Richard Ashcroft

b. 1971 · The Verve frontman

The Verve’s singer and principal songwriter, who wrote ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’. He lost the writing credit and royalties in a 1997 sample dispute and had them restored by Jagger and Richards in 2019.

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Songs written by Richard Ashcroft

Bitter Sweet Symphony

Written by them — recorded by The Verve

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