Keep ’em coming. A lot of quality names. Leonard Cohen, however, is a Canadian. Ahem... But Joni can be counted in because she abandoned Canada for New York and then L.A.
A lot of the greats already listed. I’ll add Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry, Dave Bartholomew, Pomus/Shuman, Leiber/Stoller, Willie Dixon, Buddy Holly, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Iris Dement, John Hiatt, Rodney Crowell, Felice & Boudleaux Bryant, Goffin/King, Greenwich/Barry, Mann/Weil, and Holland/Dozier/Holland (writers of the sublime "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted").
Samuel Barber Walter Piston Howard Hanson John Adams Elliot Carter Phillip Glass (reluctantly and depending on how one defines “top” 🤔)
In Jazz and popular music:
Billy Strayhorn Wayne Shorter Benny Golson Thelonious Monk Cole Porter Ervin Berlin Hoagy Carmichael Jerome Kern Stephen Sondheim Oscar Hammerstein Stevie Wonder
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