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.
Robert Plant (left) and Phil Collins as they attend an after party at Greenwich Village's Be Bop Club, New York, New York, September 12, 1983. They had performed earlier, during Plant's 'Principle of Moments' tour, at Madison Square Garden. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
LAKE TAHOE, NV – 1980: Country singer, Dolly Parton, performs at Harrah's Club in this 1980 Lake Tahoe, Nevada, photo. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
BIRMINGHAM, AL – OCTOBER 16: Loretta Lynn performs at the Alys Stephens Center on October 16, 2009 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
Photo of Dee Dee RAMONE and Johnny RAMONE and Joey RAMONE and RAMONES; L-R: Johnny Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Marky Ramone / Uncle Floyd (Floyd Vivino) photographed in New Jersey in 1984 (Photo by Peter Noble/Redferns; Photo by MPIRock/MediaPunch via Getty Images)
Led Zeppelin in concert at Wembley Arena, London, Britain – Oct 1971 – Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Jimmy Page (Photo by Ilpo Musto/Shutterstock)
