gregory allman and dicky betts crosby/still/nash r. van zant/ a. collins / g. rosington

I just stumbled across this accidently. But judging from this list, RS has miraculously been able to gather in one place, the worst genetic defectives and low- grade morons to ever roam the planet!

Rose/Stradlin

Rose/Stradlin

Uh! And Chad Smith-Flea-Josh Klinghoffer

Yeeeeah ;D

Anthony Kiedis - JOHN FRUSCIANTE

(I love John, I love him, I love RHCP!)

and Phil Collins - Gabriel

page/plant of course ! definetely…

townshend/daltr ey is not a duo. daltrey didn’t write a lot for the who.

for ac/dc we should say young/young rather than johnson/young. the two brothers are the real songwriters in ac/dc all over the years.

First off I would say Elton and Bernie, and I am glad to see their names come up so many times on the list as well. 40 years together, and they still produce something as stellar as Captain and the Kid last year, which sounds like they wrote it in 1973 (around their peak time). Simply amazing.

John/ Paul, Mick/ Keith, Page/ Plant, Morrisey/ Marr were all good in their time, and it’s evident in their solo work that they needed each other.

elton and bernie
Elton and Bernie
ELTON AND BERNIE
oh and
John and Taupin

Wow, i guess RS hates Zeppelin as much as I do. Of all the 60-70’s acts I had on vinyl and cassette before the advent of the CD,Zeppelin is the only one I have not upgraded-still on vinyl or cassette (with the exception of “Physical Graffiti”), I guess Page/Plant suck too much for me to spend any more hard-earned dollars on by getting CD’s of.
jagger/Richards deserve #1 out of sheer longevity and consistency.
Macca/Lennon #2 out of lack of longevity.Anybody on this thread who doubt McCartney’s musical genius should listen to his bass playing on just about any Beatles song,but most notably on “Come Together”. Lennon and Macca needed each other like fish and water.
Witness the bass playing (and subsequent musicality of Lennon’s solo albums (mostly on “Mind Games” with it’s atrocious bass playing)to see how Macca’s musical abilities helped Lennon’s material.
It’s great that the world got to have LenMac for as long as it did,but i wish they’d figured out a way to make it last at least half as long as jagger/richards have,(as long as the quality remained what it was.)Page should’ve stayed as a session guitarist and Plant should try to retrieve his oysters from his abdominal cavity,then his voice might improve.

“- Simon(99%)/Garfunkle(1%) but the sum is great”

BUZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!

Wrong. Art Garfunkle never wrote a single note or word on any of the S&G work. It wasn’t until an album he did a few years ago that he even tried songwriting (with a collaborater not named Paul Simon).

“How could anyone not have… Simon/Garfunkle on this type of list!!”

See above. They are no more a SONGWRITING duo than Abbott & Costello. Great performers! Not songwriting duo.

Elton John & Bernie Taupin… I mean COME ON!

Keith Emerson & Greg Lake

lennon/macarteny
jagger/richar ds
bono/edge
page/plant
mercur y/may
waters/gilmore
townshed/ daultrey
bob dylan/his guitar

Lennon-McCartney the best songwriting duo ever! Elton John-Bernie Taupin are great too

Elton John and Bernie Taupin should top the list!!!

They are by far the best!

Gilmour/Waters
Jagger/Richards
Lennon/McCartney
Taupin/Jones
Daltrey/Townsend

Ernie/Bert

Elton John & Bernie Taupin. The best duo ever.

wow. yorke/greenwood was almost forgotten

ELTON JOHN/ BERNIE TAUPIN -
So many great lyrics and melodies from them over the last 40 years - yes they have been writing together for 40 years. How can you argue with that!

How about Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart. They may not have a partner, but the fact is that nobody wrote songs like them. It is like a “Tropical Hotdog Night, it’s like two flamingoes in a fruit fight, and steppin into strippedl light.”

Win Butler and Regine Chassagne from the Arcade Fire!!!!!1

Give the nod to Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Jeff Ament. I know it’s three but they’ve penned some classic songs from the past twenty years.

Prince-Nobody else was needed that’s how good he is

lennon/mccartney jagger/richards george&ira gershwin rogers/hart rogers/hammerstein gilbert/sullivan leiber/stroller kern/hammerstein backerach/david goffin/king boyce/hart holland/dozier/holland hall/oates john/taupin brian wilson/others garcia/others dylan/others porter/hayes tyler/perry bono/edge barry&robin gibb robertson/danko fry/henley

man… no respect for Tom Petty and his right hand man Mike Campbell!

