The Beatles released 229 songs during their decade as a band. The vast majority of Beatles tunes were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with 22 credited to guitarist George Harrison and only ...

Billy Joel marks his 77th birthday and credits Beethoven as the greatest composer of all time while reflecting on classical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Moffly on Deposit Photos Any parent knows the feeling. You’re rocking a baby at 3 a.m., watching your kid ride a bike for ...

Test your knowledge of some of our songwriters’ biggest hits. By Renan Borelli Many of the artists on our 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters list have excelled at writing hits for other people.

David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working class anthem “Take This Job and Shove It″ and had hits with “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” and “The Ride” among others, has ...

Harry O’Connor has been announced as the winner of the West Wicklow Chamber Festival’s emerging composer competition, and ...

William Billings has been largely forgotten, except among music historians. But he was the country’s first notable composer, ...

Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts have finished work on their follow-up to 2025’s Talkin’ to the Trees, and it includes three songs that Young wrote 63 years ago. They went into the sessions at Rick ...

Taylor Swift revealed in a new interview with the New York Times Magazine that she wrote her hit 2008 song “Love Story” when she clashed with her parents, Scott and Andrea Swift, over an older man. “I ...

Most people know John Fogerty as the founder of Creedence Clearwater Revival. He also has a very successful solo career. Artistry aside, Fogerty is an extremely talented songwriter, penning all four ...

Even our biggest idols have idols of their own. Here are three songs that some of the most famous songwriters wish they’d thought to write first. In the Billy Joel: And So It Goes documentary, ...

Kneecap will donate all of the profits from their new album Fenian to charity, with The Palestine Solidarity Campaign in ...