Boomer-Favs: who are your Top-5 singer-songwriters?

[funsongs]

Everyone's got their favorites - those who inspired and modeled styles to emulate.
Keeping the list short seems challenging: here's mine: (each ones' full catalog could make for a stellar collection).
1. Lennon-McCartney/The Beatles
2. Joni Mitchell (she's not doing well these days )
3. Bob Dylan
4. Bee Gees
5. Paul Simon

Cheers.

[Len911]

That could be a little difficult because some singer + songwriters have written hits for others and were also singers and sometimes sang other's songs, like Albert Hammond and Harry Nilsson. The five I listed are ones who have written and sang many of their songs and had many songs that I've liked and listened to over the years.

1. Gordon Lightfoot
2. Cat Stevens
3. Boz Scaggs
4. Jim Croce
5. Van Morrison

[byllsong]

Paul McCartney
Neil Diamond
Barry Gibbs
David Gates
Phil Collins