees song)|Massachusetts]]"<br />"[[I've Gotta Get a Message to You]]"<br />"[[How Can You Mend a Broken Heart]]"<br />"[[Jive Talkin']]"<br />"[[How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]"<br />"[[Night Fever]]"<br />"[[Stayin' Alive]]"<br />"[[Too Much Heaven]]"<br />"[[Tragedy (Bee Gees song)|Tragedy]]"<br />"[[Islands in the Stream (song)|Islands in the Stream]]"
*[[Jimmy Page]] & [[Robert Plant]]
|-
*[[Doc Pomus]] & [[Mort Shuman]]
| [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/09/02/140089584/the-couple-behind-some-of-hollywoods-classic-tunes |title=The Couple Behind Some Of Hollywood's Classic Tunes |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=September 2, 2011 |access-date=February 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/entry/C3109/5070 |title=1997 Award & Induction Ceremony: Johnny Mercer Award: Alan & Marilyn Bergman |publisher=[[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] |access-date=February 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308040013/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/ceremony/entry/C3109/5070 |archive-date=March 8, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Leo Robin]] & [[Ralph Rainger]]
| 1956–2022
*[[Rodgers and Hammerstein|Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II]]
|"[[The Windmills of Your Mind]]" (with [[Michel Legrand]])<br />"[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]" (with [[Marvin Hamlisch]])<br />"[[It Might Be You]]" (with [[Dave Grusin]])<br />"[[In the Heat of the Night (Ray Charles song)|In the Heat of the Night]]" (with [[Quincy Jones]])<br />"[[All His Children]]" (with [[Henry Mancini]])
*[[Rodgers and Hart|Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart]]
|-
*[[Sherman Brothers|Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman]]
| [[Boyce and Hart]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Tommy Boyce, Musician, Songwriter for Monkees |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=November 25, 1994 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4258815.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123713/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4258815.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Joe Strummer]] & [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]]
|
*[[Steven Tyler]] & [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]]
| "[[Come a Little Bit Closer]]" (with [[Wes Farrell]])<br />"[[(Theme From) The Monkees]]"<br />"[[Last Train to Clarksville]]"<br />"[[I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight]]"
*[[Harry Warren]] & [[Al Dubin]]
|-
*[[Norman Whitfield]] & [[Barrett Strong]]
| [[Andrew Farriss]] and [[Michael Hutchence]] of [[INXS]]
| 1977–1997
| "[[Original Sin (INXS song)|Original Sin]]"<br>"[[What You Need (INXS song)|What You Need]]"<br>"[[Need You Tonight]]"<br>"[[New Sensation]]"<br>"[[Never Tear Us Apart]]"
|-
| [[Felice and Boudleaux Bryant]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countrymusichalloffame.org/full-list-of-inductees/view/boudleaux-and-felice-bryant|title=Full List of Inductees|publisher=Country Music Hall of Fame|access-date=February 4, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329223740/http://countrymusichalloffame.org/full-list-of-inductees/view/boudleaux-and-felice-bryant|archive-date=March 29, 2013}}</ref>
|
| "[[Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song)|Bye Bye Love]]"<br />"[[Wake Up, Little Susie]]"<br />"[[Rocky Top]]"
|-
| [[Gamble and Huff]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Gamble & Huff earn prestigious award: Songwriting team to be recognized at Grammy's banquet |newspaper=[[Philadelphia Tribune]] |date=February 19, 1999 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-23062180.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080028/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-23062180.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
| early 1960s–?
| {{For|a more complete listing|List of songs written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff}}"[[If You Don't Know Me by Now]]"<br />"[[Love Train]]"<br />"[[Me and Mrs. Jones]]" (with [[Cary Gilbert]])<br />"[[TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)]]"
|-
| [[David Gilmour]] and [[Roger Waters]] of [[Pink Floyd]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pink-floyd-journey-to-the-dark-side-20111013 |title=Pink Floyd: Journey to the Dark Side|work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 13, 2011 |access-date=September 7, 2013|first=Brian|last=Hiatt}}</ref>
|1968–1979
| "[[Comfortably Numb]]"<br />"[[Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song)|Wish You Were Here]]"<br />"[[Run Like Hell]]"<br />"[[Dogs (Pink Floyd song)|Dogs]]"
|-
| [[Gerry Goffin]] and [[Carole King]]<ref name=Guardian/>
|
| {{See also|List of songs with lyrics by Gerry Goffin}}"[[Will You Love Me Tomorrow]]"<br />"[[The Loco-Motion]]"<br />"[[One Fine Day (song)|One Fine Day]]"<br />"[[Up on the Roof (song)|Up on the Roof]]"<br />"[[(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman]]"
|-
| [[Isaac Hayes]] and [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C344 |title=Isaac Hayes |publisher=[[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] |access-date=February 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615024525/http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C344 |archive-date=June 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staxmuseum.com/about/artists/view/david-porter |title=David Porter |publisher=[[Stax Museum]] of American Soul Music |access-date=February 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215082611/http://www.staxmuseum.com/about/artists/view/david-porter |archive-date=February 15, 2015 }}</ref>
|
| {{For|a more complete listing|List of songs written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter}} "[[Hold On, I'm Comin' (song)|Hold On, I'm Comin']]"<br />"[[When Something Is Wrong with My Baby]]"<br />"[[Soul Man (song)|Soul Man]]"<br />"[[I Thank You (song)|I Thank You]]"
|-
| [[James Hetfield]] and [[Lars Ulrich]] of [[Metallica]]
| 1981–present
| "[[Seek & Destroy]]"<br>"[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]" (with [[Cliff Burton]])<br>"[[Master of Puppets]]" (with [[Cliff Burton]] and [[Kirk Hammett]])<br>"[[One (Metallica song)|One]]"<br>"[[Enter Sandman]]" (with [[Kirk Hammett]])<br>"[[Sad but True]]"<br>"[[Nothing Else Matters]]"<br>"[[Until It Sleeps]]"<br>"[[Hero of the Day]]"<br>"[[The Memory Remains]]"<br>"[[Some Kind of Monster (song)|Some Kind of Monster]]" (with [[Kirk Hammett]] and [[Bob Rock]])<br>"[[The Day That Never Comes]]" (with [[Kirk Hammett]] and [[Robert Trujillo]])
|-
| [[Holland–Dozier–Holland]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Hit List: Holland-Dozier-Holland |author=John Jurgensen |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=November 10, 2007 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119464345920188311}}</ref>
: [[Lamont Dozier]] and [[Brian Holland]] (music)
: [[Eddie Holland]] (lyrics)
| 1960s–1970s
| {{For|a more complete listing|List of songs written by Holland, Dozier and Holland}}"[[(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave]]"<br />"[[Can I Get a Witness]]"<br />"[[Where Did Our Love Go]]"<br />"[[Baby Love]]"<br />"[[How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)]]"<br />"[[Stop! In the Name of Love]]"<br />"[[I Hear a Symphony]]"<br />"[[You Can't Hurry Love]]"