Maynard & Jones
Morello & de la Rocha
Staley & Cantrell
Havok & Puget
Hetfield & Hamett
Matthew Bellamy and his various instruments.

anthony Kiedis / flea
red hot chili peppers

anthony Kiedis / flea
red hot chili pepers

The Stick - Jake Vogel/Drew Dominguez

how could u forget…

Layne Staley / Jerry Cantrell

they really don’t get enough credit… have you listened to Dirt anytime recently… better yet…

even if these two were only left with the work of Jar of Flies… just within those seven songs i truly believe they are worthy to stand next to the greatest songwriting duos.

Genesis (Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins)

EDWARD VAN HALEN / DIAMOND DAVID LEE ROTH

Page/Plant , Eddie Van Halen/Dave lee Roth , Gilmour/Waters

Harrison / Clapton

stradlin and rose (gnr)
page and plant (zeppelin)

You forgot Brian Adams and Jim Vallance (Summer of ‘69, Heaven, and many others)

chris hillman / gram parsons

Elton John/Bernie Taupin

I was really happy some of you guys put Kiedis and Flea from my favorite band,but you can’t leave out Frusciante!

DAMON ALBARN/GRAHM COXON (BLUR)

Can’t wait for the new album and hopefully tour

lennon/mccartney (beatles)
page/plant (zeppelin)
gilmour/water (floyd)
garcia/hunter (dead)

Oops… I misspoke on Tony Asher being left out… I underestimated the “astuteness” of the bloggers. Brian Wilson collaborated with a lot of people (Love, Christian, Asher, Parks), and was extremely successful as a result.

brian johnson/angus young
page/plant
van halen/roth
morrison/krieg er
yorke/greenwood
hetfield/ul rich
john/paul
kief/mick
elton/bern ie
bono/edge
strummer/jones

Page/Robertson of Barenaked Ladies

ELTON JOHN & BERNIE TAUPIN!!!!!!!

DON HENLEY & GLENN FREY!!!!!

Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller!

ELTON JOHN & BERNIE TAUPIN!!!!!!!

DON HENLEY & GLENN FREY!!!!!

Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller!

steven tyler and joe perry

axl rose and his ego

I love the White Stripes, but the notion of Jack and Meg White for a songwriting duo is absurd. Jack writes everything.

Anastasio/Marshall
Garci a/Hun ter

Anastasio/Marshall
Garcia/Hun ter

Hetfield and Ulrich

Thom Yorke/Johnny Greenwood
Carrie Brownstein/Corin Tucker
Jack White/Meg White
Thurston Moore/Kim Gordon

hall & oats for sure,
especially Oats

from, Haulin’Oats: Hall/Oates

Schlesinger/Collingwood - Fountains of Wayne

This whole duo thing is ridiculous. It is the entire band that writes songs. You are disrespecting many musicians.

Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Freddie Mercury & Brian May
Lennon & McCartney
David Lee Roth & EVH

Bob Dylan and anyone who can shut up long enough for him to crank out another masterpiece.

thom yorke/johnny greenwood

thom yorke/johnny greenwood

Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks

Top 5 Songwriting duos

Lennon/McCartney
Jagg er/Richards
Difford/Tilbrook

Bacharch/David
Mastromarino/ Buttich

E. John / B. Taupin
W. Becker / D. Fagan

Loggins & Messina

Barat & Doherty!

Hmmm… I don’t know if this was mentioned: How about Pet Sounds collaborators Brian Wilson and Tony Asher ??? Some of the “teams” I’ve seen mentioned weren’t teams at all. Kudos to those who mentioned Squeeze and ABBA… both well deserved, and true collaborators.

Lieber/Stoller
Bacharch/David
Wilson/Parks
Lennon/McCartn ey
Page/Plant
Morrissey/Marr

Lieber/Stoller
Bacharch/David
Wilson/Parks
Lennon/McCartn ey
Page/Plant
Morrissey/Marr

Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter

the truth, three of your five are from Great Britain.

God/Christ

you should add:
Page & Plant
De La Rocha(&Morello/Commerford)
Ma rley & Toch
Waters & Gilmour
Cobain & Grohl
Kiedis & Flea

Kember/Pierce of SPACEMEN 3

Captain/Tennielle

1)McCartney/Lennon
2)Bono/E dg e
3)Gilmour/Waters
4)Plant/P age
5)Jagger/Richards

The Doors: Morrison / Krieger….

