# Songwriter Salute

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songwriter-salute/601429>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 31, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songwriter-salute/601429 "2011-10-31T21:35:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songwriter-salute/601429/41 "2011-11-04T03:59:04Z")

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Another guy who wrote several hits for Elvis… Mac Davis.

1. [elvis presley - in the ghetto - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ox1Tore9nw)

2. [Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation (original 1968 version) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvlxRvhCB_A)

3. [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azhv4tgWsk0)

4. [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43AQJiLjoHI)

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**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songwriter-salute/601429/42 "2011-11-05T16:03:55Z")

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> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#):
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> Maybe the winners of this thread…
> 
> Like A Virgin - Madonna  
> Alone - Heart  
> True Colours - Cyndi Lauper  
> I Touch Myself - diVinyls  
> Eternal Flame - The Bangles  
> I Drove All Night - Cyndi Lauper  
> I’ll Stand By You - Pretenders (written with Chrissy Hynde)
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> …all written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly.

Wow!

MiM

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**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songwriter-salute/601429/43 "2011-11-05T17:13:38Z")

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A salute to Rock Cheese: most people know [Jim Steinman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Steinman) wrote Meat Loaf’s _Bat Out of Hell_ album (and its sequel), but he also wrote Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” Air Supply’s “Making Love out of Nothing at All,” and Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” (which was originally recorded by Steinman’s own short-lived band). Dude’s had a successful writing career stretching from the 70’s all the way through the 2000’s.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songwriter-salute/601429/44 "2011-11-05T17:26:27Z")

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Not a fan of the style she writes for, but Cathy Dennis doesn’t half churn out some catchy pop tunes, and has Ivor Novello and Grammy awards to prove it:

Toxic, Britney Spears  
Can’t Get You Out of My Head, Kylie  
Come Into My World, Kylie  
About You Now, Sugababes  
I Kissed a Girl, Katy Perry

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