|-
| [[James Horner]] (music) and [[Will Jennings]] (lyrics)
| 1988–2001
| "[[If We Hold on Together]]"<br />"[[Dreams to Dream]]"<br />"[[My Heart Will Go On]]"<br />"[[Where Are You, Christmas?]]" (with [[Mariah Carey]])
|-
| [[Jagger–Richards|Mick Jagger and Keith Richards]]<ref name=Guardian/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=26655725&page=8 |title=Top 10 greatest songwriting teams in rock: 3. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) |publisher=[[MSN]] |date=December 7, 2010 |access-date=January 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211065620/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=26655725&page=8 |archive-date=December 11, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> of [[The Rolling Stones]]
: [[Mick Jagger]]
: [[Keith Richards]]
|
| "[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction]]"<br />"[[Paint It, Black]]"<br />"[[Honky Tonk Women]]"
|-
| [[Elton John]] (music) and [[Bernie Taupin]] (lyrics)<ref name=Guardian/>
|
| "[[Crocodile Rock]]"<br />"[[Daniel (Elton John song)|Daniel]]"<br />"[[Bennie and the Jets]]"<br />"[[Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me]]"<br />"[[Don't Go Breaking My Heart]]"<br />"[[Something About the Way You Look Tonight]]"/"[[Candle in the Wind 1997]]"
|-
| [[Kalmar and Ruby]]<ref>[http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C266 Bert Kalmar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213165849/http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C266 |date=2009-02-13 }} and [http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C308 Harry Ruby] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227192149/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C308 |date=2013-12-27 }}. Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 8, 2013.</ref>
: [[Bert Kalmar]] (lyrics)
: [[Harry Ruby]] (music)
| 1920–1947
| "[[Who's Sorry Now? (song)|Who's Sorry Now?]]"<br />"[[I Wanna Be Loved by You]]"<br />"[[Three Little Words (song)|Three Little Words]]"
|-
| [[Lennon–McCartney]]<ref name=Guardian/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=26655725&page=10 |title=Top 10 greatest songwriting teams in rock: 1. Paul McCartney & John Lennon (The Beatles) |publisher=MSN |date=December 7, 2010 |access-date=January 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211065620/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=26655725&page=10 |archive-date=December 11, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> of [[The Beatles]]
: [[John Lennon]]
: [[Paul McCartney]]
| 1957–1969
| {{For|a listing|:Category:Songs written by Lennon–McCartney}}
|-
| [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]<ref name=Guardian/><ref>{{cite news |title=RIP Jerry Leiber: half of one of rock's greatest songwriting teams |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 22, 2011 |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/08/jerry-leiber-obituary-mike-stoller-hound-dog.html}}</ref>
: Jerry Leiber (lyrics)
: Mike Stoller (music)
| 1950–?
| {{For|a more complete listing|List of songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller}}"[[Hound Dog (song)|Hound Dog]]"<br />"[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]]"<br />"[[Kansas City (Leiber and Stoller song)|Kansas City]]"<br />"[[Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)|Stand By Me]]" (with [[Ben E. King]])<br />"[[On Broadway (song)|On Broadway]]" (with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
|-
| [[Livingston & Evans]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollywood Star Walk: Livingston & Evans |author=Dennis McLellan |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 18, 2001 |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/livingston-evans/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ray Evans, 92; won 3 Oscars as part of songwriting team |author=Dennis McLellan |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=February 18, 2007 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8697000.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723212312/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8697000.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref>
: [[Jay Livingston]] (music)
: [[Ray Evans]] (lyrics)
|
| "[[Silver Bells]]"<br />"[[Buttons and Bows]]"<br />"[[Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole song)|Mona Lisa]]"<br />"[[Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)|Que Sera, Sera]]"<br />"[[Tammy (song)|Tammy]]"
|-
| [[Barry Mann]] (music) and [[Cynthia Weil]] (lyrics)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/mann-and-weil/ |title=Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil |publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |access-date=January 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-30270898.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410064625/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-30270898.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2016 |title=Interview: Songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil discuss their careers as a songwriting team and a married couple for 40 years |work=[[Fresh Air]]|publisher=National Public Radio |date=July 18, 2000 |access-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref>
| 1960–?
| {{For|a more complete listing|List of songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil}}"[[On Broadway (song)|On Broadway]]" (with Leiber and Stoller)<br />"[[We Gotta Get Out of This Place]]"<br />"[[(You're My) Soul and Inspiration]]"<br />"[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]"<br />"[[Somewhere Out There (An American Tail song)|Somewhere Out There]]" (with [[James Horner]])
|-
| [[Morrissey]] (lyrics) and [[Johnny Marr]] (music)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=26655725&page=9 |title=Top 10 greatest songwriting teams in rock: 2. Morrissey & Johnny Marr (The Smiths) |publisher=[[MSN]] |date=December 7, 2010 |access-date=January 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211090804/http://entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=26655725&page=9 |archive-date=December 11, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> of [[The Smiths]]
| 1983–1987
| "[[How Soon Is Now?]]"<br />"[[This Charming Man]]"<br />"[[Bigmouth Strikes Again]]"<br />"[[There Is a Light That Never Goes Out]]"
|-
| [[Doc Pomus]] and [[Mort Shuman]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/mort-shuman/bio/ |title=Mort Shuman Biography |publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |access-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref>
|
| {{For|a more complete listing|List of songs written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman}} "[[Save the Last Dance for Me]]"<br />"[[This Magic Moment]]"<br />"[[A Teenager in Love]]"<br />"[[Suspicion (Terry Stafford song)|Suspicion]]"<br />"[[Viva Las Vegas (song)|Viva Las Vegas]]"
|-
| [[Nile Rodgers]] and [[Bernard Edwards]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview with Nile Rodgers of Chic |author=Andrew Perry |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=July 27, 2009 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/andrew-perry/5895531/Interview-with-Nile-Rodgers-of-Chic.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801024937/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/andrew-perry/5895531/Interview-with-Nile-Rodgers-of-Chic.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref> of [[Chic (band)|Chic]]