Paul Stanley/Gene Simmons from KISS. Mark Mothersbaugh/Gerald V. Casale from Devo. Pierce/Samarin from Buddies With The Devil. The list goes on…

Booth/Cantwell elfshu

Lieber and Stoller
Bernie Taupin and Elton John

Lieber and Stoller
Bernie Taupin and Elton John

Page/plant - cant be stressed enough at the end of the day

Heres one i havent seen - jon anderson/chris squire!

Also - beck/his super powered brain

first of all this is an america so we should only list american artists. none of this los lobos crap. having said that, here is my list in descending order:
page/plant
lenno n/mcc artney
ozzy/iommi/butler
m. jackson/q. jones
clarkson/crowell

David Hidalgo and Louie Perez

What, no Hall and Oates…the music world is saddened…i don’t want to even mention the absence of Simon and Garfunkel…this is a pitiful list.

First and foremost:
Van Halen/Roth
Page/Plant
Frusci ante/Kiedis

doherty-barat!!!!nuff said really

Marley/Tosh

barat/doherty

Dylan/Dylan

Sedaka / Greenfield
Wilson / Love

MERCURY/MAY

Brown & Squire - Stone Roses
Barat & Doherty - The Libertines

america - g. beckley and d. bunnell
tears for fears - r. orzabal and c. smith
wham - g.michael and a. ridgeley
simon and garfunkel
eagles - g. frey and d. henley
rolling stones - m . jagger and k . richards
petshop boys - n. tennant and c. lowe
savage garden - d. hayes and d jones
journey - s. perry and n schlon
bon jovi and r. sambora
air supply - r. hitchcock and g. russell
foreigner - l. gram and m. jones
beatles - lennon and mccartney
abc - m. fry and m . white
the everly brothers - p. everly and i. everly
the bacon brothers - k. bacon and m. bacon
page and plant - j. page and r. plant
Hall & Oates - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES !!!

Tyler/Perry
Manson/Twiggy
Oz zy/Rhodes
SRVaughan/D. Bramhall
Hetfield/Ulrich
Phi l/Dime
Hendrix/Guitar

Lennon/McCartney
Jaggar/Richa rds
Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Goffin/King
David Porter/Isaac Hayes
Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil
Leiber/Stoller
Bacharac h/David
Rodgers/Hart
Rodgers /Hammerstein
Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne
Gershwin/Gershwin
Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg
Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II
Holland/Dozier/Holland

Elton John and Bernie Taupin

Anthony Kiedis and Rick Rubin

Elton John and Bernie Taupin

Anthony Kiedis and Rick Rubin

Staley/Cantrell - Alice In Chains
Hetfield/Ulrich - Metallica

Lane/Marriott Small Faces

Rose/Stradlin

Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew
Page/Plant
Jack white/Brendan Benson
c’mon,Steady As She Goes is awesome

Of course page-plant! The best duo ever!!!

Some strange suggestions here. Simon/Garfunkel? Townshend/Daltrey?
This is supposed to be about songwriters, not songwriters and their (talented) singing companions.

Page/Plant really needs to be on the list, as do Drozd/Coyne!

dear idiots, do your research before you put posts up, gilmour/rogers did about 1 song per album(which is why waters says, great guitar player, but no ideas, which is why gilmour had to have his wife and various others help him write songs on his post-waters/solo albums)
also roger daltrey does not write songs, he sings pete townsends songs
john/paul spent the first few albums doing some songs together, the rest are solo songs credit together, to keep fans from keeping score.
also, axel rose does not write music her writes corny lyrics to others songs.

1) Fagen and Becker (Steely Dan)
2) Robertson and Danko (The Band)
3) Krauss and Tyminski (Union Station)
4) Bob Dylan and Jaques Levy (Desire)
5) John and Taupin

Holland/Holland/Dozier and whatever group of guys happened to get together on a STAX single (but absolutely must include Steve Cropper). Do Yo La Tengo count? Or are they a songwriting group as opposed to a team

Axl/Izzy
Axl/Slash
Kiedis/RH CP

Hey how’se about
Freddie Mercury/David Bowie
F. Mercury/ Brian May, Queen
Simon/Garfunkel

tom petty/mike campbell
robert plant/jimmy page

Leiber-Stoller
Goffin-King
B joern-Benny (ABBA)

Why people mention Hall and Oates is a mystery to me; almost all the hits were Daryl Hall alone.

