With reference to another thread I was suprised to see Larry Mizzells name attributed to that Moments record.

Started me to thinking who are the top writers of NS and are there any unusual ones

(I think we'll leave Motown out of it)

one that's always caught my eye is Johnny Northern who penned Help Me, with a name like that he couldn't fail

Mark Barkan is a very strange one wrote pop for groups including the Archies plus wrote the Banana Splits theme tune and was musical director for the show , but also turned his hand to soul music the one that springs to mind is Kurt Harris Emperor of My Baby's Heart plus his name is on a few other Northern tracks. He also wrote Stepping Out Of The Picture Johhny Maestro, and the oft recorded Help Yourself plus the awful Lost Summer Love Lorraine Silver.

Edited November 10, 201113 yr by shinehead

Not unusual, but Jo Armstead, as well as recording some very fine tuneage wrote some spectacular songs & produced too....

Best Russ

HI ALL DAVE GODIN, DAVE RIMMER, FRANK ELSON, & PETE SMITH,

I NO YOU NO? DAVEK

Curtis Mayfield

Teddy Randazzo wrote quite a few... Anthony & The Imperials, Annabelle Fox, Patti Page... off the top of my head.

Bridges, Knight, & Eaton

Eddie Singleton

Jack Ashford

Edited November 14, 201113 yr by Nick Soule

Chester Pipkin !

Van McCoy, was Rosemarie his sister?

With reference to another thread I was suprised to see Larry Mizzells name attributed to that Moments record.

Started me to thinking who are the top writers of NS and are there any unusual ones

(I think we'll leave Motown out of it)

one that's always caught my eye is Johnny Northern who penned Help Me, with a name like that he couldn't fail

Richard Popcorn Wylie and Tony Hester a great partership and David Porter and Issack Hayes another great partnership.

Jack Ashford/Mike Terry & of course Lorraine Chandler - they all wrote many "classic" tunes.

some off the top of my head.......

SMITH MINER DAVIS

POINDEXTER POINDEXTER (+HARPER)

THOMAS MCREE THOMAS

This one's easy for me, got to DUKE BROWNER, he wins hands down for me.

Dena Barnes If you ever, Jock Mitchell not a chance, all the Volumes stuff.

He's top dog for me.

Oh, & nearly forgot Crying Over You.

Cheers ears

Aid.

Wow, just found this,

Browners credits up to 69.

Here's a start of a list of his credits based

on the listing of his songs on the BMI database.

1964

The ROYALTONES ( Mala 473, 2/64 )

OUR FADED LOVE (Browner, Coffey, Katsakos, Sandy)

MICKEY DENTON ( Amy 902, 5/64 )

TOP TEN (Browner)

BOBBIE SMITH ( American Arts 2, / 64)

WALK ON INTO MY HEART (Browner)

THE VOLUMES (American Arts 6, 8/64)

GOTTA GIVE HER LOVE (Browner)

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU (Browner)

PATTI JEROME ( American Arts 10, / 64)

NO MORE TEARS (Browner)

1965

MICKEY DENTON (World Artists 1043, 2/65)

ONE MORE TIME (Browner)

THE VOLUMES (American Arts 18, /65)

I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF (Browner)

ONE WAY LOVER (Browner)

THE VOLUMES (Twirl 2016, 11/65)

MAINTAIN YOUR COOL (Browner - Balk)

I GOT LOVE (Browner, Newsome)

THE MAGNETICS (Bonnie no #, c. 11/65)

LADY IN GREEN (Browner)

HEART, YOU'RE MADE OF STONE (Browner)

1966

THE KADDO STRINGS (Impact 1005)

CRYING OVER YOU (Browner, Balk)

DUKE BROWNER (Impact 1008, 4/66)

CRYING OVER YOU (Browner, Balk)

THE VOLUMES (Impact 1017, 9/66)

TROUBLES I'VE SEEN (Browner)

1967

THE LOLLIPOPS (Impact 1021, 1/67)

LOVING GOOD FEELING (Browner)

JOCK MITCHELL (Impact 1023, 3/67)

NOT A CHANCE IN A MILLION (Browner)

THE VOLUMES (Inferno 2001, 4/67)

A WAY TO LOVE YOU (Browner)

DENA BARNES (Inferno 2002, 5/67)

IF YOU EVER WALK OUT OF MY LIFE (Browner, Barnes)

THE SHADES OF BLUE (Impact 1026, 6/67)

ALL I WANT IS LOVE (Browner)

THE VOLUMES (Inferno 2004, /67)

MY KIND OF GIRL (Browner, Charles Adkins)

MY ROAD IS THE RIGHT ROAD (Browner)

1968

THE VOLUMES (Inferno 5001, 5/68)

AIN'T THAT LOVIN' YOU (Browner)

I LOVE YOU BABY (Browner)

1969

THE LOLLIPOPS (VIP 25051, 10/69)

CHEATING IS TELLING ON YOU (Browner, Arenita Walker)

duke browner followed by Popcorn Wylie and then Tony Hestor

Van McCoy, was Rosemarie his sister?

Van McCoy streets ahead of any other writer in terms of quantity with quality, although Mike Terry in terms of contribution may well be a close second. Rose McCoy - no relation.

Regards,

Dave

I'd like to offer

Jessie Herring

for consideration

Tony

In agreement with DAVE MOORE here...Got to be VAN THE MAN...

I'd like to offer

Jessie Herring

for consideration

Tony

didn't herring mostly co-write with ed townsend?

Don Juan MANCHA. The HAMILTON brothers (Eugene, Robert and Albert) Don't forget Gamble & Huff too. So many great songwriters.