| early 1970s–1983
| "[[Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)]]" (with Kenny Lehman)<br />"[[Le Freak]]"<br />"[[Good Times (Chic song)|Good Times]]"<br />"[[We Are Family (song)|We Are Family]]"
|-
|[[Rick Davies]] and [[Roger Hodgson]] of [[Supertramp]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Supertramp {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/supertramp-mn0000033666/biography|access-date=2021-08-11|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>
|1970–1983
|"[[Babaji (song)|Babaji]]"<br />"[[Bloody Well Right]]"<br />"[[Breakfast in America (song)|Breakfast in America]]"<br />"[[Dreamer (Supertramp song)|Dreamer]]"<br />"[[Give a Little Bit]]"<br />"[[Goodbye Stranger]]"<br />"[[It's Raining Again]]"<br />"[[My Kind of Lady]]"<br />"[[Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)|Take the Long Way Home]]"<br />"[[The Logical Song]]"
|-
| [[Sherman Brothers]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Songwriter helped make 'Mary Poppins' supercalifragilistic... |author=Dennis McLellan and Valerie J. Nelson |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 7, 2012 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-mar-07-la-me-robert-sherman-20120307-story.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/03/07/148066537/songs-we-love-disney-songwriters-the-sherman-brothers |title=Songs We Love: Disney Songwriters The Sherman Brothers |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref>
: [[Robert B. Sherman]]
: [[Richard M. Sherman]]
|
| "[[It's a small world (after all)|It's a Small World (After All)]]"<br />"[[Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious]]"<br />"[[Chim Chim Cher-ee]]"<br />"[[A Spoonful of Sugar]]"<br />"[[Feed the Birds]]"<br />"[[Let's Go Fly a Kite]]"<br />"[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (song)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]"<br />"[[I Wanna Be Like You]]" (from ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'')<br />"[[The Aristocats]]"<br />"[[You're Sixteen]]"
|-
| [[Stock Aitken Waterman]]<ref name="SAW Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/dec/03/popandrock |title=Return of the hitmen |first=Alexis |last=Petridis |newspaper=[[The Guardian (UK)|The Guardian]] |date=December 2, 2005 |access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref>
: [[Mike Stock (musician)|Mike Stock]]
: [[Matt Aitken]]
: [[Pete Waterman]]
| 1984–1991
| {{See also|List of songs produced by Stock Aitken Waterman}}"[[Respectable (Mel and Kim song)|Respectable]]" (Mel and Kim)<br />"[[Never Gonna Give You Up]]"<br />"[[I Should Be So Lucky]]"<br />"[[Together Forever (Rick Astley song)|Together Forever]]"<br />"[[Especially for You]]"<br />"[[This Time I Know It's for Real]]" (with [[Donna Summer]])<br />"[[Too Many Broken Hearts]]"<br />"[[Hand on Your Heart]]"<br />"[[You'll Never Stop Me Loving You]]"
|-
| [[Barrett Strong]] and [[Norman Whitfield]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Norman Whitfield: Songwriter and producer behind some of Motown's biggest hits. |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=September 18, 2008 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2979215/Norman-Whitfield.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C338 |title=Barrett Strong |publisher=Songwriters Hall of Fame |access-date=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120194855/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C338 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
| {{See also|List of songs written by Norman Whitfield}} "[[I Heard It Through the Grapevine]]"<br />"[[War (Edwin Starr song)|War]]"<br />"[[Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)]]"<br />"[[Smiling Faces Sometimes]]"<br />"[[Papa Was a Rollin' Stone]]"
|-
| [[Barry Hay]] and [[George Kooymans]] of [[Golden Earring]]
| 1967–2021
| "[[Radar Love]]"<br />"[[When the Lady Smiles]]"<br />
|-
| [[Joe Strummer]] and [[Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)|Mick Jones]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/staff-blog/rolling-stones-ten-best-songwriting-duos-ever-20070611 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216205721/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/staff-blog/rolling-stones-ten-best-songwriting-duos-ever-20070611 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |title=Rolling Stone's Ten Best Songwriting Duos Ever |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=June 11, 2007 |access-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467781/it-takes-two-10-songwriting-duos-that-rocked-music-history?page=0%2C1 |title=It Takes Two: 10 Songwriting Duos That Rocked Music History |author=Jason Newman |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=August 23, 2011 |access-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref> of [[The Clash]]
|
| "[[London Calling (song)|London Calling]]"<br />"[[Rock the Casbah]]"
|-
| [[Neil Tennant]] and [[Chris Lowe]]<ref>{{cite book |last= Buckley |first= Peter |title= The Rough Guide to Rock |publisher= Rough Guides |year= 2003 |page=784 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA784}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=POP REVIEW; A Farewell To Irony: Grief Gets A Chance |author=Pareles, Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/13/arts/pop-review-a-farewell-to-irony-grief-gets-a-chance.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=13 November 1999 |access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pet sounds |author=Petridis, Alexis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/feb/08/shopping.artsfeatures |newspaper=The Guardian |date=7 February 2002 |access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> of [[Pet Shop Boys]]
| 1981–present
| "[[West End Girls]]"<br />"[[It's a Sin]]"<br />"[[What Have I Done to Deserve This? (song)|What Have I Done to Deserve This?]]" (with [[Allee Willis]])
|-
| [[Sid Tepper]] and [[Roy C. Bennett]]
| 1948–1970
| "[[Red Roses for a Blue Lady]]"<br />"[[Suzy Snowflake]]"<br />"[[The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane]]"<br />"[[Twenty Tiny Fingers]]"<br />"[[Nuttin' for Christmas]]"<br />"[[Kewpie Doll (song)|Kewpie Doll]]"<br />"[[Travellin' Light (Cliff Richard song)|Travellin' Light]]"<br />"[[G.I. Blues (song)|G.I. Blues]]"<br />"[[The Young Ones (song)|The Young Ones]]"<br />"[[Puppet on a String (Elvis Presley song)|Puppet on a String]]"
|-
| [[John Wetton]] and [[Geoff Downes]] of [[Asia (band)|Asia]]
| 1981–2017
| "[[Heat of the Moment (Asia song)|Heat of the Moment]]"<br />"[[Only Time Will Tell (song)|Only Time Will Tell]]"<br />"[[Don't Cry (Asia song)|Don't Cry]]"<br />"[[Go (Asia song)|Go]]"
|-
| [[Martin Gore]] (lyrics) and [[Alan Wilder]] (music) of [[Depeche Mode]]
| 1982–1995
| "[[Enjoy the Silence]]"<br />"[[Shake the Disease]]"<br />"[[Personal Jesus]]"<br />"[[People Are People]]"
|-
| [[Beyoncé]] and [[Jay-Z]] of [[The Carters]]
| 2003-present
| {{For|a more complete listing|The Carters}}"[[Crazy in Love]]"<br />"[[Lose My Breath]]"<br />"[[Déjà Vu (Beyoncé song)|Déjà Vu]]"<br />"[[Drunk in Love]]"<br />"[[Shining (DJ Khaled song)|Shining]]"<br />"[[Apeshit]]"<br />"[[Black Parade (song)|Black Parade]]"<br />"[[Alien Superstar]]"
|}


