Brian Wilson and the The Beach Boys
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Cat Stevens
John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Donald fagan (Steely Dan)
Philip Bailey and Maurice White (EWF)
Peter cetera
the writing team of the Doors Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek
Besides those giants some composers that penned the songs of such eighties bands :
Vince Clarck and Depeche Mode, The Assembly, Yazoo and of course Erasure
A-ha
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Ultravox
Human league
Men At Work
Level 42
a special mention to the very inspired Sparks who are really Extra-Terrestrial !
and Madness the comicpop sensation who are really gifted !
the movie composers
Bernard Hermann
Francis Lai
Danny Elfmann
and
Billy Steinberg (I drove all night ,Alone,So Emotional) very Abbaesque music
Kurt weill ,the genuis behind a masterpiece the "The Three penny Opera" or Die
Dreigroschenoper
the french pop masters !
Francoise hardy
william sheller
Daniel balavoine
Serge Gainsbourg
Michel polnareff
the Italian pop wizards :
Matia Bazar
Umberto Tozzi
