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Famous Songwriters from New York
Bennett, Tony
(
New York City
)
The crooner who sang "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
Blige, Mary J.
(
New York City
)
The "Queen of Hip-Hop and Soul"
Chapin, Harry
(
New York City
)
Singer of the 1972 hit "Taxi"
Diamond, Neil
(
Brooklyn
)
The pop musician who sang "Sweet Caroline"
DioGuardi, Kara
(
Scarsdale
)
The fourth judge on TV's
American Idol
GaGa, Lady
(
New York City
)
The pop singer who co-starred in the 2018 film 'A Star Is Born'
Hammerstein, Oscar II
(
New York City
)
Co-writer of
Oklahoma!
and
The Sound of Music
Joel, Billy
(
The Bronx
)
Pianist and singer of the tune
Piano Man
King, Carole
(
Brooklyn
)
Singer of "It's Too Late"
McLean, Don
(
New Rochelle
)
The guy who did "American Pie" and "Starry, Starry Night"
Menken, Alan
(
New Rochelle
)
The composer behind
The Little Mermaid
and
Beauty and the Beast
Nilsson, Harry
(
New York City
)
The guy who sang "Jump into the Fire"
Simon, Carly
(
New York City
)
The singer of "You're So Vain"
Williams, Dar
(
Mount Kisco
)
Singer of "Spring Street"
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