There have been several great American songwriters in the past century and one can find many of the concerns of modern America in the national songbook but this is the first time that American songs have been regarded as “literature.” Over seven decades Dylan has addressed the changes that A...
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Also ranks #6 on The Greatest Living Rock Songwriters Also ranks #22 on The 250+ Best Songwriters Of All Time, Ranked Also ranks #35 on The 125+ Best Solo Artists Who Used To Front A Band 2 Simon and Garfunkel 280 votes Undoubtedly, Simon and Garfunkel's haunting harmonies ...
Videos by American Songwriter 1. Bruce Springsteen BothBruce Springsteen and Bob Dylanare absolutely legendary singer/songwriters, so it only makes sense that a duet or two between them would eventually happen. However, it is worth noting that Springsteen was a major fan of Dylan before they met...
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George Harrison admitted that "If I Needed Someone" was his take on the Byrds' "The Bells of Rhymney." The Byrds were the only American group that the Beatles were friendly with and had a dialogue with. Those original Byrds really changed the world in that short time they were together....
Who Put the Bomp: “Stupid Cupid” was co-written by Brill Building stalwarts Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka, the latter of whom was about to become one of the biggest singer-songwriters in pop thanks to his own hits like “Calendar Girl” and “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.” Because...
The American Dream has a lot of back alleys, and he was showing those things, and I felt like, here's a guy trying to talk to me about something I had seen firsthand. I think the artist's primary responsibility is to reflect what life was like in their time. Talking Heads did ...