Billy Steinberg is an American songwriter who was inducted into the songwriters hall of fame in 2011. Billy has had Number 1 hits in the USA with “Like A Virgin” (Madonna), “True Colors” (Cyndi Lauper), “So Emotional” (Whitney Houston), “Eternal Flame” (The Bangles) and “Alone” (Heart).

Billy co-wrote other well-known Top 10 hits, including “I’ll Stand By You” (Pretenders, Carrie Underwood), “I Touch Myself” (the Divinyls), “How Do I Make You” (Linda Ronstadt), “I Drove All Night” (Roy Orbison, Cyndi Lauper, Celine Dion), “In Your Room” (The Bangles) and “Too Little Too Late” (JoJo).

We discuss the creative process in writing the hits and find out if Quentin Tarantino was correct with his metaphor for “Like A Virgin” in Reservoir Dogs.

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