Songwriter Mike Brady, of " Up There Cazaly " fame, penned an updated version of the song in 1999 complete with a new verse arrangement, but it was not well received.

2000 ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Darrell Scott, who has written hit songs for the Dixie Chicks, Travis Tritt, Brad Paisley, Patty Loveless, and many others, was born in London.

* Bob Ferguson, RCA Record Producer and Songwriter, known famously for his song " On the Wings of a Dove " that was recorded first by Ferlin Husky in the early 1960s.

* Bob Ferguson, RCA Record Producer and Songwriter, known famously for his song " On the Wings of a Dove " that was recorded first by Ferlin Husky in the early 1960s.

* Tommy Stanley, Singer / Songwriter graduated from Kirbyville High School in 2004 and was on NBC's Nashville Star in 2008 placing 8th out of 65, 000 people

Music from Songwriter ( an album of duets between Nelson and Kristofferson ) was a massive country success.

* John Lennon ** ( 1940 – 1980 ) Singer, Songwriter (** He was cremated here and his ashes were given to Yoko Ono Lennon.

When in 1961, Mel Blanc was recovering from a motor vehicle accident, Daws Butler stepped in to voice Barney Rubble in five episodes of The Flintstones ( The Hit Songwriter, Droop-Along Flintstone, Fred Flintstone Woos Again, The Rock Quarry Story, The Little White Lie ).

An album of Ashman singing his own work entitled Howard Sings Ashman was released on November 11, 2008, by PS Classics as part of the Library of Congress " Songwriter Series.

In the mid-nineties Producer / Songwriter Richard Mazda wrote and produced a record, Revenge of The Funky Drummer, which was Clyde's first solo record.

In January 2004, she was nominated for eight Golden Guitars, and won seven of them, including Song of the Year for " Raining on the Plains ", Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year, Single of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.

Songwriter (" I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream "), author and lyricist, Johnson was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and died in New York, New York.

Songwriter Jimmy McHugh discovered her for his musicals, then decided she was too good for the chorus line and should have dramatic training.

Songwriter, vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist Tyrone Noonan said that the songwriting was more mature:

Songwriter Jerome Kern was meant to accompany him on the voyage, but overslept after being kept up late playing requests at a party.

Songwriter Carrie Jacobs Bond composed and sang her famous A Perfect Day while she was a guest at the Hollywood Hotel.

They were also nominated for ' Best Album ' and ' Best Album Cover ' for Icehouse but lost on both to Cold Chisel's East, Iva Davies was nominated as ' Best Songwriter ' but lost to Cold Chisel's Don Walker.

She has shared stages with Sarah McLachlan, Judy Collins, Marc Cohn, The Animals and Ani DiFranco, and was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists Of The Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine.

Anderson has been voted and nominated Songwriter Of The Year six times, Male Vocalist Of The Year, half of the Duet Of The Year with both Jan Howard and Mary Lou Turner, has hosted and starred in the Country Music Television Series Of The Year, seen his band voted Band Of The Year, and in 1975 was voted membership in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Burruss was the first African-American woman ever to win ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year award in 2000.

Songwriter / lyricist Robert B. Sherman was inspired to write the song by his own use of a bamboo walking stick.

" Chains ", which he recorded with DLT, was Single of the Year and its performers shared the Best Songwriter award.

Songwriter Snuff Garrett was hired to write songs for the film, including three for Locke's character, something which proved problematic as Locke was not a professional singer.

In a recent interview with American Songwriter Chris Hillman explained that, “ The greatest legacy of the Flying Burrito Brothers and Gram is we were the alternative country band.

In an indepth interview with American Songwriter, Simon discusses the craft of songwriting with music Journalist, Tom Moon.

In an interview with American Songwriter, Coyne stated that " Since we were releasing music every month, we thought it would be a little bit boring for us each month to say ‘ Well here ’ s four more Flaming Lips songs.

In an interview with American Songwriter Matt Slocum describes the song: “ While driving and listening to the radio, an old favorite song inspires a man to reminisce about an old relationship born from a road trip.

* Derwin Daniels, American Musician and Songwriter, currently performs with National Act Sugarfoot's Ohio Players

" Edge produced two albums with guitarist Adrian Gurvitz, Kick Off Your Muddy Boots ( 1975 ) and Paradise Ballroom ( 1976 ); Hayward composed the acoustically textured Songwriter ( 1977 ), which would be followed up in later years by Night Flight ( 1980 ), Moving Mountains ( 1985 ), ( which Hayward dedicated to Peter Knight ) Classic Blue ( 1989 ), The View From The Hill ( 1996 ), and Live In San Juan Capistrano ( 1998 ); Lodge released Natural Avenue ( 1977 ); Pinder produced The Promise ( 1976 ); and Thomas collaborated on two projects with songwriter Nicky James, producing From Mighty Oaks ( 1975 ) and Hopes, Wishes and Dreams ( 1976 ).

In 1998, she won Female Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year ( along with Pierre Marchand ), Single of the Year for " Building a Mystery ", and Album of the Year for Surfacing.

In 2000, she won an International Achievement award and in 2004, won Pop Album of the Year for Afterglow and again shared the Songwriter of the Year award with Pierre Marchand for the singles " Fallen ", " World on Fire ", and " Stupid.

In an interview with American Songwriter Magazine, Lionel Richie explained the new duets of his hit songs with, " I ’ m just gonna stand next to them again with great country artists and hug them.

Songwriter Roger Radcliffe lives in a bachelor flat in London, England along with his dalmatian Pongo.

He tells American Songwriter “ It ’ s my main axe that I play with around the house ... I even took it out when I toured with Kid Rock … it ’ s held up pretty good for how old it is .”

Songwriter Jeff Barry, who worked extensively with Spector, described the Wall of Sound:

Songwriter Marty Kristian had competed with The New Seekers in 1972.

Songwriter Andy Partridge has said of the song: " Right, well, Brainiac is the character in the Superman comics, the evil genius with the green skin and the sort of lightbulb screwed in his head.

Songwriter Cindy Ryan collaborated with outside writers including Mark Seymour of Hunters and Collectors fame on " Cold " and Paul Andrews of Lazy Susan on " Paleface " and " Beautiful Boys ".

In an interview with American Songwriter, Fallon stated that “ Any comedy album that has Justin Timberlake, Paul McCartney, Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews, Bruce Springsteen – that ’ s pretty crazy.

According to Young in a 2011 interview with American Songwriter, " They have to be together before I can be together with them.

Songwriter and musician Julian Dawson collaborated with Hopkins on one recording, the pianist's last, in spring 1994, a few months before his death in September.