And Buckingham-Nicks wrote their songs separately, not together.

Bob Weir/Jerry Garcia

Tweedy and Bennett from Wilco.

Come on..Page/Plant, Axl/Slash

jimmy page / robert plant
elton john / bernie taupin
roger waters / dave gilmour
sammy hagar / ronnie montrose
stevie nicks / lindsay buckingham
eddie van halen / DLR

Holland and Dozier (Motown)
Gamble and Huff (70’s Philly sound)
Ann & Nancy Wilson (Heart)
Rodgers and Hammerstein(Broadway)
Duke Ellington & Billy Strahorn
George and Ira Gershwin
Elton John and Bernie Taupin

David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel

eno/bowie
bowie/iggy pop

I hate it when people call plant a good song writer all of his lyrics suck and when he took control of writing for zeppelin they sucked.
writers that are good
Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Greg Allman/Duane Allman
Donald Fagen/Walter Becker
Jack Bruce/Pete Brown
Richard Ashcroft/Mick Jagger haha

Hetfield and Ulrich.
Ozzy and Randy Rhoads.
Page and Plant.

Def. need Page/Plant & Kiedis/Frusciante on there, c’mon now… lol

the boys from the who Townshend/Daltrey

the boys from the who Townshend/Daltrey

Alexander Nevermind & Jamie Starr

Dean and Gene…..Tom Waits and Kathleen Brenan(spelling)…Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri or Josh Homme with thought.

snoop dogg/dr dre
haha

deedee/joey ramone

Difford and Tillbrook s/b #3 on list b/h Jagger Richards and Lennon McCartney

Gilmour/Waters
Page/Plant
Re znor/Manson
Axl/Slash
Tyler/ Perry
Bowie/Iggy Pop
Bowie/Reznor (I’m Afraid of Americans! Come on!)
Morrissey/Marr
Osbourne /Wylde
Osbourne/Iommie
Lenno n/McCartney

Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor from Blue Rodeo.
Bob Mould and Grant Hart - although I’m not sure they actually wrote together

Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor from Blue Rodeo.
Bob Mould and Grant Hart - although I’m not sure they actually wrote together

What ive learned thus far:
1) dusk442 is a pretentious idiot
2)everyone knows the bass guitarist from led
3)finally you have never met roger waters

Page/Plant

HOLLAND AND DOZIER= ALL THE GREAT MOTOWN HITS

lambert and potter

Tyler/Perry for sure

crap i forgot tim kasher & alchohol

mark hoppus and tom delonge

Procter & Gamble

George lucas - Steven spielberg
Garcia - Nebia
Cerati - Melero
Milli - Vanelli

etc.

Nick Hexum/ S.A. Martinez

jon bon jovi and richie sambora
HAHAHA

Definitely Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks.

Gilmour/Water and Page/Plant

Gimour/Water and Page/Plant

Prine and Dement

page and plant!!!

gilmour and waters

both are must haves!

oh, and wayne coyne/ steve drozd

Tweedy/Farrar

Hetfield/Hammet/Lars/Burton

chris and curt kirkwood.

eno:
and bowie
and byrne
and fripp
and ferry

bowie/iggy pop

Bono/Edge

deaner and gener

They are newer but I think Craig Finn and Tad Kubler have made the best music so far this decade.

Midnight Oil’s Moginie/Hirst

Garcia/Hunter…..how could one not pick them when there lyrics took breaths away and Garcia’s guitar melted faces

Seriously people, Buckingham & Nicks did not write together. Stop calling them a songwriting duo.

We’re not all going to agree on the same duo, but at least we can try and all understand what a songwriting duo is.

Thanks for the feedback Jim. I don’t think i said Elvis invented RnR, but lets see. Lennon McCartney, Jagger, Richards, Page, Wilson, Elton to name a few have all claimed Elvis inspired them to play Rock and Roll. I don’t actually think Rock and Roll was invented by anyone. More of a musical mutation of RnB, Country and Swing, with a little Jazz on the side.

Dave Matthews and Pain.

Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth

Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth

Lennon/McCartney with out a doubt, Elton John/Bernie Taupin and Rolling Stone always neglects one band that is underrated, what about the great duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker from Steely Dan?

John Squire and Ian Brown

Definitely Robert Plant & Jimmy Page.

