51.   Beltzer still writes songs, though.

52.   Beth Orton, performing Saturday night at the Westbeth Theater Center in Greenwich Village, writes clear-eyed songs about romance, singing in a melancholy but resilient alto.

53.   Biz news groupies shout out at them all over the country, write songs about them, have web sites devoted to their hunkdom.

54.   Blaker also writes songs, and some were picked up by George Strait, a friend from the dance hall circuit who was making it big.

55.   Billy Joel has had his share of idols and musical inspirations since he started writing songs more than three decades ago.

56.   Both write songs in the classic Broadway manner as descended from the American popular songbook.

57.   -- Sacred Reich has begun writing songs for its next album on Hollywood Records.

58.   A country-pop singer and songwriter who transcends Nashville cliches, Ms. Chapman sounds a lot like Jennifer Warnes and writes songs that often cut to the bone.

59.   A record producer in the audience that night was bowled over by the raw emotion, and asked Sledge to write a song about his feelings.

60.   A not-quite-recovering nymphomaniac and her nerdy husband write songs about their Norwich terrier.