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 |
| Broadway composer | 22 |
| country music songwriter | 21 |
| American lyricist | 18 |
| hymn writer | 15 |
| songwriting team | 13 |
| hymnwriter | 10 |
| 歌人 | 4 |
| country songwriter | 3 |
| American songwriters | 2 |
| pop songwriter | 2 |
| 20th-century American songwriter | 1 |
| American country music songwriter | 1 |
| Chinese songwriter | 1 |
| Hollywood songwriter | 1 |
| composer of popular music | 1 |
| hip hop songwriter | 1 |
| novelty songwriter | 1 |
| political songwriter | 1 |
| rock and roll songwriter | 1 |
| rock music writer | 1 |
| songwriters | 1 |
| songwriting alias | 1 |
| στιχουργός | 1 |
| シンガーソングライター | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Robert B. Sherman | — |
| Alexa Ray Joel | singer-songwriter |
| Jack Keller | — |
|
Jalandhari
surface form:
Hafeez Jalandhari
|
lyricist |
| Mickey Stevenson | — |
| Faith Evans | — |
|
Ertegun
surface form:
Ahmet Ertegun
|
— |
|
A. Nugetre
surface form:
Ahmet Ertegun
|
— |
| Mike Stoller | — |
| Big Mama Thornton | — |
| Jayson DeZuzio | — |
| Michael Gore | — |
|
David “Hawk” Wolinski
surface form:
David "Hawk" Wolinski
|
— |
| Jaki Graham | — |
| Jasmine Thompson | — |
| Kelly Price | — |
| Tom Keane | — |
|
Sticky Wicked
surface form:
C.K.
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Make It Last
surface form:
CK
|
singer-songwriter |
| Tom Hamilton | — |
| Sonny Bono | — |
| Dave Keuning | — |
| Nick Clemons | singer-songwriter |
| Chuck D | — |
| Chuck Brown | — |
| Richard X | — |
| Seu Jorge | — |
| Dee Dee Ramone | — |
| Bryson Tiller | — |
| Stephen Bishop | singer-songwriter |
| John Congleton | — |
|
The Wind and the Dove
surface form:
Bill Callahan
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Son of the Sea
surface form:
Bill Callahan
|
singer-songwriter |
|
River Guard
surface form:
John Darnielle
|
singer-songwriter |
|
Strayed
surface form:
Bill Callahan
|
singer-songwriter |
| Ashley Eriksson | singer-songwriter |
| Kazi Nazrul Islam | lyricist |
| Rufus Thomas | — |
| Eddie Floyd | — |
| Al Jackson Jr. | — |
|
Burruss
surface form:
Kandi Burruss
|
— |
| Peter Tosh | singer-songwriter |
| Rick Hall | — |
| Milt Gabler | — |
| León Larregui | — |
| Johnnie Ray | — |
| Jerry Fuller | — |
| Diana King | singer-songwriter |
| Evan Rachel Wood | — |
| Mike Patton | — |