List of songwriter collaborations

This is a list of notable songwriter teams.

Rock, soul and pop

Collaborators	Period	Songs
Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus[1] of ABBA and post-ABBA	1966[2]-present	"Waterloo" "SOS" "Mamma Mia" "Fernando" "Dancing Queen"
Ashford & Simpson[3]	1964-2011	"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	"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"
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	"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		"Do It Again" "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, the Bee Gees (and also for other artists)[8][9]		"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[10][11]		"The Windmills of Your Mind" (with Michel Legrand) "The Way We Were" (with Marvin Hamlisch)
Boyce and Hart[12]		"Come a Little Bit Closer" (with Wes Farrell) "(Theme From) The Monkees" "Last Train to Clarksville" "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant[13]		"Bye Bye Love" "Wake Up, Little Susie" "Rocky Top"
Gamble and Huff[14]	early 1960s-?	"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[15]	1968-1979	"Comfortably Numb" "Wish You Were Here" "Run Like Hell" "Dogs"
Gerry Goffin and Carole King[3]		"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[16][17]		"Hold On, I'm A Comin'" "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" "Soul Man" "I Thank You"
Holland–Dozier–Holland[18] Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (music) Eddie Holland (lyrics)	1960s-1970s	"(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"
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards[3][19] 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[20] Bert Kalmar (lyrics) Harry Ruby (music)	1920-1947	"Who's Sorry Now?" "I Wanna Be Loved by You" "Three Little Words"
Lennon–McCartney[3][21] of The Beatles John Lennon Paul McCartney	1957-1969
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller[3][22] Jerry Leiber (lyrics) Mike Stoller (music)	1950-?	"Hound Dog" "Jailhouse Rock" "Kansas City" "Stand By Me" (with Ben E. King) "On Broadway" (with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
Livingston and Evans[23][24] Jay Livingston (music) Ray Evans (lyrics)		"Silver Bells" "Buttons and Bows" "Mona Lisa" "Que Sera, Sera" "Tammy"
Barry Mann (music) and Cynthia Weil (lyrics)[25][26]	1960-?	"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'"
Morrissey (lyrics) and Johnny Marr (music)[27][28] 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[29]		"Save the Last Dance for Me" "This Magic Moment" "A Teenager in Love" "Suspicion" "Viva Las Vegas"
Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards[30] of Chic	early 1970s-1983	"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (with Kenny Lehman) "Le Freak" "Good Times" "We Are Family"
Sherman Brothers[31][32] Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman		"It's a Small World (After All)" "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" "Chim Chim Cher-ee" "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" "You're Sixteen"
Stock Aitken Waterman[33] Mike Stock Matt Aitken Pete Waterman	1984-1991	"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[34][35]		"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "War" "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" "Smiling Faces Sometimes" "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
Joe Strummer and Mick Jones[36][37] of The Clash		"London Calling" "Rock the Casbah"
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe[38][39][40] of Pet Shop Boys	1981–present	"West End Girls" "It's a Sin" "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (with Allee Willis)

Jazz

Collaborators	Period	Songs
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn[41][42][43]
George (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics)[44][45]		"The Man I Love" "I Got Rhythm" "'S Wonderful"
Rodgers and Hart[43] Richard Rodgers (music) Lorenz Hart (lyrics)	1919-1943

Musicals

Collaborators	Period	Musicals
Betty Comden and Adolph Green[46][47]		On the Town (with Leonard Bernstein) Wonderful Town (with Leonard Bernstein) Bells Are Ringing (with Jule Styne)
Kander and Ebb[48][49] John Kander (music) Fred Ebb (lyrics)		Cabaret Chicago Kiss of the Spider Woman
Lerner and Loewe Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) Frederick Loewe (music)		My Fair Lady Camelot Brigadoon
Rodgers and Hammerstein Richard Rodgers (music) Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)	1940s-1960	Oklahoma! Carousel The King and I South Pacific The Sound of Music
Rodgers and Hart Richard Rodgers (music) Lorenz Hart (lyrics)	1919-1943	Jumbo Babes in Arms Pal Joey
Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics)[50][51]	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)

Opera

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

• Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus
• Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
• Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson
• Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
• Burt Bacharach and Hal David
• Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
• Bono and The Edge
• Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn
• Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
• Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
• Donald Fagen and Walter Becker
• Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
• John Flansburgh and John Linnell (They Might Be Giants)
• Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
• Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
• Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
• Ira Gershwin and George Gershwin
• 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
• Don Henley and Glenn Frey
• Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
• James Samuel Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis
• Antonio 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
• John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• 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
• Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
• Steven Morrissey and Johnny Marr
• Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
• Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
• Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger
• Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
• Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
• Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
• Joe Strummer and Mick Jones
• Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
• Steven Tyler and Joe Perry
• Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn
• Harry Warren and Al Dubin
• 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

Trios

• Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
• Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, Jr.
• Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Peter Waterman

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