What do you really want to know about the music artists you love most? American Songwriter has the latest news on popular music’s most fascinating figures, of course. But let’s go deeper. Let’s pick through the inner-workings of a smash hit. Or learn about songs you may think you know well, but most certainly do not know the famous artists who wrote them.
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MONTEREY CA – JUNE 18: Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas performs on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 18 1967 in Monterey, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The Cure – Andy Anderson (Clifford Leon Anderson) (1951 – 2019), Lol Tolhurst, Paul "Porl" Thompson And Robert Smith – 1984, The Cure – Clifford Leon Anderson, Lol Tolhurst, Paul "Porl" Thompson And Robert Smith – 1984 (Photo by Brian Rasic/Getty Images)
(08/24/2003-Boston, MA) BEN FOLDS IN CONCERT AT FLEETBOSTON PAVILION – Ben Folds performs Sunday night at the FleetBoston Pavilion. (082403foldsre -Staff photo by Robert Eng. Saved Photo Monday /photo 1) (Photo by Robert Eng/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 06: Beck performs onstage during The Art of Elysium's 25th Anniversary HEAVEN Gala at The Wiltern on January 06, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for The Art of Elysium)
JANUARY 01: ROYAL ALBERT HALL Photo of Eric CLAPTON, performing live onstage, playing Martin acoustic guitar / (L-R) Joseph Simmons of music group Run–D.M.C., Steven Tyler of music group Aerosmith, Darryl McDaniels of music group Run–D.M.C., and Joe Perry of music group Aerosmith perform onstage during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California (Photo by Mick Hutson/Redferns; Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy )
