Secret Songwriters Behind Classic Songs

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Unless an artist writes their own songs, it can be hard to know who actually wrote some of the most famous hits of all time. So today let's look at some of the less famous names behind some of the most famous pop songs!


The outro music to this video is my track "See You Again" which you can hear in full on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wKKJ... 🎶

This video was edited by Martino Gasparrini.

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0:00 Intro
0:19 Rod Temperton
1:23 Jim Steinman
2:30 Stock Aitken Waterman
3:12 Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly
4:17 Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
5:14 Ashford & Simpson
5:51 Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
6:39 Holland-Dozier-Holland
8:14 HDpiano
8:49 Max Martin
11:37 Dr. Luke
12:58 Savan Kotecha
13:38 Kathy Dennis
14:08 Sacha Skarbek
14:52 Linda Perry
15:42 Bee Gees
16:34 Jimmy Webb

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