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.
David Bowie performing on stage at Wallington Public Hall, Surrey, on first Ziggy Stardust tour, 24th Fenruary 1972. (Photo by Dick Barnatt/Redferns)
LONDON – 23rd NOVEMBER: Singer Robert Plant of British rock band Led Zeppelin performing on stage at the Wembley Empire Pool in London, England on 23rd November 1971. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
American popular music duo Simon and Garfunkel, who are singer (and later actor) Art Garfunkel and guitarist and singer Paul Simon, performs on the CBS variety program 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' New York, May 22, 1966. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
1984: The Talking Heads line-up for the concert film 'Stop Making Sense' (L-R Steve Scales, Bernie Worrell, Jerry Harrison, Ednah Holt, David Byrne, Lynn Mabry, Tina Wemouth, Chris Frantz and Alex Weir) pose for a portrait in 1984. (Photo by Sire Records/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
