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   Message 38,050 of 39,879   
   Charles Ulrich to Martin Higgs   
   Re: Song Credit Question.....   
   22 May 15 12:07:37   
   
   From: charlesulrich@shaw.ca   
      
   In article <0d018f9d-8fa7-4b0e-bdde-6786f119ca36@googlegroups.com>,   
    Martin Higgs  wrote:   
      
   > On Friday, May 22, 2015 at 2:35:17 PM UTC+1, The old geezer wrote:   
   > > When two people are credited with writing a tune (ie. Wilson/Love,   
   > > Lennon/Mccartney, Zappa/Black) is the first person listed the music   
   > > composer or the lyricist?   
      
   Yes.   
      
   > > Or is it just the person who did *most* of the songwriting?   
      
   Not necessarily.   
      
   > I think with Lennon / McCartney it was purely alphabetical L, M ...I read or   
   > heard that onne time.   
      
   A Lennon/McCartney credit indicates that the song was written by John   
   Lennon and/or Paul McCartney. They shared credit even on songs written   
   entirely by one or the other.   
      
   --Charles   
      
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