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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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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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duddley
78 posts
 
How about,

Pete Townsend
Paul Simon
Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Rogers and Hammerstein
John Philip Sousa
Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Sting
Lennon and McCartney
Irving Berlin
Glen Miller
Benny Goodman
Lou Reed
Paul Anka
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timf
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Laura Nyro-maybe not the greatest, but a true original & one that helped considerably in widening the arena for women in music. I think her lyrics strike this uneasy balance between music and poetry
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