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.
Unspecified – 1975: John Denver performing on the ABC tv special 'An Evening With John Denver'. (Photo by Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
English rock group Led Zeppelin posed sitting on the bonnet of a Jaguar car during their first photo shoot for WEA records in London in December 1968. L-R John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Bonham. (Photo by Dick Barnatt/Redferns)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 17: Rick Springfield performs during an acoustic tour, co-headlining with Richard Marx at the Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort on August 17, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Palms Casino Resort)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – DECEMBER 13: Vince Gill performs at the Ryman Auditorium on December 13, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
MONTEREY, CA – Soul singer Otis Redding performs onstage at the Monterey International Pop Festival on June 17, 1967 in Monterey, California. (Photo by Bob Buchanan/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
George Strait during 22nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
