Top Ten Songwriting Teams

[epresley]

Tony Iommi/Geezer Butler

[AJ]

Any combination of Henley/Frye/Souther

[johnroxx]

Banks/Collins/Rutherford...

;^)

[Journey/Survivor]

Jim Peterik/Frankie Sullivan
Steve Perry/Jonathan Cain
Lou Gramm/Mick Jones
Jack Blades/Kelly Keagy

[Red13JoePa]

Banks/Collins/Rutherford...

;^)

Christ Almightly, what a truism.
And my good man DaveCt will call me on this but really, can one dispute the hits that poured forth from Duke through Invisible Touch???

[larryfromnextdoor]

Any combination of Henley/Frye/Souther

oh man.. this DEFINED the 70's... good call...

[epresley]

Any combination of Henley/Frye/Souther

oh man.. this DEFINED the 70's... good call...

Lar, didn't you mean Cavazos/DuBrow???????

[Don]

Hall and Oates along with Hall's girlfiend Sara and her sister Jenna Allen. the songs that they wrote owned the charts in the early eighties.

[Don Wishon]

From the 70's - Pete Ham/Tom Evans (Badfinger)

[Gordon from Edinburgh]

Tony Iommi/Geezer Butler

Blackmore/Dio
Plant/Page

But the best of anything and i include Journey here, would be Benny Anderson/Bjorn Ulvaeus,
in terms of incredible chemistry - amazing songs with longevity and class and classy melodies.

[Don]

Tony Iommi/Geezer Butler

Blackmore/Dio
Plant/Page

But the best of anything and i include Journey here, would be Benny Anderson/Bjorn Ulvaeus,
in terms of incredible chemistry - amazing songs with longevity and class and classy melodies.

Probably the best Internationally that there has been in the last 35 years.

[EightyRock]

[quote="Gordon from Edinburgh"]
Plant/Page

Good call, Gordon. I wondered if anybody would post a duo that obvious!

[Gordon from Edinburgh]

Plant/Page

Good call, Gordon. I wondered if anybody would post a duo that obvious!

See the thing is - Journey don't need to compete with that cos there were loads of writers and combinations - unlike a lot of the pairs mentioned here. They had many versatile songwriters - and it showed in the versatility of the material down the years....
Surprised nobody put Jagger/Richards up - or did i miss it?

[Glenn]

Sambora/JBJ

Jack Blades/Kelly Keagy

Jim Peterik/Frankie Sullivan

Nothing against Survivor, but they only had one "hit" album plus the song Eye of The Tiger.


Simmons/Stanley before them 7 days a week.

Nice call on the other two though! Even though both bands played it a bit safe after they broke out, they both did write some very good and great songs.

[Glenn]

I'm not a huge Elton John fan but how could the team of Elton John/Bernie Taupin not be mentioned in that list?

EXACTLY !

[7 Wishes]

Fleischman-Tickner has not been mentioned yet. How?

[X factor]

I'm not a huge Elton John fan but how could the team of Elton John/Bernie Taupin not be mentioned in that list?

EXACTLY !

I'm with you on Simmons/ Stanley (WAY the hell over those Survivor dudes- and yes, I know I'm in the minority around here...) but John/ Taupin didn't really write that much in the 80's (and I am pretty sure this is an EIGHTIES list...)

[larryfromnextdoor]

Any combination of Henley/Frye/Souther

oh man.. this DEFINED the 70's... good call...

Lar, didn't you mean Cavazos/DuBrow???????

[larryfromnextdoor]

[Simmons/Stanley before them 7 days a week.

I'm with you on Simmons/ Stanley (WAY the hell over those Survivor dudes- and yes, I know I'm in the minority around here...) but John/ Taupin didn't really write that much in the 80's (and I am pretty sure this is an EIGHTIES list...)

i think paul and gene really only wrote 2 songs together .. and they both remember it differently..

[Journey/Survivor]

Sambora/JBJ

Jack Blades/Kelly Keagy

Jim Peterik/Frankie Sullivan

Nothing against Survivor, but they only had one "hit" album plus the song Eye of The Tiger.