==Jazz==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Collaborators
! Period
! Songs
|-
| [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Billy Strayhorn]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/ellington_strayhorn_1.html |title=Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composers (April 4 – June 28, 2009 exhibit) |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |access-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/billystrayhorn/strayhorn.html |title=Billy Strayhorn |publisher=[[Independent Lens]] (documentary television series) |access-date=January 31, 2013}}</ref><ref name=PRX>{{cite web |url=http://www.prx.org/pieces/79074-jazz-s-great-songwriting-teams |title=Jazz's Great Songwriting Teams |author=Jeff Haas |publisher=[[Public Radio Exchange]] |access-date=January 30, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627123459/http://www.prx.org/pieces/79074-jazz-s-great-songwriting-teams |archive-date=June 27, 2012 }}</ref>
|
|
|-
| [[George Gershwin|George]] (music) and [[Ira Gershwin]] (lyrics)<ref>{{cite news |title=Hollywood Star Walk: George & Ira Gershwin |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/george-ira-gershwin/}}</ref><ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-093.html |title=Library of Congress Honors Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Recipients of the 2012 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song |date=May 8, 2012 |access-date=January 30, 2013}}</ref>
|
| "[[The Man I Love (song)|The Man I Love]]"<br />"[[I Got Rhythm]]"<br />"[['S Wonderful]]"
|-
| Rodgers and Hart<ref name=PRX/>
: Richard Rodgers (music)
: Lorenz Hart (lyrics)
| 1919–1943
|
|}


