Author	Nationality	Year
	Walter Becker	American	1950 - 2017
	Wanda Jackson	American	1937
	Warren Cuccurullo	American	1956
	Warren Zevon	American	1947 - 2003
	Waylon Jennings	American	1937 - 2002
	Wayne Coyne	American	1961
	Wayne Newton	American	1942
	Wayne Shorter	American	1933 - 2023
	Wayne Wonder	Jamaican	1966
	Wendy Carlos	American	1939
	Wes Borland	American	1975
	Wes Montgomery	American	1925 - 1968
	Whitney Houston	American	1963 - 2012
	Will Champion	English	1978
	Will Oldham	American	1970
	Willa Ford	American	1981
	William Christopher Handy	American	1873 - 1958
	William Jerome	American
	William Kraft	American
	Willie Dixon	American	1915 - 1992
	Willie Nelson	American	1933
	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Austrian	1756 - 1791
	Woody Guthrie	American	1912 - 1967
	Woody Herman	American	1913 - 1987
	Wyclef Jean	American	1972
	Wynonna Judd	American	1964
	Wynton Marsalis	American	1961