 | Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
Buy used from: $2.04 His Royal Bobness, the ultimate songsmith.
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 | The Ultimate Collection by George Gershwin
Buy new: $32.99 / Used from: $7.24 George Gershwin was a composer of truly timeless, transcendent songs.
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 | The Girl From Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.30 The extraordinary composer of countless bossa nova classics has yet to be given his proper due.
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 | Moondance by Van Morrison
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $0.98 In the world of pop music, where the word "artist" gets used far too loosely, Van The Man's the real deal!
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 | Mood Indigo: Capitol Sings Duke Ellington by Various Artists
Buy used from: $6.55 What more can be said about the greatness of The Duke?
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 | The Band by The Band
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.20 Songs written (or co-written) by the brilliant Robbie Robertson.
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 | Carole King - Her Greatest Hits: Songs Of Long Ago by Carole King
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.47 Truly one of the greatest songwriters to emerge in the rock era.
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 | Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes by Various Artists
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $1.62 Porter's songs transcend genres and generations.
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 | I Am the Blues by Willie Dixon
Buy used from: $1.87 Never really made his name as a recording artist, but Dixon was the greatest songwriter in the history of the blues.
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 | Abbey Road (1990) by The Beatles
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $3.43 Lennon & McCartney, of course.
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 | The Ultimate Collection by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $6.96 How many of the great R&B classics were penned by Smoky Robinson? Too many to count.
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 | Sondheim: The Stephen Sondheim Album by Various Artists
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $6.05 When at his best, Sondheim has few peers.
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 | Sam Cooke - Greatest Hits by Sam Cooke
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $6.02 He may not have invented soul music, but he set the standard for all that followed him.
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 | Till the Night is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus by Various Artists
Buy used from: $17.75 It's almost impossible to calculate how many rock,pop,r&b standards bear the name "Doc Pomus" in the writing credit.
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 | Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs Of Leiber And Stoller (1995 Original Broadway Cast) by Mike Stoller
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $4.45 Virtually every songwriter of the rock era is indebted to this duo's song-crafting wizardry.
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 | Shake Me, Wake Me: A Tribute to Holland-Dozier-Holland by Levi Stubbs
Buy used from: $0.78 If you don't know their names, you know their songs: "Stop In The Name Of Love", "This Old Heart Of Mine" and countless other Motown gems.
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 | His Best, Vol. 1 by Chuck Berry
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $3.83 He didn't just record some of the greatest rock n' roll tunes ever, he wrote them too.
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 | Avalon Blues : Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings by Mississippi John Hurt
Buy used from: $1.80 Writer, and performer, of countless blues standards.
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 | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Curtis Mayfield by Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions
Buy new: $7.97 / Used from: $4.56 A legendary performer, but Mayfield was also a brilliant (and underrated) songwriter.
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 | Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones
Buy used from: $41.85 Jagger & Richards, of course.
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 | Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years by Tom Waits
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $3.00 His output from 1983's "Swordfishtrombones" to 1999's "Mule Variations" puts Waits on par with the best of his contemporaries.
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 | A Tribute to Ashford & Simpson by Various Artists
Buy used from: $24.74 Dozens of timeless R&B gems came from the hearts, minds, and pens of this legendary duo.
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 | The Complete Recordings by Robert Johnson
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $8.84 His songs not only earned him the title King Of The Delta Blues, but may very well have invented rock n' roll as well.
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 | Kate & Anna McGarrigle by Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Buy used from: $11.39 If there's a justice in this world, history will record that this folk-rock sister songwriting duo wrote some of the finest songs of their, or any, era.
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 | Too Marvelous for Words: Capitol Sings Johnny Mercer by Various Artists
Buy used from: $18.43 A true legendary tunesmith.
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