==Musicals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Collaborators
! Period
! Musicals
|-
| [[Rodgers and Hart]]
: Richard Rodgers (music)
: [[Lorenz Hart]] (lyrics)
| 1919–1943
| ''[[Jumbo (musical)|Jumbo]]''<br />''[[Babes in Arms]]''<br />''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]''<br />''[[The Boys from Syracuse]]''
|-
| [[Lerner and Loewe]]
: [[Alan Jay Lerner]] (lyrics)
: [[Frederick Loewe]] (music)
|1942–1960;
1970–1972
| ''[[My Fair Lady]]''<br />''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]''<br />''[[Brigadoon]]''
|-
| [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]
: [[Richard Rodgers]] (music)
: [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] (lyrics)
| 1943–1960
| ''[[Oklahoma!]]''<br />''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]''<br />''[[The King and I]]''<br />''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''<br />''[[The Sound of Music]]''
|-
| [[Betty Comden]] and [[Adolph Green]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Betty Comden, Half of Lyrics Team Behind Musicals of Grace and Wit, Dies at 89 |author=Robert Berkvist |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 24, 2006 |url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/11/24/theater/24comden.html?ref=adolphgreen&_r=0}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1563895,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108032638/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1563895,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 8, 2007 |title=An American Classic" Remembering the theater legend who penned ''Singin' in the Rain'' – a CD and DVD appreciation of the late Betty Comden |author=Melissa Rose Bernardo |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=January 8, 2007 |access-date=February 3, 2013}}</ref>
|1944–2002
| ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'' (with [[Leonard Bernstein]])<br />''[[Wonderful Town]]'' (with Leonard Bernstein)<br />''[[Bells Are Ringing (musical)|Bells Are Ringing]]'' (with [[Jule Styne]])
|-
| [[Kander and Ebb]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Show Goes on, Despite Showstopper Choruses in All Those Tunes: Kander and Ebb Songbook at Lincoln Center |author=Stephen Holden |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 8, 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/arts/music/kander-and-ebb-songbook-at-lincoln-center.html?_r=0}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=John Kander carries on after losing his old chum Fred Ebb |author=Nelson Pressley |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=June 8, 2012 |url=https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-06-08/entertainment/35461380_1_kander-and-ebb-john-kander-greg-pierce |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412044516/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-06-08/entertainment/35461380_1_kander-and-ebb-john-kander-greg-pierce |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 12, 2013 }}</ref>
: [[John Kander]] (music)
: [[Fred Ebb]] (lyrics)
|1965–2010
| ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]''<br />''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]''<br />''[[Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)|Kiss of the Spider Woman]]''
|-
| [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] (music) and [[Tim Rice]] (lyrics)<ref>{{cite news |title=Rice and Lloyd Webber: The row resurrected |author=Adam Sherwin |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=January 24, 2012 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/rice-and-lloyd-webber-the-row-resurrected-6293707.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tim Rice rules out collaborating again with Andrew Lloyd Webber |author=Matt Trueman |newspaper=The Guardian |date=March 26, 2012 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/mar/26/lloyd-webber-rice-partnership-over}}</ref>
| 1965–1976
| ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]''<br />''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''<br />''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]''
|-
| [[Alan Menken]] (music) and [[Howard Ashman]] (lyrics)
| 1979–1991
| ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]''<br />''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''<br />''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''<br />''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' (with [[Tim Rice]])
|-
|[[Stephen Flaherty]] (music) and [[Lynn Ahrens]] (lyrics)
|1988–present
|''[[Once on This Island]]''<br />''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime]]''<br />''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]''<br />''[[Seussical]]''
|-
|[[Pasek and Paul]]
:[[Benj Pasek]]
:[[Justin Paul]]
|2005–present
|''[[A Christmas Story: The Musical]]''<br />''[[Dear Evan Hansen]]''
|-
|Barlow and Bear
:[[Abigail Barlow]] (lyrics)
:[[Emily Bear]] (music)
|2021-present
|''[[The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical]]''
|}

