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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting effect on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with the lyricist Bernie Taupin is one of the most successful in history. John was the 19th person to achieve an "EGOT", winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards. He has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Duke Ellington
American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)
Langston Hughes
American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898–1937)
Leonard Bernstein
American conductor and composer (1918–1990)
Irving Berlin
American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
British theatre composer (born 1948)
Aaron Copland
American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor (1900-1990)
Henry Mancini
American film composer (1924–1994)
Cole Porter
American composer and songwriter (1891–1964)
Michel Legrand
French film score composer (1932–2019)
Burt Bacharach
American pianist, composer, producer (1928–2023)
Trey Parker
American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1969)
Matt Stone
American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1971)
Kurt Weill
German composer (1900–1950)
Sara Bareilles
American recording artist; pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist
Richard Rodgers
American composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902–1979)
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist (1930–2021)
Lin-Manuel Miranda
American songwriter and composer (born 1980)
Jerome Kern
American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945)
Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer (1904–1943)
André Previn
German-American conductor, pianist, and composer (1929–2019)
Alan Menken
American composer (born 1949)
Elmer Bernstein
American composer and conductor (1922-2004)
Barry Manilow
American singer
Tim Rice
British lyricist and author
Harold Arlen
American composer of popular music (1905-1986)
Ira Gershwin
American lyricist (1896–1983)
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer and conductor (1944-2012)
David Bryan
American keyboardist
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899–1981)
Oscar Hammerstein II
American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and director of musicals (1895–1960)
Johnny Mercer
American lyricist, songwriter, singer and record executive (1909–1976)
Jonathan Larson
American composer and playwright (1960–1996)
Stephen Schwartz
American musical theatre lyricist and composer
Elliot Goldenthal
American composer
Richard Wilbur
American poet (1921-2017)
Robert Lopez
American songwriter of musicals
George M. Cohan
American entertainer, composer and playwright (1878–1942)
Alan Jay Lerner
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
Sammy Cahn
American lyricist, songwriter, musician (1913-1993)
Victor Young
American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor, orchestra leader (1900-1956)
Lorenz Hart
American lyricist (1895–1943)
Hal David
American poet and lyricist (1921–2012)
Arthur Freed
American lyricist and Hollywood film producer (1894-1973)
Jerry Herman
American composer and lyricist (1931-2019)
Frank Loesser
American songwriter (1910–1969)
Anthony Newley
British actor and musician (1931–1999)
Frederick Loewe
Austrian-American composer (1901–1988)
Howard Ashman
American playwright and lyricist (1950-1991)
John Kander
American musical theatre composer
Harry Warren
American composer and lyricist (1893–1981)
Sigmund Romberg
Hungarian-born American composer (1887–1951)
Leiber-Stoller
American songwriting and record producing duo
Yip Harburg
American lyricist (1896–1981)
Ellie Greenwich
American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer (1940-2009)
Adam Schlesinger
American musician (1967–2020)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
American songwriter
Richard M. Sherman
American composer (1928-2024)
Claude-Michel Schönberg
French composer of musical theater