{"id":221,"date":"2012-09-30T14:06:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T14:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/favourite-love-songs.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2015-03-10T07:25:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T07:25:15","slug":"songwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/favourite-love-songs.com\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Songwriters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Without the songwriters, we wouldn\u2019t have the favourite love songs, so I have a special admiration for the people who started the ball rolling. I am going to share with you some of the people I am familiar with from my generation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chuck_Berry\" target=\"_blank\">1. Chuck Berry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think of songs like: Memphis Tennessee and The Promised Land. Tremendous songs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gordon_Lightfoot\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n2. Gordon Lightfoot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Songs like: Ribbon of Darkness, Sundown, and Did she mention my name?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dolly_Parton\" target=\"_blank\">3. Dolly Parton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Songs like: Coat of many colors, 9 to 5, and I honestly love you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Reed\" target=\"_blank\">4. Jerry Reed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A song like: Guitar Man, that I heard on an Elvis record.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cindy_Walker\" target=\"_blank\">5. Cindy Walker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She wrote so many good songs, like: Across the bridge, Distant drums, In the misty moonlight, Rosa Rio, You don\u2019t know me, and Sweet dream baby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harlan_Howard\" target=\"_blank\">6. Harlan Howard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He wrote: Heartaches by the number.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hank_Cochran\" target=\"_blank\">7. Hank Cochran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Songs like: Make the world go away, and A little bitty tear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_Cash\" target=\"_blank\">8. Johnny Cash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He wrote a lot of songs, like: I walk the line, Give my love to Rose, and Are all the children in?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willie_Nelson\" target=\"_blank\">9. Willie Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some I think of are: Crazy, Funny how time slips away, and Family Bible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lulu_Belle_and_Scotty\" target=\"_blank\">10. Scott Wiseman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He wrote one of my favourite love songs: Have I told you lately that I love you?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marty_Robbins\" target=\"_blank\">11. Marty Robbins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of his songs are: El Paso, You gave me a mountain, and My woman my woman my wife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Felice_and_Boudleaux_Bryant\" target=\"_blank\">12. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They wrote some hit songs for the Everly Brothers, like: Bye bye love, Wake up Little Susie, and All I have to do is dream.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddy_Holly\" target=\"_blank\">13. Buddy Holly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was a co-writer of songs like: That\u2019ll be the day, Peggy Sue, and True love ways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lennon_mccartney\" target=\"_blank\">14. The Beatles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Lennon and Paul McCartney were the main writers, of songs like: Love me do, She loves you, Hey Jude, and Yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mel_Tillis\" target=\"_blank\">15. Mel Tillis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My favourite love songs that he wrote are: Detroit City, and Ruby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kris_Kristofferson\" target=\"_blank\">16.\u00a0 Kris Kristofferson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check: Me and Bobby McGee, and Why me Lord?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_Gatlin\" target=\"_blank\">17. Larry Gatlin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the gold in California, and Help me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmie_Davis\" target=\"_blank\">18. Jimmy Davis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out: You are my sunshine, and Three rusty nails<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leon_Payne\" target=\"_blank\">19. Leon Payne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A big one: I love you because.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hank_Williams\" target=\"_blank\">20. Hank Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your cheating heart, Hey good looking, I saw the light, and Cold cold heart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_dylan\" target=\"_blank\">21. Bob Dylan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check: Blowing in the wind, and The times they are a changing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simon_and_garfunkel\" target=\"_blank\">22. Simon and Garfunkel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Simon wrote songs like: Homeward bound, Bridge over troubled waters, and Mrs. Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>23. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Eb8Fv6QMX6Q\" target=\"_blank\">Don Foster &#8211; Play with me Daddy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have written a few songs too, so here is one of my personal favourite love songs. My other songs can be found at this address:\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/favorite-love-songs.com\/?cat=136<\/p>\n<p>There are so many songwriters, and a few that come to my mind are: Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Billy Joel.<\/p>\n<p>I also have a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gospel web site<\/span>. If you want to check it out, go to: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countrygospelandbible.com\/\">http:\/\/countrygospelandbible.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without the songwriters, we wouldn\u2019t have the favourite love songs, so I have a special admiration for the people who started the ball rolling. 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