List of songwriter collaborations
This is a list of famous songwriter tandems of popular music and pop standards. It is limited to pairs responsible for multiple hit records or hit Broadway shows over a lengthy period of time, with influence and staying power measured in decades.
- Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus
- Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
- Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson
- Burt Bacharach & Hal David
- Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
- Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn
- Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
- Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
- Donald Fagen & Walter Becker
- Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel
- Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown
- Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter
- Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin
- W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan
- Gerry Goffin & Carole King
- Mack Gordon & Harry Revel
- Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
- Isaac Hayes & David Porter
- Don Henley & Glenn Frey
- Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
- Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland, Jr.
- Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
- Elton John & Bernie Taupin
- Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney
- Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
- John Linnel & John Flansburgh
- Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller
- Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
- Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
- Jimmy McHugh & Harold Adamson
- Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
- Steven Morrissey & Johnny Marr
- Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
- Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
- Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger
- Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
- Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
- Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman
- Joe Strummer & Mick Jones
- Steven Tyler & Joe Perry
- Harry Warren & Al Dubin
- Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong