With The List, American Songwriter details the best, the brightest, the most enduring, the worst, the most hated, and the most surprising songs ever–among many other qualifiers. If you’re looking for our definitive rankings on music, you’ll find them below.
Daniel Powter during Fete de la Musique on France 2 Live Show / Music Day in Versailles at Chateau de Versailles in Versailles, France. (Photo by Toni Anne Barson Archive/WireImage)
Paul McCartney of English rock and pop group The Beatles tunes up his Hofner 500/1 violin bass guitar on stage during rehearsals for the ABC Television music television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' Summer Spin at Teddington Studios in London on 11th July 1964. The band would go on to play four songs on the show, A Hard Day's Night, Long Tall Sally, Things We Said Today and You Can't Do That. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 7: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash perform together with acoustic guitars on 'The Johnny Cash Show' on June 7, 1969 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
George Harrison (1943 – 2001, left) and Eric Clapton at Limehouse Studios in London during recording of the TV programme 'Blue Suede Shoes', spotlighting veteran rockabilly songwriter and guitarist Carl Perkins. In the background are drummers Slim Jim Phantom and Ringo Starr. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Portrait of The Strokes backstage at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California, USA on 16th October 2001, L-R Fabrizio Moretti, Albert Hammond Jr, Nick Valensi, Julian Casablancas and Nikolai Fraiture. (Photo by Anthony PIdgeon/Redferns)
