He started playing the piano on a local radio station, and went on to write some of the most memorable instrumentals of the 50's and 60's. He opened a recording studio which recorded people like Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, LeAnn Rimes, Bobby Vee and many more. And he produced some of the greatest records of the rock and roll era, and beyond. 
•NORMAN PETTY gave a very rare interview to Jim Liddane

Rock & Roll hits in the 50's - the most successful stage musical of all time in the 60's - bankrupt in the 70's - •LIONEL BART told us exclusively about the highs, and the lows of a songwriting career

He started in London in the swinging 60's, and went on to work with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jimmy Webb.  •TERRY NOON told it all to Songwriter Magazine

•RODGER HODGSON of Supertramp has written some of the greatest songs of the 20th Century. He told Songwriter Magazine how he did it

•HAL SHAPER wrote the classic "Softly As I Leave You" and also became a most respected and successful music publisher. This is his story told exclusively to us

Her songs have been recorded by Patsy Cline, The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart,  Burl Ives and Eddie Cochran.  •MARIJOHN WILKIN tells her story to the magazine she reads every month - Songwriter Magazine

He started as a songwriter writing hits for everybody from Phil Spector to Bobby Vee, before becoming a superstar in his own right. •GENE PITNEY talks about his songwriting - only to Songwriter Magazine

He started as an actor, but his songs have sold 50 million records. The man in question? Legendary songwriter •BARRY MASON talks exclusively to Songwriter Magazine.

He wrote his first hit song as a teenager, went on to swop guitar licks with one of the greatest rock and roll legends of all time, before embarking on his own solo career, writing dozens of hit country songs, before returning to his roots as a member of one of rock's great bands. •SONNY CURTIS told Songwriter Magazine all about his wonderful life.

• PATRICIA ROSE KNAPTON is an English songwriter who won an "International Songwriter Of The Year Award" at the Las Vegas American Eagle Awards For Country Music - two years running. She tells her story to Songwriter Magazine.