In addition to the many songs recorded by him, in 1956 he co-wrote, with Jody Williams, the pioneering pop song " Love Is Strange ", a hit for Mickey & Sylvia in 1957.

Ingram, older than the rest of the members of the band, left to serve active duty in Vietnam, and was later replaced by Walter " Clyde " Orange, the second lead singer who wrote or co-wrote many of their hit tunes before Lionel Richie came on board.

In 1992, Claude Sautet co-wrote ( with Jacques Fieschi ) and directed Un Coeur en Hiver, considered by many to be a masterpiece.

In the early stages of ABBA, Anderson co-wrote many of the songs ' lyrics, among them some of the band's biggest hits, such as " Ring Ring " ( 1973 ), " Waterloo " ( 1974 ), " Honey, Honey " ( 1974 ), " I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do " ( 1975 ), " Mamma Mia " ( 1975 ), " S. O. S " ( 1975 ), " Fernando " ( 1976 ), " Dancing Queen " ( 1976 ), " Knowing Me, Knowing You " ( 1977 ), and " The Name of the Game " ( 1977 ).

He was also the primary author of most of the scripts, although he co-wrote many scripts with various collaborators, most notably Larry Stephens and Eric Sykes.

He was also a prolific songwriter and many songs he wrote or co-wrote are still popular, such as " Honeysuckle Rose ", " Ain't Misbehavin '" and " Squeeze Me ".

Welch was a key reason for the band's move from England to California in the mid-1970s, played lead and rhythm guitar and wrote or co-wrote many of the songs on five Fleetwood Mac albums.

Kidd co-wrote many of these books with her husband, Clark L. Kidd.

Her first album, 1988's Martika, spawned the song “ Toy Soldiers ,” which she co-wrote with her producer Michael Jay, and became a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom and many other countries.

Though primarily a keyboardist, Junie composed or co-wrote several of the band's hits at the height of their popularity and served as a lead vocalist, producer, and arranger on many songs for the collective.

He played the piano, keyboards and organ in both groups and co-wrote or did the arrangements for many of the bands ' hits.

Pope also wrote or co-wrote many comic songs for Not the Nine O ' Clock News and Spitting Image including British Number 1 hit single " The Chicken Song " with Rob Grant & Doug Naylor and along with Simon Franglen, he did the main theme for Round the Bend for Yorkshire TV, a three series comedy shown on CITV, later shown on Channel 4 and Nickelodeon.

He co-wrote many of the band's most popular songs.

Wesley Earl " Wes " Craven ( born August 2, 1939 ) is an American film director, writer, producer, actor, perhaps best known as the director of many horror films, particularly slasher films, including the famed A Nightmare on Elm Street, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and he also co-wrote A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors with Bruce Wagner, featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character and has directed the entire Scream series, featuring Ghostface.

While Burke wrote or co-wrote many of those songs, he confessed: " I couldn ’ t write music or read music.

He co-wrote many popular songs in the years from 1900 to 1929, often collaborating with Turner Layton, with whom he also appeared in vaudeville.

Songwriter Richie Cordell wrote ( or co-wrote ) and produced many of the group's hits, among them the classic good-timing " I Think We're Alone Now ", " Mirage ", and " Mony Mony ".

Boon Gould co-wrote many of the tracks with King, Lindup and Badarou.

Mike Lindup added keyboards and vocals to many tracks, and Boon Gould co-wrote most of the album with King as well as contributing a guitar solo on the track " Ship.

He later wrote or co-wrote many popular films, including the Shirley Temple vehicles Heidi and Wee Willie Winkie ( both 1937 ), Suez ( 1938 ) and Stanley and Livingstone ( 1939 ).

Adams also co-wrote many songs for other bands during this time including " War Machine " and " Rock and Roll Hell " for Kiss, and " No Way to Treat a Lady " for Bonnie Raitt.

Her debut album, Home to Myself, was released in 1973 ; Manchester co-wrote many of its songs with Carole Bayer Sager.

He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs and along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs he founded Capitol Records.

Seger has recorded many hits, including " Night Moves ", " Turn the Page ", " We've Got Tonight ", " Against the Wind ", and " Like a Rock ", and also co-wrote the Eagles ' number-one hit " Heartache Tonight ".

During this period, he also wrote or co-wrote numerous popular songs that made the Hit Parade, the most noteworthy being " Blame It on My Youth " ( 1934 ), now considered a standard.

He also wrote or co-wrote songs for other artists such as " Calypso Rock " for Dave Day and The Red Coats on Kapp in 1956, " A. B. C.

Their record was produced by Bob Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh ; Mark also co-wrote some of the songs.

The group began composing and performing their own songs during this time including a Brown composition called " Goin ' Back to Rome " and a ballad Brown co-wrote with Terry titled " Please, Please, Please ".

During this time, Berry co-wrote and / or arranged and produced songs for artists outside of Jan and Dean, including The Angels (" I Adore Him ", Top 30 ), the Gents, the Matadors ( Sinners ), Judy & Jill, Pixie ( unreleased ), Jill Gibson, Shelley Fabares, Deane Hawley, The Rip Chords (" Three Window Coupe ", Top 30 ), and Johnny Crawford, among others.

He co-wrote 850 songs.

Moore composed the soundtrack music and co-wrote ( with Cook ) the songs performed in the film.

Lange and Twain either wrote or co-wrote the songs that would form her second studio album, The Woman in Me.

In fact, singing duties on the group's albums were evenly divided among all of the band's members, all of whom wrote or co-wrote their songs.

With the series character designs finalized and the story set, Yoko Kanno was selected to write the songs for the series, including the background songs which she co-wrote with Hajime Mizoguchi.

Woodley co-wrote some songs with Simon, including " Red Rubber Ball " which became a US No. 2 single for the Cyrkle.

Doe and Cervenka co-wrote most of the group's songs, and their slightly off-kilter harmony vocals remain perhaps the group's most distinctive element.

Composer Joseph LoDuca wrote the theme music and incidental music, and co-wrote the lyrics for the songs in " The Bitter Suite ".

Tom Jones wrote or co-wrote the following songs: " And I Tell The Sea ", " Looking Out My Window ", " Feel The Rain ", " Jezebel ", " The Letter ", " Younger Days ", " Tom Jones International ", " Holiday ", " The Road ", " 24 Hours ", " Seasons ", " We Got Love ", " Seen That Face ", " Give A Little Love ", " If He Should Ever Leave You ", " Whatever It Takes " and " Didn't It Rain ".

During his time in the UK, Simon co-wrote several songs with Bruce Woodley of the Australian pop group The Seekers including " I Wish You Could Be Here ," " Cloudy ", and " Red Rubber Ball "; Woodley's co-author credit was omitted from " Cloudy " on the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme album.

" Bill Laswell ( see below ) co-wrote those three songs with Lydon.

Wilson also produced records for other artists, but to much lesser success, with the exception of Jan and Dean, for whom Wilson co-wrote several hit songs.

Wilson played and sang on much of the 1971 Surf's Up album and wrote or co-wrote four of the album's ten songs, including the title track, which was a Carl Wilson-produced rerecording of the legendary 1966 SMiLE track.

Morel co-produced and co-wrote several songs with Cyndi Lauper for her 2008 album Bring Ya to the Brink including the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play # 1 single " Same Ol ' Story ".

Phil Keaggy was a member of a mid-1960s garage rock band called the Squires ; one of their songs, which he co-wrote, appears on the compilation album Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 9.

Phil Keaggy was a member of a mid-1960s garage rock band called the Squires ; one of their songs, which he co-wrote, appears on the compilation album Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 9.