Simmons/Stanley before them 7 days a week.

Nice call on the other two though! Even though both bands played it a bit safe after they broke out, they both did write some very good and great songs.

Wow wow wow.

First of all Survivor had far more hits than just EOTT.

Burning Heart #2
The Search Is Over #4
High On You #8
Is This Love #9
I Can't Hold Back #13
American Heartbeat #17
Poor Man's Son #33

And second of all, not every hit song that has ever been recorded is a great song. Hit's don't prove greatness, and lack of hits doesn't mean that a songwriter/s isn't great.

Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan is a lot like Lennon and McCartney.

[Glenn]

Sambora/JBJ

Jack Blades/Kelly Keagy

Jim Peterik/Frankie Sullivan

Nothing against Survivor, but they only had one "hit" album plus the song Eye of The Tiger.


Simmons/Stanley before them 7 days a week.

Nice call on the other two though! Even though both bands played it a bit safe after they broke out, they both did write some very good and great songs.

Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan is a lot like Lennon and McCartney.

Did you really just compare Peterik/Sullivan to Lennon/McCartney ????

[X factor]

Sambora/JBJ

Jack Blades/Kelly Keagy

Jim Peterik/Frankie Sullivan

Nothing against Survivor, but they only had one "hit" album plus the song Eye of The Tiger.


Simmons/Stanley before them 7 days a week.

Nice call on the other two though! Even though both bands played it a bit safe after they broke out, they both did write some very good and great songs.

Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan is a lot like Lennon and McCartney.

Did you really just compare Peterik/Sullivan to Lennon/McCartney ????

YEs...there LOADS like Lennon and McCartney. Let's see...they're both MEN...they both play guitar... they both have red blood...yep. That's about where the comparison ends.

[Journey/Survivor]

I knew I was going to get a reaction out of my Lennon/McCartney comparison.

Peterik and Sullivan aren't legends like Lennon and McCartney. But in terms of songwriting greatness, yes, Peterik and Sullivan are right there with them. Jim Peterik especially is a songwriting machine.

[Tito]

Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan is a lot like Lennon and McCartney.

Did you really just compare Peterik/Sullivan to Lennon/McCartney ????[/quote]

That's disgusting. How dare you compare those two overrated commies Lennon/McCartney to greatness of Peterik/Sullivan. Peterik and Sullivan are much better.

[Saint John]

Yoko Ono was 20 years too late. I hate her for that. Though she did come through late in the game.

[Don]

I knew I was going to get a reaction out of my Lennon/McCartney comparison.

Peterik and Sullivan aren't legends like Lennon and McCartney. But in terms out songwriting greatness, yes, Peterik and Sullivan are right there with them. Jim Peterik especially is a songwriting machine.

[Tito]

I knew I was going to get a reaction out of my Lennon/McCartney comparison.

Peterik and Sullivan aren't legends like Lennon and McCartney. But in terms out songwriting greatness, yes, Peterik and Sullivan are right there with them. Jim Peterik especially is a songwriting machine.

I'm sticking up for my guy, Journey/Survivor here. Lennon and McCartney are so f'n overrated it isn't funny. Their songs (early) are good. Nothing more, nothing less. Their late shit, they should jailed for.

[Rick]

This list sucks. While I agree the Jboys should be there, who the fuck are the rest of those people.

[epresley]

[Simmons/Stanley before them 7 days a week.

I'm with you on Simmons/ Stanley (WAY the hell over those Survivor dudes- and yes, I know I'm in the minority around here...) but John/ Taupin didn't really write that much in the 80's (and I am pretty sure this is an EIGHTIES list...)

i think paul and gene really only wrote 2 songs together .. and they both remember it differently..

Peter Criss/Stan Penridge???? No wait, all of those songs were just Stan..............

[Marc S]

What a bullshit list.

Where's Mutt Lange/Def Leppard, Mutt Lange/ACDC, Mutt Lange, with, well whoever? King Midas

Where's Desmond Child/Jon BJ and Ritchie S?

And Quincy Jones/Michael Jackson?

There's a stack of units just there.