Talk:Ralph Siegel

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Composer

Recently an edit was made to suggest that Ralph is a "songwriter", but not a composer. A songwriter can be a person who writes the music, lyrics or both. As far as I know, Ralph only writes music. Can anyone correct me? Does he do lyrics as well? If so, please cite a reference. Thanks. EuroSong ^talk 20:31, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Songwriters are not covered by the 'art music' Composers Project, so the question is not really about whether or not he composes per se. --Klein zach 02:34, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well it is actually. He writes in the pop idiom and writers of popular and folk music (even if they don't write the lyrics) are called songwriters, normally. See the explanation at the end of the composers article. Hence, I also changed the word in his entry. --Jubilee♫clipman 03:37, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, there aren't any sources in this article, anyway, so how can we verify what he is? You might actually start by saving this article from the Deletionists... then we can argue over his precise designation re songwriter/composer. Eurovision is not my field but I suspect EuroSong could come up with a few decent references. --Jubilee♫clipman 03:46, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

River of Silence

Why is "River of Silence" so notable that it deserves a special mention? Image of me (talk) 05:07, 6 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In Heaven There Is No Beer

The article for that song lists a Ralph Maria Siegel as the composer. Is he the same person as this Ralph Siegel? I highly doubt it, since I can't possibly imagine an 11-year-old writing a popular song about booze. But stranger things have happened. FiredanceThroughTheNight (talk) 22:10, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]