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.
Vince Gill performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 31, 1997 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
Tim Buckley (1947 – 1975, right) performs with guitarist Lee Underwood (left) on a television broadcast from The Bitter End nightclub in Greenwich Village, New York City, 14th November 1967. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) 10/31/70- NEW YORK: "Beatle" George Harrison, sporting below-the-shoulder-length hair, listens to master tape of his first solo album in recording studio here Cot 30 with Pete Bennett {l} of Apple Records and producer Phil Spector. The disc, titled "All Things Must Pass," will be released in late November. EM (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)
View of American siblings & Rock musicians Ann Wilson (left) and Nancy Wilson, both of the group Heart, during an interview on MTV at Teletronic Studios, New York, New York, April 22, 1982. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
