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As far as the Beatles being the "uncommon singer/songwriters", you'd be incorrect. Carl Perkins and Chuck Berry were doing long before they were. They also were the KEY influences in the Beatles.

Fine, but nobody said they (the Beatles) were the first. I was saying that it was uncommon, not unheard of. The massive chart success that the Beatles had, with their own material (along with Brian Wilson's big chart success with the Beach Boys) made it much more palatable to the record companies ( who decided what got released) to allow their artists to write their own tunes. Within a few years, it was pretty common. Before that, the music business machine had pretty much stifled artists, except for a few of the big names. And it's probably no coincidence that the half dozen or so big names cited by "Radiohead>You" happen to be the main ones that have endured through the years, even though they only accounted for a small percentage of the top hits of the times.
 

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Fine, but nobody said they (the Beatles) were the first. I was saying that it was uncommon, not unheard of.

Look, the amount of artists I list is irrelevant. You specifically wrote that before The Betales for rock artists to write and perform their own material was uncommon, and I have specifically proved that is not the case.

I was responding to Radiohead.
 

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The Drifters did not write their own music. This goes for most Doo Wap.
Buddy Holly only wrote about 1/3 of his songs.

The most famous "unknown" song writers of music history were a trio. Their names? Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. Around here in Michigan their known only as "Holland-Dozier-Holland".

Leiber and Stoller wrote some good ones as well.

As far as the Beatles being the "uncommon singer/songwriters", you'd be incorrect. Carl Perkins and Chuck Berry were doing long before they were. They also were the KEY influences in the Beatles.

Buddy Holly may have only written 1/3 of his songs but so did everyone. Albums consisted of some self-written music and covers. This didn't change till the mid 60's.
 

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Mostly can't stand Kiss or Pearl Jam but there are others like REM, Coldplay also I heavily dislike.

Oh yeah also Slipknot.
 

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I've kinda always thought that it was pretty common knowledge that in those days the norm was singers/pop idols fronting for "hit factories", like the Brill building in New York or the Motown operation in Detroit.

I've Always "kinda thought that" as well, but because of this discussion I've examined the evidence a bit. Those "hit factories" were certainly around in the late 50's early 60's and were responsible for writing a lot of the hits by Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Everly Brothers (they didn't write most of their stuff) and countless lesser known acts. Also, the same song was recorded by dozens of artists and would sometimes be a hit a few times over.

And when the Beatles started out, it was common practice for bands to record covers, which is exactly what they did. That they were allowed to record their own material wasn't all that new, although maybe thanks to the Beatles' run the public became more conscious of the idea of songwriting.

Also, those hit factories just kept on existing as well, throughout the 60's (Motown for instance) until today. Recording a cover of a well-known song is still a good way to break through, and a lot of popular acts today don't write their own songs but have a whole team of writers, producers / autotune engineers and marketing people behind them.
 

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Having to bite my tongue and hold back tears when the Beatles are mentioned here.I know it's each to their own and all but.. Damn.
 

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I got to go with Def Leppard. I just never could get into them.
 

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