100% | ROSEN | 5 | Pianist and music scholar Charles who wrote “The Classical Style” |
49% | READE | 5 | Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
47% | READE | 5 | Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
46% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for "Waitress" |
46% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Stephen who wrote the music and lyrics for "Sweeney Todd" |
45% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress" |
43% | ALAN | 4 | Menken who wrote the music for "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin" |
43% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote the words and music for Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" |
43% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | "Love Song" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "Waitress": 2 wds. |
43% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote and composed the music for Broadway's "Waitress" |
42% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "Jolene" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "9 to 5": 2 wds. |
42% | DAVEGROHL | 9 | Foo Fighters founder who wrote the 2021 memoir "The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music" (2 wds.) |
42% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
42% | CYNDILAUPER | 11 | "Time After Time" singer who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "Kinky Boots": 2 wds. |
42% | BAZLUHRMANN | 11 | "Moulin Rouge!" director who wrote and directed the 2022 music biopic "Elvis" (2 wds.) |
41% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | Singer/songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the stage adaptation of "Waitress" (2 wds.) |
40% | SARABAREILLES | 13 | Singer-songwriter who wrote music and lyrics for the stage adaptation of the film "Waitress" (2 wds.) |
38% | STYNE | 5 | Jule who wrote the music for "Funny Girl" |
38% | ALANMENKEN | 10 | EGOT winner who wrote the music for “Aladdin” |
38% | MAILER | 6 | Norman who wrote The Naked and the Dead |
38% | BRIAN | 5 | ___ Tyler, composer who wrote original music for the 2010 action film "The Expendables" and also composed music for "Now You See Me" |
37% | WEILL | 5 | Kurt who wrote the music for "The Threepenny Opera" |
37% | JEROME | 6 | Composer Kern who wrote the music for "Show Boat" |
37% | ARNE | 4 | Thomas who wrote the music for "Soft Flowing Avon" |
37% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | American who wrote The Old Man and the Sea |
37% | HOMER | 5 | Greek poet who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" |
37% | ELFMAN | 6 | Composer Danny who wrote the theme music for "The Simpsons" |
37% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon who wrote the stories adapted as "Guys and Dolls" |
37% | LEAR | 4 | Edward who wrote "The Owl and the Pussycat" |
37% | AMORY | 5 | Cleveland who wrote “The Cat and the Curmudgeon” |