After Billy Steinberg's Death, Co-Writer Tom Kelly Visits Their Five Hot 100 No. 1s Including Madonna's ‘Like a Virgin': ‘Nobody Wanted to Touch It'

Kelly and Steinberg, who died Feb. 16, also penned hits for Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston, The Bangles and many more.
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The 1980s Starship Hit Originally Written as a Wedding Song That Grace Slick Never Understood: “I Don’t Believe the Lyrics”

I don’t like to sing songs where I don’t believe the lyrics,” said Slick of the Starship hit, written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren.