41.   As with previous albums, all the songs were written by Ness.

42.   At Republic Pictures, he wrote songs for Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.

43.   At the second of two concerts Wednesday night at the Supper Club, Elvis Costello structured his performance as meticulously as he writes his songs.

44.   At this stage, he says, he writes songs solely to please himself.

45.   Auntie Irmgard lost track of how many songs she wrote.

46.   Bacharach wrote a song about it.

47.   Balladeer Woody Guthrie wrote a song about him.

48.   Because even his darkest songs are written in major keys, there is always a play of shadow and light in his music.

49.   Ball spent the next few years writing new songs, paying his dues and thinking about his future.

50.   Bedridden for two months, she used the time to write songs on a guitar she bought her last year in high school.