Greatest Songwriter of all time


I was reading the Dylan post and it got me thinking. There are many great songwriters that come to mind, my expertise/knowledge is primarily with rock music. If you could only pick three, what would they be? My vote for best lyrics goes to:

Jim Morrison
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Costello

Best music goes to:

Mark Knopfler
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Frank Zappa
jeffloistarca

The world is much more than your settlement ... Time - much longer than you live ...

Are you sure you know all the music in the world ???

Many people never went beyond their state at all and only know what the TV tells them ... But this does not prevent them from peremptorly compiling a list ))) 

I'd have to say Antônio Carlos Jobim, George Gershwin,and Lennon and McCartney are up there

Townes Van Zandt, Patty Griffith and Tom Waits sure are good

 

 

Lennon & McCartney

Fagan Becker

Paul Simon 

Bob Dylan

Neil Young

Jackson Browne

John Mellencamp

Carole King