Kiedis/Frusciante

Vedder/Gossard

how about steve tyler and joe perry, deff plant and page,

Guy Picciotto/Ian Mackaye

Trent Reznor / Steinberg Wavelab

Hey PEOPLE…HIP-HOP exists ya know…Andre 3000 and Big Boi, Eric B and Rakim!!!! Also on the rock side, Frank Black and Kim Deal as well as Thom York and Johnny Greenwood

Eddie / Dave

rockstar70 I thought your assertion that GNR were superior to the Clash to be bollocks. I actually like GNR however, at least the old GNR and did in fact agree with the second part of your comment.

Cobain/guitar

Yeah…why not add songwriting duos that have been at it since..what?…2000? that no one has heard of to an “all time” list?

Barat/Doherty

Anthony Kiedis/Flea/John Frusciante/Chad Smith

im tellin you guys…tom waits and kathleen brennan…wrote together since swordfishtrombones in the 80’s right up to present day…has to be on the list somewhere.

Simon and Garfunkel
should be in any list…they were and are great….

axl rose!

Butler-Chassagne from the Arcade Fire! People, c’mon!

OH! And I just thought of two more no one seems to have mentioned:

Walter Becker & Donald Fagen of Steely Dan

David Hidalgo & Louie Perez of Los Lobos

… and about Harry Vanda & George Young: while they were The Easybeats and produced AC/DC’s early records, they also were the synth-heavy New Wave group Flash and the Pan from 1979 to 1985. Great songs from them include “Hey St. Peter,” “Walking In The Rain” and “Media Man”

In the tradition of Boyce & Hart, The Bryants and Goffin & King, you have to add Weill & Mann, plus Bonner & Gordon. Let’s make sure The Brill Building is well represented!

Leiber and Stoller (Jail House Elvis and all of the Coasters songs)

Felice & Boudleaux Bryant (Everly Brothers and LOVE HURTS)

I hope someone mentioned Goffen & King

Lennon/McCartney are responsible for more indisputably great songs than anybody else, but they don’t belong at the top on the basis of what they wrote together (very little after 1965). That honour belongs to Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

Paige/Plant
Izzy Stradlin/Axl Rose/

Izzy Stradlin/William Bruce Rose Jr

Layne Staley/Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr

Kim ThayilChristopher John Boyle Cornell

Page/Plant
Gilmour/Waters
Lenn on/McCartney

Garcia/Hunter - hands down

Zuniga/Scalzo

Chris & Apple

Noel & Alcohol

Beck & Cereal

Axl Rose & Paris Hilton

neil young and god

-Waters/Gilmour
-Page/Plant
-H enley/Frey
-Leiber/Stoller (I mean come on…)
-Hall/Oates

PETE WENTZ/YOUR MOM

well this list depends on what the criteria are..if sales and longevity matter then..Carole King/Gerry Goffin
Burt Bacharach/Hal David lennon mccartney, jagger/richards, lieber/stoller, holland/dozier/holland, and definatly elton/taupin

Wilson/Love
Wilson/Van Dyke Parks
Henley/Frey

Bush/Cheney

Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan

Oh, how could I forget- Gene and Dean Ween! Ween ROCKS!

Oh, how could I forget- Gene and Dean Ween! Ween ROCKS!

Brett and Rennie Sparks of The Handsome Family.

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page!

Vanda & Young - don’t know who they are? Check out The Easybeats and early AC/DC…

Alex Chilton and Chris Bell - Big Star

Beeb Birtle and Graham Goble - Little River Band

The Finn Brothers - Split Enz/Crowded House

Zappa/Beefheart

Bacharach/David
Goffin/King
Th e Doors
Winwood/Capaldi
Garcia/H unter

Paul Stanley/Mark St. John

Paul Stanley/Mark St. John

Thom Yorke/Jhonny Greenwood

Thurston Moore/Lee Renaldo

“Robert Forster and Grant McLennan (Go-Betweens)”

I second that one.

Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Daniel Brummel/Ryan Slegr
(Ozma)

PAGE/PLANT!!

AnthonyKiedis/Jo hnFrusciante/Flea/ChadSmith

PAGE/PLANT!!

AnthonyKiedis/Jo hnFrusciante/Flea/ChadSmith

Flansburgh and Linnell, obviously.

hop hop altın top

George and Ira Gershwin.

Rock on, dudes.

Sheryl Crow/Jeff Trott

Gossard/Ament

Jerry Cantrell & Layne Staley

Dick Wagner / Alice Cooper

Greg Ginn/Chuck Dukowski. I know MOST of the songwriting credit on “Damaged” and the First Four Years era reads “G. Ginn” but they created that sound together (Ian MacKaye said it best “Flag is about pre and post Dukowski”).

oh, and

maynard and adam jones.

