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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INDIO, CALIFORNIA – Singer Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn performs on the Mane Stage during day 3 of Stagecoach Music Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 26, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Stagecoach)
The Doors L-R Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison and John Densmorer pose for a portrait circa 1968 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Edmund Teske/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American pop group The Beach Boys pose in front of an earlier group portrait, London, 2nd November 1964. Left to right in both images: Dennis Wilson (1944 – 1983), Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Carl Wilson (1946 – 1998). (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