==Opera==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Collaborators
! Period
! Operas
|-
| [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]
: [[W. S. Gilbert]] (lyrics)
: [[Arthur Sullivan]] (music)
| 1871–1896
|''[[Thespis (opera)|Thespis]]''<br />''[[Trial by Jury]]''<br /> ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]''<br />''[[The Sorcerer]]''<br />''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''<br />''[[Iolanthe]]''<br />''[[Patience (opera)|Patience]]''<br />''[[Princess Ida]]''<br />''[[The Mikado]]''<br />''[[Ruddigore]]''<br />''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]''<br />''[[The Gondoliers]]''<br />''[[Utopia, Limited]]''<br />''[[The Grand Duke]]''
|}

==Duos==
* [[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]]
* [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]]
* [[Harold Arlen]] and [[Johnny Mercer]]
* [[Ashford & Simpson|Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson]]
* [[Howard Ashman]] and [[Alan Menken]]
* [[Burt Bacharach]] and [[Hal David]]
* [[Abigail Barlow]] and [[Emily Bear]]
* [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman]]
* [[Bono]] and [[The Edge]]
* [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Nicky Chinn]]
* [[List of songs written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway|Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway]]
* [[Bernard Edwards]] and [[Nile Rodgers]]
* [[Donald Fagen]] and [[Walter Becker]]
* [[Flanders and Swann|Michael Flanders and Donald Swann]]
* [[They Might Be Giants|John Flansburgh and John Linnell]]
* [[Andrew Farriss]] and [[Michael Hutchence]]
* [[Charles Fox (composer)|Charles Fox]] and [[Norman Gimbel]]
* [[Arthur Freed]] and [[Nacio Herb Brown]]
* [[Jerry Garcia]] and [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]]
* [[Ira Gershwin]] and [[George Gershwin]]
* [[Gilbert and Sullivan|W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan]]
* [[Gerry Goffin]] and [[Carole King]]
* [[Mack Gordon]] and [[Harry Revel]]
* [[Ellie Greenwich]] and [[Jeff Barry]]
* [[Isaac Hayes]] and [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]]
* [[Don Henley]] and [[Glenn Frey]]
* [[Jagger/Richards|Mick Jagger and Keith Richards]]
* [[Antônio Carlos Jobim]] and [[Vinicius de Moraes]]
* [[Elton John]] and [[Bernie Taupin]]
* [[John Kander]] and [[Fred Ebb]]
* [[Jerome Kern]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]
* [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]
* [[Lennon–McCartney|John Lennon and Paul McCartney]]
* [[Lerner and Loewe|Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe]]
* [[Jay Livingston]] and [[Ray Evans]]
* [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]]
* [[Barry Mann]] and [[Cynthia Weil]]
* [[Jimmy McHugh]] and [[Harold Adamson]]
* [[Steve Marriott]] and [[Ronnie Lane]]
* [[Jimmy McHugh]] and [[Dorothy Fields]]
* [[Morrissey|Steven Morrissey]] and [[Johnny Marr]]
* [[Jimmy Page]] and [[Robert Plant]]
* [[Pasek and Paul|Benj Pasek]] and [[Justin Paul]]
* [[Doc Pomus]] and [[Mort Shuman]]
* [[Leo Robin]] and [[Ralph Rainger]]
* [[Rodgers and Hammerstein|Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II]]
* [[Rodgers and Hart|Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart]]
* [[Marc Shaiman]] and [[Scott Wittman]]
* [[Sherman Brothers|Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman]]
* [[Joe Strummer]] and [[Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)|Mick Jones]]
* [[Neil Tennant]] and [[Chris Lowe]]
* [[Tyler/Perry|Steven Tyler and Joe Perry]]
* [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] and [[Sammy Cahn]]
* [[Harry Warren]] and [[Al Dubin]]
* [[Gene Ween]] and [[Dean Ween]]
* [[Norman Whitfield]] and [[Barrett Strong]]
* [[Brian Wilson]] and [[Mike Love]]
* [[Chris Difford]] and [[Glenn Tilbrook]]
* [[Scott Stapp]] and [[Mark Tremonti]]
* [[James Hetfield]] and [[Lars Ulrich]]
* [[Jon Bon Jovi]] and [[Richie Sambora]]
* [[Brett Gurewitz]] and [[Greg Graffin]]
* [[Robbie Williams]] and [[Guy Chambers]]
* [[Harry Vanda]] and [[George Young (rock musician)|George Young]]
* [[Jon Anderson]] and [[Chris Squire]]
* [[Danny O'Donoghue]] and [[Mark Sheehan]]
* [[The Carters|Beyoncé and Jay-Z]]

==Trios==
* [[Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb]]
* [[Holland–Dozier–Holland|Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, Jr.]]
* [[Stock Aitken Waterman|Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Peter Waterman]]
* [[Busted (band)|James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis]]

==Quartets==
*[[Murray Cook]], [[Jeff Fatt]], [[Anthony Field]] and [[Greg Page (musician)|Greg Page]]

==References==
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This is a list of notable songwriter teams.

Rock, soul and pop

[edit]
Collaborators Period Songs
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus[1] of ABBA and post-ABBA 1966[2]–present
For a more complete listing, see Category:Songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
"Waterloo"
"SOS"
"Mamma Mia"
"Fernando"
"Dancing Queen"
Ashford & Simpson[3] 1964–2011
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Ashford & Simpson.
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
"You're All I Need to Get By"
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics)[3] 1957–1973
See also: List of songs written by Burt Bacharach
"Alfie"
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
"This Guy's in Love with You"
"(They Long to Be) Close to You"
"Walk On By"
"The Look of Love"
"One Less Bell to Answer"
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings[4][5] of The Guess Who "These Eyes"
"No Time"
"American Woman" (with Garry Peterson and Jim Kale)
"No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature"
Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich[6] 1962–late 1960s
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.
"Da Doo Ron Ron" (with Phil Spector)
"Be My Baby" (with Spector)
"Leader of the Pack" (with Shadow Morton)
"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
"Chapel of Love" (with Spector)
"River Deep, Mountain High" (with Spector)
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen[7] of Steely Dan 1971–2017 "Do It Again"
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
"Reelin' In the Years"
"Peg"
"Hey Nineteen"
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, the Bee Gees (and also for other artists)[8] "Massachusetts"
"I've Gotta Get a Message to You"
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
"Jive Talkin'"
"How Deep Is Your Love"
"Night Fever"
"Stayin' Alive"
"Too Much Heaven"
"Tragedy"
"Islands in the Stream"
Alan and Marilyn Bergman[9][10] 1956–2022 "The Windmills of Your Mind" (with Michel Legrand)
"The Way We Were" (with Marvin Hamlisch)
"It Might Be You" (with Dave Grusin)
"In the Heat of the Night" (with Quincy Jones)
"All His Children" (with Henry Mancini)
Boyce and Hart[11] "Come a Little Bit Closer" (with Wes Farrell)
"(Theme From) The Monkees"
"Last Train to Clarksville"
"I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"
Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence of INXS 1977–1997 "Original Sin"
"What You Need"
"Need You Tonight"
"New Sensation"
"Never Tear Us Apart"
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant[12] "Bye Bye Love"
"Wake Up, Little Susie"
"Rocky Top"
Gamble and Huff[13] early 1960s–?
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
"Love Train"
"Me and Mrs. Jones" (with Cary Gilbert)
"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"
David Gilmour and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd[14] 1968–1979 "Comfortably Numb"
"Wish You Were Here"
"Run Like Hell"
"Dogs"
Gerry Goffin and Carole King[3]
See also: List of songs with lyrics by Gerry Goffin
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
"The Loco-Motion"
"One Fine Day"
"Up on the Roof"
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
Isaac Hayes and David Porter[15][16]
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.
"Hold On, I'm Comin'"
"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
"Soul Man"
"I Thank You"
James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich of Metallica 1981–present "Seek & Destroy"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (with Cliff Burton)
"Master of Puppets" (with Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett)
"One"
"Enter Sandman" (with Kirk Hammett)
"Sad but True"
"Nothing Else Matters"
"Until It Sleeps"
"Hero of the Day"
"The Memory Remains"
"Some Kind of Monster" (with Kirk Hammett and Bob Rock)
"The Day That Never Comes" (with Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo)
Holland–Dozier–Holland[17]
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (music)
Eddie Holland (lyrics)
 1960s–1970s
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Holland, Dozier and Holland.
"(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave"
"Can I Get a Witness"
"Where Did Our Love Go"
"Baby Love"
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
"Stop! In the Name of Love"
"I Hear a Symphony"
"You Can't Hurry Love"
James Horner (music) and Will Jennings (lyrics) 1988–2001 "If We Hold on Together"
"Dreams to Dream"
"My Heart Will Go On"
"Where Are You, Christmas?" (with Mariah Carey)
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards[3][18] of The Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
"Paint It, Black"
"Honky Tonk Women"
Elton John (music) and Bernie Taupin (lyrics)[3] "Crocodile Rock"
"Daniel"
"Bennie and the Jets"
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997"
Kalmar and Ruby[19]
Bert Kalmar (lyrics)
Harry Ruby (music)
 1920–1947 "Who's Sorry Now?"
"I Wanna Be Loved by You"
"Three Little Words"
Lennon–McCartney[3][20] of The Beatles
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
 1957–1969
For a listing, see Category:Songs written by Lennon–McCartney.
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller[3][21]
Jerry Leiber (lyrics)
Mike Stoller (music)
 1950–?
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
"Hound Dog"
"Jailhouse Rock"
"Kansas City"
"Stand By Me" (with Ben E. King)
"On Broadway" (with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
Livingston & Evans[22][23]
Jay Livingston (music)
Ray Evans (lyrics)
 "Silver Bells"
"Buttons and Bows"
"Mona Lisa"
"Que Sera, Sera"
"Tammy"
Barry Mann (music) and Cynthia Weil (lyrics)[24][25] 1960–?
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.
"On Broadway" (with Leiber and Stoller)
"We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration"
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
"Somewhere Out There" (with James Horner)
Morrissey (lyrics) and Johnny Marr (music)[26] of The Smiths 1983–1987 "How Soon Is Now?"
"This Charming Man"
"Bigmouth Strikes Again"
"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"
Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman[27]
For a more complete listing, see List of songs written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman.
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
"This Magic Moment"
"A Teenager in Love"
"Suspicion"
"Viva Las Vegas"
Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards[28] of Chic early 1970s–1983 "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (with Kenny Lehman)
"Le Freak"
"Good Times"
"We Are Family"
Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson of Supertramp[29] 1970–1983 "Babaji"
"Bloody Well Right"
"Breakfast in America"
"Dreamer"
"Give a Little Bit"
"Goodbye Stranger"
"It's Raining Again"
"My Kind of Lady"
"Take the Long Way Home"
"The Logical Song"
Sherman Brothers[30][31]
Robert B. Sherman
Richard M. Sherman
 "It's a Small World (After All)"
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
"Chim Chim Cher-ee"
"A Spoonful of Sugar"
"Feed the Birds"
"Let's Go Fly a Kite"
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
"I Wanna Be Like You" (from The Jungle Book)
"The Aristocats"
"You're Sixteen"
Stock Aitken Waterman[32]
Mike Stock
Matt Aitken
Pete Waterman
 1984–1991
See also: List of songs produced by Stock Aitken Waterman
"Respectable" (Mel and Kim)
"Never Gonna Give You Up"
"I Should Be So Lucky"
"Together Forever"
"Especially for You"
"This Time I Know It's for Real" (with Donna Summer)
"Too Many Broken Hearts"
"Hand on Your Heart"
"You'll Never Stop Me Loving You"
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield[33][34]
See also: List of songs written by Norman Whitfield
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
"War"
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
"Smiling Faces Sometimes"
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
Barry Hay and George Kooymans of Golden Earring 1967–2021 "Radar Love"
"When the Lady Smiles"
Joe Strummer and Mick Jones[35][36] of The Clash "London Calling"
"Rock the Casbah"
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe[37][38][39] of Pet Shop Boys 1981–present "West End Girls"
"It's a Sin"
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (with Allee Willis)
Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett 1948–1970 "Red Roses for a Blue Lady"
"Suzy Snowflake"
"The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane"
"Twenty Tiny Fingers"
"Nuttin' for Christmas"
"Kewpie Doll"
"Travellin' Light"
"G.I. Blues"
"The Young Ones"
"Puppet on a String"
John Wetton and Geoff Downes of Asia 1981–2017 "Heat of the Moment"
"Only Time Will Tell"
"Don't Cry"
"Go"
Martin Gore (lyrics) and Alan Wilder (music) of Depeche Mode 1982–1995 "Enjoy the Silence"
"Shake the Disease"
"Personal Jesus"
"People Are People"
Beyoncé and Jay-Z of The Carters 2003-present
For a more complete listing, see The Carters.
"Crazy in Love"
"Lose My Breath"
"Déjà Vu"
"Drunk in Love"
"Shining"
"Apeshit"
"Black Parade"
"Alien Superstar"