Hall/Oates

Steve Perry/Neil Schlon

that is all that needs to be said.

Gotta go with Hall and Oates on this one.

the gershwins i meant

such limited tastes the greatest songwriting duo of all time and even lennon or mccartney would concede to this would be:

the greshwins.

don’t know who they are? time to exercise those google brains brothers

Lot of youse are saying Bowie/Ronson. Can’t remember the great guitarists name on any songs from “Man who sold the World” to “Aladdin Sane”. He wrote a few good ‘uns with Ian Hunter though.

Andy Partridge & Colin Moulding from XTC wrote most of their stuff seperatly.

Strummer/Jones was my initial reaction towards this rock list.

am i really the first person to drop Trey Anastasio/Tom Marshall??

Ashlee Simpson and John Shanks.

Kidding.

K. Cobain & K. Novoselic.
J. Page & R. Plant
L. Buckingham & S. Nicks
K. Gordon & Th. Moore
E. Erlandson & C. Love
Edge & Bono
B. Corgan & J. Iha
Björk and her laptop
P. Westerberg and alcohol
M. Faithfull and anyone she chooses to work with
T. Reznor and heroin

…so many great duos out there!!!

I have to echo the top three picks of The Irving Bongo:

Glenn Tilbrook & Chris Difford of Squeeze

Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Bjorn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson of ABBA

You have Morrisey, Bono and Joe Strummer on this list, and not…

ROGER WATERS and DAVID GILMOUR or JIMMY PAGE and ROBERT PLANT or
ELTON JOHN and BERNIE TAUPIN?

C’mon guys… is SOMEONE over there in the editing room on crack?

issac something and jhonny marr of modest mouse?wait, DANGER MOISE & CEE LO OF GNARLS BARKLY!! what about Buck/Cheery? LOL

issac something and jhonny marr of modest mouse?wait, DANGER MOISE & CEE LO OF GNARLS BARKLY!! what about Buck/Cheery? LOL

my vote is for morrissey and marr, and sorry there buddy, but sting’s ego doesn’t allow for summers/sting songwriting, read you album credits.

oh, and andy summers and sting.

i just want to thank the one guy for making a joke about filipino politics. wow. it’s like the eclipse. you don’t see it often, but its magical every time.

Long live Dean and Gene Ween!

Elton John/Bernie Taupin!!!

Michael Jackson / Quincy Jones
Eminem / Dr Dre
Chris Martin / Guy Berryman
Jay-Z / 50 Cent
I can’t disagree with your Lennon / McCartney pick

Hey “Go Terps” - are you ON the Turps? Greatest Songwriting DUOS of all time you moron. Don’t write in and suggest INDIVIDUALS you knob, any freak can do THAT.

Elton John/Bernie Taupin. Who Else went almost 20 years without any 2 songs sounding alike? Not only that but in all styles of music, mellow, reggae, country, rock, hard rock, etc. Something for everyone.

Yeah Mick & Keith are top of the stack but don’t forget that other pair Robert Johnson and Satan. They were real friggin’ good.

ROCKMAN

I don’t know that constitutes “best”, but I was surprised only one person said Otis Redding and Steve Cropper

Pink Floyd’s Waters/Gilmour

Echoes
Brea the
Time
Money
Us and Them
Brain Damage
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1&2)
Welcome to the Machine
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Dogs
Pigs
Sheep
Every Song on the Wall and on
The Final Cut

I mean Roger Waters would write the lyrics, but it wouldn’t have made Pink Floyd the greatest band of all time without the brilliance of Dave Gilmour’s guitar work.

Bono and Edge should be 1-2 slots higher

doherty/barat should be there

Jim Capaldi/Steve Winwood…there’s an actual songwriting duo that deserves credit.

Noel Gallagher and cocaine

lennon and mccartney is the best no matter what. they have passed the test of time and their songs are the considered the greatest ever made

dont forget tom waits and kathleen brennan!

chris and rich robinson are also pretty clever.

jim morrison/Lsd
page/plant
garc ia/hunter

There were a lot of silly answers here, or maybe I just have a strict definition of what a songwriting duo is. I love the VU but Reed and Cale never had much of a partnership. David Gilmour and Art Garfunkel weren’t really writers. Brian Wilson just worked with collaborators.

