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.
Portrait of American folk musician and songwriter Bob Dylan smiling and holding a cigarette, early 1960s. (Photo by American Stock/Getty Images)
1958: (L-R) Arlene Smith, Sonia Goring, Rene Minus, Jackie Landry and Lois Harris of the R&B vocal group "The Chantels" pose for a portrait session in 1958 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
