Jimmie Dale Gilmore - "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown"Jimmie's song is the underpinning of a much bigger tale: the story of The Flatlanders. 
Julie Gold - "From A Distance"Julie was a secretary at HBO when she thawed out her childhood piano (literally) and wrote the hit that changed her life. 
Bob Lind - "Elusive Butterfly"On the wings of his hit, Bob found success, madness, and a career doing what he most loves. 
Jonathan Edwards - "Sunshine""How much does it cost? I'll buy it?" Another songwriter told Jonathan to change these lyrics. Good thing he ignored this advice. 
Danny O'Keefe - "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues"Gloom led to inspiration for Danny's hit song. He got a record deal and an Elvis cover out of it, but success was fleeting. 
Lou Gramm - "Waiting For A Girl Like You"Gramm co-wrote this gorgeous ballad and delivered an inspired vocal, but the song was the beginning of the end of his time with Foreigner. 
Jules Shear - "All Through The Night"Shears does very little promotion, which has kept him secluded from the spotlight. What changed when Cyndi Lauper had a hit with his song? Not much, really. 
John Cunningham of The Twintones - "Jo-Ann"With his twin brother, John performed on Bandstand with Dick Clark, but saw their hit song go to another group. 
Tracy Nelson of Mother Earth - "Down So Low"In one of the most heartbreaking songs of all time, Tracy tells us that the heartbreaker was Steve Miller. 
Mike Scott of The Waterboys - "Fisherman's Blues"Armed with a childhood spent devouring books, Mike Scott's heart was stolen by the punk rock scene of 1977. Not surprisingly, he would go on to become the most literate of rockers.