Bob Dylan tops "best living sogwriters" list

Bob Dylan has topped a recent list of the "100 Best Living Songwriters." Paste magazine conducted the poll which asked 50 writers and musicians to compile the list encouraging them, "to vote for the songwriters they treasured the most, not the ones with the highest sales, the biggest impact on culture or even the greatest influence on other songwriters."

The Top 20 "Best Living Songwriters" according to Paste magazine are:

Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
Paul McCartney
Leonard Cohen
Brian Wilson
Elvis Costello
Joni Mitchell
Prince
Randy Newman
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Paul Simon
Stevie Wonder
Willie Nelson
David Bowie
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
U2 (Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton)
Patty Griffin
Van Morrison

Honorable mention goes to:

Elton John and Bernie Taupin at Number 23; Robbie Robertson at Number 28; Carole King at Number 31; Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller at Number 32; Pete Townshend at Number 33; John Fogerty at Number 34; Burt Bacharach and Hal David at Number 40; Ray Davies at Number 41; Al Green at Number 44; and Cat Stevens at Number 49.