Top ten American composers/songwriters

Foster
Sousa
Joplin
Gershwin
Copland
Jimmie Rodgers
Ellington
Richard Rodgers
Dylan
Porter

I constantly revisit this topic listening and reading. Thoughts?

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bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,816 posts 04-06-2020 at 01:27pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Oops, right you are, @vinylandtubes (love the handle!). Squeeze sounds so American (as did The Beatles, imo) I had forgotten. I got to seem them live in London while there in late '82. @davepratt: Good one, Bacharach definitely deserves inclusion.
wsrrsw Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,033 posts 04-06-2020 at 03:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Carla Bley please! The "list" is almost entirely men. Mildred J. Hill wrote the most popular song of all time. She should make every list yet no one knows who the is. I had to look her up! Perhaps a split between composers/songwriters would be better? Also different genres of music too? I could toss off many Jazz greats but not a single hip hopper, gospel, metal, or trance composers/songwriter.
jpwarren58 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 671 posts 04-06-2020 at 05:46pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete History of popular songs yes. History of composers and songwriters, a footnote. Carol King has been suggested. Not sure why so few women composers/songwriters. Plenty of feminine involvement in classical performance. I don't think we feel threatened any longer. Would be a great thread to explore.
schubert Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,386 posts 04-09-2020 at 04:06pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The BEST one is Samuel Barber !
jpwarren58 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 671 posts 04-09-2020 at 05:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete And coming from Schubert completely makes sense. It was between Barber and Copland. Copland more American imho.

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