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Marc Myers
Dec 03, 2019
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Typewriter-repair stores are gone. So are most camera shops and sign painters. But songwriting is still going strong. Everything you see on TV, on streaming services and at the movies needs original music drifting in and out. This includes ads. A look at the weekly Billboard pop charts shows that top songs have six or more credited writers attached. But…

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