songwriter

C430
concept

A songwriter is a creative professional who composes lyrics and melodies to craft original songs for performance and recording.

All labels observed (27)

Label Occurrences
songwriter canonical 5,665
singer-songwriter 1,739
lyricist 402

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: songwriter
Generated description
A songwriter is a creative professional who composes lyrics and melodies to craft original songs for performance and recording.

Instances (7,632)

Instance Via concept surface
John Miles Jr. – guitarist and songwriter
surface form: John Miles Jr.
Jeanine Tesori Broadway composer
Bo Burnham singer-songwriter
Red Simpson
Blue
surface form: Boots
Dwane Weir
Kai Hansen
Michael Weikath
Michael Kiske
Roland Grapow
Jørn Lande singer-songwriter
Sascha Paeth
Eric Martin
Floor Jansen
Wout Van Dessel
Tenitra Michelle Williams
Peppino di Capri
John Holt
Rita Faye Coolidge
surface form: Rita Coolidge
Bill Fries
Home Is Where You’re Happy
surface form: Willie Nelson
Joe Meek
Les Vandyke
Marty Wilde
Billy Fury
Tucker Crowe singer-songwriter
“Is That What It Takes”
surface form: Mark Owen
Stephen Street
Waiting for the Girl
surface form: James Blunt
singer-songwriter
Starsmith
Gail Ann Dorsey
Hans Bradtke lyricist
Jan Crutchfield
Sascha Gerstner
Michael Poulsen
Alex James
Hank Ballard
Moon Mullican
Cowboy Copas
had a hit single with "Eighteen with a Bullet" in the 1970s
surface form: Pete Wingfield
Seth Avett singer-songwriter
Joey + Rory
surface form: Rory Feek
“Once More”
surface form: Leona Williams
singer-songwriter
“Broadminded”
surface form: Leona Williams
singer-songwriter
Candice Night lyricist
James E. Myers
Rob Manzoli
Ryan Bingham singer-songwriter
Phil Thornalley
Geoff Tate