{"id":485424,"date":"2026-02-17T09:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/485424\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:10:07","slug":"billy-steinberg-madonnas-like-a-virgin-songwriter-dies-at-75-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/485424\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Steinberg, Madonna&#039;s Like a Virgin songwriter, dies at 75 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1Gem81VnMxeHlZdUhUMVlVSDJPNjB4U0JyWHMzZlhDVk5WcUVJVVlpcndRczhWUUNrYXpCV0Vjem95TGljZVpDR1ZTVUpmWEZfOS1QbjBqWEdoZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Billy Steinberg, Madonna&#8217;s Like a Virgin songwriter, dies at 75<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwJBVV95cUxOd2w1Zkp5cHg0QVlUSkRGX1BZWDZfWG5HQ2RTX0Rldm5wZThvYVI1QU1xS2wwTDdUR0ZrOUFBNm0zbHBMUFE1VE5rbndpVUV1YjhqWTI4UFhTaUx0TTI4SERBblBhUDZOVEtJOXJ4MzRwUUcxRm9FQnoxM3VQSGE1ck5mRGFudXE0YWEzdkRLWVhWekxGUlIwNWtkY2pUa2c2V3ZDSmxnODk0bmVGMHlES0lFTnB6YnBfTGYxd2JBVFJSU1VZdTJkLTFHQ3RzT3c5LTBWcFBxZDJHUThtdGFTVTVZdm91MEVWQTBrNEI1VEdoaXBIVXdVdWVZQXdjaHdBdzBj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Star behind huge 80s hits dies from cancer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxOeWJFclNzQkUyVmxMWDJfM2lhcTBxTjhvZ0hmS3RsSlB4d0FIMXZrMzJYa3pPalZNb0N6Rnd2VFF4U0R5SURPaFJ4aElsNjVIa1Y3bW9GdXhsMEVDYzQ0RW1GWHczYm1Jam5aNWtrUWF5QjZDSmJvWVVnNWxMRGc2dTJJOEVJMzhoZHA5RU81eEVDM2kzQ1ZETDhSN3lBeVZxQm4tZExKdzhvM1lmTElqa09LUnlWaWtWdkZnbmZwbTI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Like a Virgin&#8217; songwriter Billy Steinberg dies at 75 &#8211; Los Angeles Times<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Los Angeles Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQTnZiSDVRRGxSbkdENHJnUDJhY0NWMHhOZWxwZTBMbTNfbHQ4ZFQwQ2ttdnFpS3pjUkJFdUZJcXNoQjRBZ3lvcXY0bXBISXlJRTZFQ0oydHFibU9Jem9UY1ZkQWFiVEFOUFhCSldLQkdaODhmM04xY245cmRhVUNqWWl0YlBVZldzdzFvSExqWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Billy Steinberg Dies: Hall Of Fame Songwriter Who Co-Penned Five U.S. No. 1 Hits Including \u201cLike A Virgin\u201d Was 75<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Deadline<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPdnFaWVVfcE9pamFxa0J6VE1TM2tkZ05jMWh4YkI0aGVjZHJIclZMQ2ZLV0kwWlkxYVJrMHA0N3Zvcm5XbkJTVVpqWWNQQm53dlA5cGFMbm00UDI3R0tQMGVCM2E0ZWtDSnF3bWxLaXFGOEhvUDlCRTJOY3hweTlvbGdSTGFHUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Like a Virgin\u2019 Songwriter Billy Steinberg Dies at 74<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;People.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billy Steinberg, Madonna&#8217;s Like a Virgin songwriter, dies at 75&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCStar behind huge 80s hits dies from cancer&nbsp;&nbsp;News.com.au&#8216;Like a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-485424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}