Thanks for the mention roadcat.
I do like some of those songs, so there is a chance that if I knew more about all the songs he wrote for others, I might have a lot more appreciation of him.
I'm a former musician and follow music. Although I stopped playing in bands in my twenties, I have musician friends who still play in their sixties. There are quite a few singers who started out writing songs for others before cashing in on their song-writing talent by singing their own songs. I've gone to Neil Sedaka concerts right at stage-front, he too wrote many hit songs for others (hundreds). Others are Elton John, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Paula Abdul (mainly choreography but songs also), etc.. I rate Prince up there with the top artists for song-writing talent.