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Tom Kelly
Tom Kelly
American musician, songwriter
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Rick Nowels
Rick Nowels
American songwriter and record producer
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Terry Britten
Terry Britten
English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer
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Jules Shear
Jules Shear
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Louis Biancaniello
Louis Biancaniello
American record producer
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Céline Dion
Céline Dion
French Canadian singer (* 1968)
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Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, actress and activist
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Babyface
Babyface
American singer, songwriter and record producer
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Divinyls
Divinyls
Australian rock band
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Michael Thompson
Michael Thompson
American guitarist, born 1954
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Holly Knight
Holly Knight
American songwriter and musician
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Jeff Bova
Jeff Bova
American composer and musician
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T. M. Stevens
T. M. Stevens
American musician
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Will Jennings
Will Jennings
American songwriter
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Alexander Kronlund
Alexander Kronlund
Swedish record producer, songwriter
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Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
American singer and songwriter
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Walter Afanasieff
Walter Afanasieff
Brazilian-American musician, songwriter, record producer and composer
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Diane Warren
Diane Warren
American songwriter, musician and record producer
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Rick Chertoff
Rick Chertoff
American record producer, songwriter
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Max Martin
Max Martin
Swedish record producer and songwriter
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David Foster
David Foster
Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter
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Ellen Shipley
Ellen Shipley
American singer, songwriter
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Sam Watters
Sam Watters
American record producer
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Aldo Nova
Aldo Nova
Canadian musician
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Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil
American songwriter
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Fady Maalouf
Fady Maalouf
German singer of Lebanese descent
Billy Steinberg
American songwriter

Billy Steinberg

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American songwriter

William Endfield Steinberg (born February 26, 1950) is an American songwriter. He achieved his greatest success in the 1980s with songwriting partner Tom Kelly; together they two wrote or co-wrote the No. 1 hits "Like a Virgin" by Madonna (1984), "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper (1986), "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles (1989), "So Emotional" by Whitney Houston (1987) and "Alone" (covered by Heart in 1987). They also wrote or co-wrote the hit songs "I Drove All Night" (recorded by various artists, 1987), "I Touch Myself" by Divinyls (1990), and "I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders (1994).

After Kelly retired from music in the 1990s, Steinberg collaborated with other songwriters. With Rick Nowels and Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo he wrote the hit songs "Falling Into You" (covered by Celine Dion) and "One & One". He has written hit songs with Josh Alexander including "All About Us" by t.A.T.u. (2005), "Too Little Too Late" by JoJo (2006) and "Give Your Heart a Break" by Demi Lovato (2012).