List of English-language songwriters

This is a list of English-language songwriters with articles on Penny's Poetry Pages.

B

 * 1) Grizel Baillie (1665-1746), Scotland
 * 2) Syd Barrett (1946-2006), England
 * 3) Larry Beckett (born 1947), United States
 * 4) James A. Bland (1854-1911), United States
 * 5) Alexander Boswell (1775-1822), Scotland
 * 6) Fred G. Bowles (1899-1918 fl.), United States
 * 7) Shelton Brooks (1886-1975), United States
 * 8) Johnny Burke (1851-1930), Canada

C

 * 1) Thomas Campion (1567-1620), England
 * 2) Paul Cargnello (born 1979), Canada
 * 3) Richard Carleton (died 1638?), England
 * 4) Jim Carroll (1949-2009), United States
 * 5) Johnny Cash (1932-2003), United States
 * 6) Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), Canada
 * 7) Billy Corgan (born 1967), United States
 * 8) Ida Cox (1896-1967), United States
 * 9) Louisa McCartney Crawford (1790-1858), United States

D

 * 1) Harry Dacre (1860-1922), England
 * 2) Tanya Davis (born 1979), Canada
 * 3) Charles Dibdin (745-1814), England
 * 4) Will Dockery (born 1958), United States
 * 5) Pete Doherty (born 1979), England
 * 6) Gordon Downie (1964-2017), Canada
 * 7) Bob Dylan (born 1941), United States

F

 * 1) Ferron (born 1952), Canada
 * 2) Lena Guilbert Ford (1870-1918), United States
 * 3) Stephen Foster (1826-1864), United States
 * 4) Percy French (1854-1920), Ireland

G

 * 1) W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911), England

H

 * 1) Paul Haines (1933-2003), Canada
 * 2) W.C. Handy (1873-1958), United States

J

 * 1) Jack Judge (1872-1938), England

L

 * Samuel Lover (1797-1868), Ireland

M

 * 1) Charles Mackay (1814-1889), Scotland
 * 2) Paul McCartney (born 1942), England
 * 3) Abel Meeropol (1903-1986), United States
 * 4) Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Ireland
 * 5) Jim Morrison (1943-1971), United States

N

 * 1) Carolina Nairne (1766-1845), Scotland

O

 * 1) John O'Keeffe (1747-1833), Ireland

P

 * 1) Martin Peerson (?1571-1651?), England
 * 2) George Henry Powell (1888-1951), Wales
 * 3) John Phillips (1935-2001), United States
 * 4) Adelaide Procter (1825-1864), England

R

 * 1) Lou Reed (1942-2013), United States
 * 2) Sixto Rodriguez (born 1942), United States
 * 3) Adrian Ross (1859-1933), England

S

 * 1) Pete Seeger (1919-2014), United States
 * 2) Patti Smith (born 1946), United States
 * 3) Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (1810-1900), Scotland

T

 * 1) Jeff Tweedy (born 1967), United States

W

 * 1) Edmund Waller (1606-1687), England
 * 2) John Francis Waller (1810-1894), Ireland
 * 3) Edwin Waugh (1817-1890), England
 * 4) Frederic Weatherly (1848-1929), England
 * 5) Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984), United States
 * 6) Septimus Winner (1827-1902), United States