The long list of songs about Los Angeles includes odes to cruising on Sunset, experiencing the rare rainy day, and how nobody walks in L.A. Musicians have not only written about the City of Angels—they’ve settled here and created distinct sounds, from the scene in 1960s Laurel Canyon to the so-called “glam metal” of 1980s Sunset Strip.

In advance of the Zócalo/UCLA Thinking L.A. event “A Conversation with Randy Newman,” we asked professional music lovers: Who is your favorite L.A. songwriter and why?

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