You know Im often seeing lists from magazines on here and they are a complete joke I mean who comes up with them. The formular seems to be put in some well established names put them in the wrong order and throw in a couple of suprises.

So going of the formular established names + wrong order + suprises Ill give it a go here are my top 10 songwriters of all time:

10. Lennon/mcartney
9. Erykah badu
8. Prince
7. David Bowie
6. Snoop Dogg
5. Bacharach/David
4. Brian Wilson
3. Smokey Robinson
2. Justin Timberlake
1. Jimi Hendrix

And there we have it a classic magazine list. Why not give it a go yourself just follow the formula.
[Edited 6/18/08 5:42am]