Desmond Child

Behind The Song

03.17.26

Paul Stanley Originally Wrote This Song for KISS Before It Was Recorded by Ronnie Spector, Cher, and Desmond Child

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Features

01.09.24

From Streisand to Prog-Metal, 4 Songs You Didn’t Know Were Written by Hit Whisperer Desmond Child

By Al Melchior
Features

11.02.23

10 Wildly Underrated Bon Jovi Tracks

By Bryan Reesman
Latest Music News & Stories

10.24.23

Songwriter Desmond Child Wishes He Wrote This Billie Eilish Hit

By Lauren Boisvert
Features

10.24.23

KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons Talk Songwriting with American Songwriter

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Writers Block

10.12.23

The Writer’s Block: Desmond Child on Becoming One of the Biggest Songwriters of ’80s Rock—and Beyond

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Features

09.27.23

The Meaning Behind the Road-Dog Lament “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi

By Amara Sorosiak
Features

09.18.23

Songs You Didn’t Know Richie Sambora Co-Wrote for Bon Jovi

By Jay McDowell
Features

05.25.23

8 Legendary Songwriters of the 1980s

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Features

02.04.23

Meet the Writers Behind “Poison” by Alice Cooper

By Cillea Houghton
Latest Music News & Stories

12.09.21

Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Desmond Child, and More Lead Songwriting Fantasy Camp in 2022

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Features

05.07.15

Dispatch from the ASCAP Expo

By Paul Zollo