Anyhow, my picks:
Lennon/McCartney
Becker /Fagen
Forster/McLennan
Collin gwood/Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne)

Dean Ween + Gene Ween = GENIUS

Greatest Individual Songwriters:
1) Pete Townshend
2) Bruce Springsteen
3) John Lennon
4) Neil Young
5) Ray Davies
6) Paul McCartney
7) Bob Dylan
8) Brian Wilson
9) Neal Peart
10) Noel Gallagher

Sex Pistols?! They had one album!

Jim & William Reid- Jesus and Mary Chain

Didn’t Marr and Morrissey despise each other?

axl rose/izzy stradlin

Henley and Frey are second only to McCartney & Lennon and perhaps the Motown greats. Alone or with others, they wrote:

Desperado
Tequila Sunrise
Best of My Love
One of These Nights
Take It to the Limit
Lyin Eyes
Hotel California
New Kid in Town
Livin Life in the Fastlane (phrase didn’t exist prior to Eagles)
Wasted Time
The Long Run
I Can’t Tell You Why
Heartache Tonight

Page and Plant wrote some great songs, but even Plant admits, the lyrics were weak and you can’t understand the words on most. Same thing with the Stones–great songs (amongst a whole lot of crappy ones), but lyrically questionable.

Hall & Oates have a better catalog of “songs” but many were written by Hall without Oates. Henley and Frey were a true duo, although at times had assistance from other band members who offered chord changes, riffs, etc.

Gilmour/Waters

Bert/Ernie

Bert/Ernie

How about the Matrix? They’ve certainly been successful. Also, Glenn Matlock and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols.

Liam Gallagher doesn’t do any writing to my knowledge for Oasis. Noel does all the writing. Also, Bill Berry did a lot of songwriting for REM. He wrote the chords for “Everybody Hurts.”

cock and balls

Me and Myself

cock/balls

I’m suprised that not as many mention Dylan/Lanois (TOOM & L&T recordings)…Dylan is the best solo writer, but Lanois brought new mood, texture and structure for dylan…and the old (lengendary) dog/new tricks saying applies here…have to give some props for ol’ Danny boy

Burt Bacharach and Hal David
David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks
Holland and Dozier
Roy Acuff and Charlie Rose
Lou Reed and John Cale. (Black Angel’s Death Song is not only songwriting genius, it’s the coolest song title ever)

Miles Davis/Gil Evans

Jeff Tweedy/Jay Farrar

Gaudio & Crewe wrote all the Four Seasons hits and Buddy Holly’s writing partner was Norman Petty.

Even more props to Ashford & Simpson

What about Ian Curtis & Bernard Sumner? Life would have been very boring without the two of them.

Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. They have to write together, unless they’re half blind.

Props to Niles Rodgers & Bernard Edwards from Chic.

Becker and Fagen, of course!

Bob Dylan and God during his “Christian” Period. LOL!! Just kidding

Ok, if Page & Plant gets on this list for Stairway to Freakin’ Heaven, then let’s add Whitfield & Strong for “I Heard it Through the Grapevine.”

Also: Brian Wilson couldn’t have written Pet Sounds without Tony Asher.

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant-I know a lot of Zep songs are credited to the whole band, but alone, They Wrote Stairway to Freakin Heaven. What more do you need?

Favorite songwriting duo?
How about Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye. The former is a great artist and the latter is her great apologist. Voila!

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry

DOHERTY/BARÂT and Ian Brown/John Squire

Pete Doherty/Carl Barat (Libertines)

Glenn Tilbrook & Chris Difford of Squeeze

Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Bjorn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson of ABBA

Gerry Goffin & Carole King

Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman (”Save the Last Dance For Me”)

Steve Winwood & Will Jennings

Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks for The Beach Boys

Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller

Burt Bacharach & Hal David

Jimmy Page & Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin

… and what would the 1980s have been without …

Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg (”Like a Virgin,” “True Colors, “So Emotional,” “Eternal Flame,” “Alone,” “I Touch Myself,”Sex As a Weapon,” etc.)

