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Songwriters Who Should be Famous

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"Many of my favorite songwriters have written songs that made at least a mild splash on the charts. However, it's the covering artist who gets the glory, not the songwriter! Most of these songs would be classed somewhere on the Folk/Country spectrum."


1. Arlo Guthrie had a hit in 1972 with this song, written by Steve Goodman.
    Alice's Restaurant
    This Land is Your Land
    The Motercycle Song
    City of New Orleans


2. Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered "Pancho and Lefty" in 1983. Which Texas singer/songwriter wrote this song?
    Jimmie Rodgers
    Joe Ely
    Bruce Hancock
    Townes Van Zandt


3. Long before she became a big name herself, Bonnie Raitt covered a John Prine song on her 1974 album "Streetlights". It has become something of a signature tune for her. What song was it?
    Angel from Montgomery
    That Song About the Midway
    Illegal Smile
    Sam Stone


4. Ringo Starr had a bit of a hit in 1974 with "The No-No Song". Who wrote it?
    Nick Drake
    Hoyt Axton
    Tony Banks
    Richard Thompson


5. Jerry Jeff Walker covered the only Guy Clark song to ever get much widespread radio play, a song about shaking the dust of the city off your feet, and heading out. What was it?
    The Randall Knife
    Home-Grown Tomatoes
    LA Freeway
    T for Texas


6. Jerry Jeff Walker may be more famous than Guy Clark, but he's not exactly a "big name". Probably his biggest song was covered by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, on their 1970 album "Uncle Charlie and his Dog Teddy". What was the song?
    Dance Little Jean
    Will the Circle be Unbroken
    Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother
    Mr. Bojangles


7. The Eagles covered a song by the king of the eccentric and original, Tom Waits, on their 1975 album, "On the Border". What was the song?
    My Man
    Best of My Love
    Ol' 55
    Closing Time


8. Linda Ronstadt and, later, Terri Clark, have had hits with the great song "Poor Poor Pitiful Me". Who wrote it?
    Tom Russell
    Dave Alvin
    Warren Zevon
    Steve Earle


9. Aretha Franklin's signature song "R.E.S.P.E.C.T." was written by a 1960's musician who died much too young. Who?
    Sam Cooke
    Otis Redding
    Jimi Hendrix
    Marvin Gaye


10. Many people think that David Allen Coe wrote this song, by Steve Goodman.
    You Don't Even Call Me By My Name
    Take This Job and Shove It
    The Rodeo Song
    Fuzzy Was an Outlaw


11. Mary Chapin Carpenter had a smash hit with her version of "Passionate Kisses". Who wrote it?
    Lucinda Williams
    Nanci Griffiths
    Iris DeMent
    Anna McGarricle


12. Hoyt Axton wrote two songs that were giant hits in the early seventies. Do these words sound familiar? "Never understood a single word he said..." "Say the ladies are insane there..." What band recorded these songs?
    The Carpenters
    Three Dog Night
    The Eagles
    The Byrds


13. Elvis Presley recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" after singing it on TV, in 1955. Who wrote the song?
    Answer: (First and last, or just last name)


14. "Outbound Plane" was fairly successful for Suzy Bogguss in 1991. This song was written by Nanci Griffith, along with a songwriter who has a list as long as your arm of much better songs that have hardly been heard. Who is he?
    Stan Rogers
    Townes Van Zandt
    Tom Russell
    Guy Clark


15. Who wrote the Carpenter's 1970 hit, "We've Only Just Begun"? He made a minor splash, a few years later, with "Phantom of the Paradise".
    Paul Williams
    Randy Newman
    Harry Nilsson
    Kim Mitchell


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