"Steinberg, Billy"@en . "1950-02-26Z"^^ . "American songwriter" . "1950Z"^^ . "William Endfield \"Billy\" Steinberg (born February 26, 1950) is an American songwriter. He achieved his greatest success in the 1980s with songwriting partner Tom Kelly; together the two wrote or co-wrote the No. 1 hits \"Like a Virgin\" by Madonna (1984), \"True Colors\" by Cyndi Lauper (1986), \"Eternal Flame\" by the Bangles (1989), \"So Emotional\" by Whitney Houston (1987) and \"Alone\" (covered by Heart in 1987)."@en .