Jazz

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Collaborators Period Songs
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn[40][41][42]
George (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics)[43][44] "The Man I Love"
"I Got Rhythm"
"'S Wonderful"
Rodgers and Hart[42]
Richard Rodgers (music)
Lorenz Hart (lyrics)
 1919–1943

Musicals

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Collaborators Period Musicals
Rodgers and Hart
Richard Rodgers (music)
Lorenz Hart (lyrics)
 1919–1943 Jumbo
Babes in Arms
Pal Joey
The Boys from Syracuse
Lerner and Loewe
Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
Frederick Loewe (music)
 1942–1960;

1970–1972

My Fair Lady
Camelot
Brigadoon
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Richard Rodgers (music)
Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)
 1943–1960 Oklahoma!
Carousel
The King and I
South Pacific
The Sound of Music
Betty Comden and Adolph Green[45][46] 1944–2002 On the Town (with Leonard Bernstein)
Wonderful Town (with Leonard Bernstein)
Bells Are Ringing (with Jule Styne)
Kander and Ebb[47][48]
John Kander (music)
Fred Ebb (lyrics)
 1965–2010 Cabaret
Chicago
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics)[49][50] 1965–1976 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Jesus Christ Superstar
Evita
Alan Menken (music) and Howard Ashman (lyrics) 1979–1991 Little Shop of Horrors
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin (with Tim Rice)
Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) 1988–present Once on This Island
Ragtime
Anastasia
Seussical
Pasek and Paul
Benj Pasek
Justin Paul
 2005–present A Christmas Story: The Musical
Dear Evan Hansen
Barlow and Bear
Abigail Barlow (lyrics)
Emily Bear (music)
 2021-present The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical

Opera

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Collaborators Period Operas
Gilbert and Sullivan
W. S. Gilbert (lyrics)
Arthur Sullivan (music)
 1871–1896 Thespis
Trial by Jury
H.M.S. Pinafore
The Sorcerer
The Pirates of Penzance
Iolanthe
Patience
Princess Ida
The Mikado
Ruddigore
The Yeomen of the Guard
The Gondoliers
Utopia, Limited
The Grand Duke

Duos

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Trios

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Quartets

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