who is the greatest songrwriter?
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George benson his song are brill
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"THE BEST ESSAY EVER WRITTEN"
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Thomas Jefferson.\n\nHe wrote the Decleration of Independence, otherwise, we wouldnt be free.\n\nYou bunch of hippies!
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I think that depends on if you are in love when you hear it and how deeply. Also to identify you would most likely have to enjoy the style of music. It leaves the question open to a point. I think the best love song ever written comes from the heart and given honestly to another. Yours might be one you've written or been given.Because only you know, no matter how much you can try to express it will know how much it means to you.\nPeace
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Wow, I do not have time to write my Doctoral Thesis right now so, I'm just going to have to say Floyd. Remember, we are talking personal fav of the two not who has enfluenced who or who has had the biggest impact on music or culture.
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"The greatest American writer of free verse is probably Walt Whitman. His great collection of free verse was titled Leaves of Grass and it was published in 1855" - first link below.\n\n"Free verse (also at times referred to as vers libre) is a term describing various styles of poetry that are not written using strict meter or rhyme, but that still are recognizable as 'poetry' by virtue of complex patterns of one sort or another that readers can perceive to be part of a coherent whole."\n\n"American poet, journalist and essayist, best known for LEAVES OF GRASS (1855), which was occasionally banned, and the poems 'I Sing the Body Electric' and 'Song of Myself.' Whitman incorporated natural speech rhythms into poetry. He disregarded metre, but the overall effect has a melodic character. Harold Bloom has stated in The Western Canon (1994) that "no Western poet, in the past century and half, not even Browning, or Leopardi or Baudelaire, overshadows Walt Whitman or Emily Dickinson." - last link\n\nHope this helps. Was constrained by your time limit.
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Ever?? Wow that's a tough one. I'd probably have to go with Carl Orff, the composer best known for "Carmina Burana."\n\nGreatest contemporary songwriter would have to be Paul McCartney. Runner ups include Paul Simon, Sting, Pete Townshend, and Tom Petty. Of course, you can't forget older musical greats like Cole Porter, Perry Como, or Bobby Darin.
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By biggest do you mean longest? I don't just look for the person who wrote the most, just the one who answered the question most thoroughly. I like when answers are more than just a few words, but it also annoys me when they're are 1500 words. Even so, I try to read all answers completely. Thanks for answering my questions! :o)
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yes i love him he is the best song writer. did you know he sold the rights to his music to walmart in usa and now he is unavalible to buy in the uk. i love him so much do u know wher i cud download da greatest hits
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THE BEATLES --NO DOUBT (a statement / not the group)  BUT HONORABLE MENTION HAS TO GO TO BOB DYLAN
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I would say Salim Ali or perhaps Mriganka Sur, if you're looking for someone that is still alive.  Both are quite famous in their own fields.
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Sam Cooke.\nHere are the lyrics:\nhttp://lirama.net/song.plp/2217/2217
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Clapton wrote "Layla" for Patti Harrison.\nMick Jagger wrote "As Tears Go By" for Marianne Faithfull.\nJohn Lennon wrote "Woman" for that bitch, Yoko Ono.\nBernie Taupin wrote "The B!tch is Back" for Elton John, (his girlfriend : )\nJerry Garcia wrote "Mountain Girl" for Carolyn, his wife.
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eric clapton\n\ncarlos santana\n\nB B King\n\nStevie Ray Vaughan\n\nit's not who is the fastest, or loudest,  or who can make the strangest noises, it's who is consistant, accurate, creative, timeless..\n\n\nOH, YEA , i almost forgot....ESTEBAN!
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Van Halen is the greatest!!! Although I have to disagree with you on their best song... "Hot For Teacher" is the most incredible song ever. Just listen to the drum intro...sounds like a finely tuned motorcycle engine. Eddie is the KING!!!
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I would imagine it would have to be Shakespear. Even though I love other poets such as Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespears writtings have become more popular and widely distributed. I have no hard facts, but, I would imagine this to be true since so many allusions to his work come in so many movies and songs. Entire movies are made of his writtings. I could, however, be wrong since it is only my own mere speculation.
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to me personally Joe Strummer\nto everybody else, i don't know\nMartin Luther King\nJesus\nGhandi\nBuddha