Bush/Hitler

Slash and his Gibson Les Paul

Mine are:(no particular order)
Elton john -Bernie Taupin
Don Henley-Glen Frey
Holland-Dozier -Holland
Peart-Lee-Lifeson(RUSH)
Page-Plant
Lieber and Stoller
Goffin-King
Jerry Garcia-Robert Hunter
Gibbons-Hill (ZZ Top)

Kurt Cobain and his Fender Mustang

Don Henley and Glenn Frey must be put at the top of any list of songwriting duos. Whether it was just the two of them, or what they did with musical riffs and chord progression provided by other band members, they time and again achieved excellence. Their success record puts to shame almost all other suggestions other than the Motown greats and Lennon/McCartney. Some examples:

Desperado
Tequil a Sunrise
Best of My Love
One of These Nights
Take It to the Limit (with Meisner)
Lyin’ Eyes
Hotel California (with Felder)
Livin’ Life in the Fastlane (with Walsh)
New Kid in Town
Wasted Years
The Long Run
Heartache Tonight (with Bob Segar)
I Can’t Tell You Why (with Schmit)

Hall & Oates are a good duo, but a lot of their big hits were written by just Hall on his own or with someone other than Oates.

Leiber/Stoller (should have been on RS List)
B. Wilson/ M. Love
Johansen/Thunders
Simmo ns/Stanley
Boyce/Hart (How did the guys responsible for the pre-fab Four get overlooked?)
Doe/Cervenka

Re. those suggested so far -
What’s with?…
Simon & Garfunkel … Writing was all Paul Simon
Townsend/Daltrey … All Pete
Waters/Gilmour … Were there really that many of the songs that they exclusively wrote together?

Gotta agree with everyone who has said Elton John/Bernie Taupin. Also, I think Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter should be on the list.

What I learned thus far:

1) Many people don’t know duo means two people.
2) Many people don’t know that writing songs is different than performing them.
3) Many people don’t know who John Paul Jones is and why he is important.
4) Lots of people think Pete Townshend actually wrote songs with Roger Daltrey!! HAHAHAHAHA!
5)That Roger Waters is the kind od guy who might hunt you down if you keep insisting he was part of a songwriting duo with Dave Gilmour. (oh, by the Rick Wright = John Paul Jones)

Linnell/Flansburg
(of They Might be Giants)

They’re the Lennon/McCartney of my world.

Steven Page/Ed Robertson
Steven Page/Stephen Duffy
Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks

…and Scott, “Holland-Dozier-Holland” is not a duo; it’s a trio.

these are the ones not mentioned:

Keidis/ Frusciante
Page/Plant
Young/ Young
John/Topin
Perry/Tyler
Townsend/Daltry

Becker/Fagen
Gibb/Gibb/Gibb

Robert Plant/ Jimmy Page
Barry Hay/ George Kooymans

Lars Ulrich is a pretentious ass

Morrison/Krieger (The Doors)
Page/Plant
Tyler /Perr y
Stipe/Buck

just a few people have forgotten

Morrison/Krieger (The Doors)
Page/Plant
Tyler/Perr y
Stipe/Buck

just a few people have forgotten

Thom Yorke & Jonny Greenwood!

I’m surprised so many people are mentioning Simon and Garfunkle as a songwriting duo. Simon did 99% of the writing.

My picks…

Lennon/McCart ney
Jagger/Richards
John/Taupin
Lieber/Stoller

Sitek/Adebimpe/Malone/Bunton/S mith

Corgan/Howerdel
Waters/Gi lmour e
Simon/Garfunkel

Billy Idol/Steve Stevens

SM/Spiral Stairs

“No Elvis means no Rock and Roll as we know it today, he inspired everybody on this list.”

Elvis did NOT invent rock n roll.

James Hetfield / Lars Ulrich

no particular order

1. Axl Rose/Slash
2. Axl Rose/Izzy Stradlin
3. Jagger/Richards
4. Bon Jovi/Sambora

John Doe/Exene Cervenka - X
Jordan/Wilson - Flamin’ Groovies
Green/Spencer - Fleetwood Mac
Kooper/Katz - on the first Blood Sweat and Tears album.
Brecker/Fagan - you don’t have to like them, but you can’t deny them.

no particular order

1. Axl Rose/Slash
2. Axl Rose/Stradlin
3. Jagger/Richards
4. Bon Jovi/Sambora

no particular order

1. Axl Rose/Slash
2. Axl Rose/Stradlin
3. Jagger/Richards
4. Bon Jovi/Sambora

Lynne/Petty/Harrison/Dyla n/Orb ison

I’m going with:
1. Lennon/McCartney
2. Jaggar/Richards
3. Elton John/Bernie Taupin
4. Goffin/King
5. Just to support my boyhood heros — Boyce/Hart.

Peace….

Corgan/Howerdel

seems like everyone at rollingstone collectively hate led zeppelin for some reason

hats off to the person who said
cobain and his guitar

Elton John and Bernie Taupi