benjohnson

His surname quite often mutilated into the more ordinary Johnson, Ben Jonson is one of the few writers from the 16th century who was picking up songwriting credits during the early rock & roll era. The main reason for this is the poem entitled "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes", composed circa 1595, but still relevant to crooner Johnnie Ray in 1955. Moving on even farther in history, Jonson might be considered to have even more in common with rap artists, and not just because they both write lines that tend to rhyme at the end. Like many rappers, as well as rockers, Jonson did...