This is the "Paste 100 Best Living Songwriters" list, I plan to use this sandbox to populate a category, bost any articles that are missing or stubs, and to create a Wikipedia article without the obvious copyvio problems of the list as currently displayed. Then, I'll "{db-author}" this page. I'm just using this as a sort-of to-do-list that doesn't reflect my own musical biases.

100. T Bone Burnett

99. Andre Benjamin & Antwan Patton ( Outkast)

98. Jay Farrar ( Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo)

97. Josh Ritter

96. Jimmy Cliff

95. Patti Smith

94. Sam Phillips

93. Joseph Arthur

92. Alejandro Escovedo

91. Drive-By Truckers ( Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, Jason Isbell)

90. Nick Cave

89. Victoria Williams

88. Parliament ( George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell)

87. Lyle Lovett

86. Sam Beam ( Iron & Wine)

85. David Bazan ( Pedro the Lion, Headphones)

84. John Linnell & John Flansburgh ( They Might Be Giants)

83. Fleetwood Mac ( Lindsey Buckingham,

Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie)

82. John Darnielle ( Mountain Goats)

81. Wayne Coyne & Steven Drozd ( The Flaming Lips)

80. Pink Floyd ( Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nick Mason)

79. Stephen Malkmus ( Pavement, Silver Jews)

78. Robert Pollard ( Guided by Voices)

77. Bruce Cockburn

76. Will Oldham (aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Palace Music, etc.)

75. Ron Sexsmith

74. Linford Detweiler & Karin Bergquist ( Over the Rhine)

73. Julie Miller

72. Michael Jackson

71. Vic Chesnutt

70. Alex Chilton ( Big Star, The Box Tops)

69. Merle Haggard

68. Allen Toussaint

67. Conor Oberst ( Bright Eyes)

66. Charles Thompson (aka Frank Black, Black Francis) ( Pixies)

65. Bill Mallonee ( Vigilantes of Love)

64. Andy Partridge ( XTC, Dukes of Stratosphear)

63. Richard Thompson ( Fairport Convention)

62. Sting ( The Police)

61. John Hiatt

60. Jimmy Webb

59. Jack White ( White Stripes, Raconteurs)

58. Sly Stone ( Sly & the Family Stone)

57. Morrissey ( The Smiths)

56. James Brown

55. Dolly Parton

54. Aimee Mann

53. James Taylor

52. Paul Westerberg ( The Replacements)

51. Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham

50. Public Enemy ( Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler, et al)

49. Cat Stevens

48. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

47. Sufjan Stevens

46. David Byrne ( Talking Heads)

45. Jackson Browne

44. Al Green

43. Ryan Adams ( Whiskeytown)

42. Loretta Lynn

41. Ray Davies ( The Kinks)

40. Burt Bacharach & Hal David

39. Led Zeppelin ( Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham)

38. Kris Kristofferson

37. Smokey Robinson

36. Beck Hansen

35. Steve Earle

34. John Fogerty ( Creedence Clearwater Revival)

33. Pete Townshend ( The Who)

32. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

31. Carole King

30. John Prine

29. Tom Petty

28. Robbie Robertson ( The Band)

27. Radiohead ( Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway)

26. R.E.M. ( Peter Buck, Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe)

25. Chuck Berry

24. Jeff Tweedy ( Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Golden Smog, Loose Fur, etc.)

23. Elton John & Bernie Taupin

22. Lucinda Williams

21. Lou Reed ( Velvet Underground)

20. Van Morrison

19. Patty Griffin

18. U2 ( Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton)

17. Holland-Dozier-Holland

16. David Bowie

15. Willie Nelson

14. Stevie Wonder

13. Paul Simon

12. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards ( The Rolling Stones)

11. Randy Newman

10. Prince

9. Joni Mitchell

8. Elvis Costello

7. Brian Wilson ( The Beach Boys)

6. Leonard Cohen

5. Paul McCartney ( The Beatles, Wings)

4. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan

3. Bruce Springsteen

2. Neil Young ( Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

1. Bob Dylan