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.
NASHVILLE – MARCH 1: Portrait of Kenny Rogers for the CBS television special 'The Kenny Rogers Special,' Nashville, Tennessee, March 1979. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
American blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters (1913-1983) performs live on stage with his blues band during the recording of the BBC Television show 'Jazz at the Maltings' at Snape Maltings near Aldeburgh in Suffolk, England on 24th October 1968. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
American musician Brian Wilson, of the American rock band The Beach Boys, sings on stage during a concert in Los Angeles, California, circa 1988. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images)
SPICEWOOD, TEXAS – MARCH 16: Willie Nelson performs in concert during the Luck Reunion at Luck, Texas on March 16, 2017 in Spicewood, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images)
