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Greatest Songwriter of all time

I was reading the Dylan post and it got me thinking. There are many great songwriters that come to mind, my expertise/knowledge is primarily with rock music. If you could only pick three, what would they be? My vote for best lyrics goes to:

Jim Morrison
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Costello

Best music goes to:

Mark Knopfler
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Frank Zappa
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macrojack
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Smokey Robinson
Becker and Fagan
Jesse Winchester
Tom Paxton
Donovan
John Prine
Gil Scott Heron
McGarrigle Sisters
Stan Rogers

Some others for your consideration.
dave4u
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king David
and Leonard Cohen, and Bialik
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cpdunn99
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How can there be more than one "greatest?" If the question is 3 greatest, or 5 greatest, then lists are OK.

The Greatest: Dylan
Runners Up: Richard Thompson, Nick Cave, Iris DeMent
tunes4me
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1. Billy Joe
2. George Harrison
3. Ira Gershwin
jbangelfish
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John Lennon, Cat Stevens, Ian Anderson
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