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.
Picture taken on November 4, 1959 at Paris showing Canadian-American singer and composer Paul Anka. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – CIRCA 1989: Joan Jett backstage when Joan Jett & the Blackhearts perform on Broadway circa 1989 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Platzer/Images/Getty Images)
Eric Clapton (born in 1945) British singer-songwriter and guitarist, during a concert at the Pavillon de Pantin. Paris (19th arrondissement), on June 14, 1977. (Photo by Christian Rose/Roger Viollet via Getty Images)
Photo by Maurice Seymour/Kraftwerk/Getty Images; NEW YORK – CIRCA 1975: German electronic group Kraftwerk (L-R Karl Bartos, Ralph Hutter, Wolfgang Flur and Florian Schneider) pose for a portrait circa 1975 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Maurice Seymour/Kraftwerk/Getty Images)
American country music band Diamond Rio on stage during an awards ceremony in 1993. The band is comprised of pianist and keyboard player Dan Truman, singer and guitarist Marty Roe, guitarist and banjo player Jimmy Olander, singer and bass player Dana Williams, drummer Brian Prout, and mandolin player, violinist and singer Gene Johnson. (Photo by Beth Gwinn/Redferns/Getty Images)
CIRCA 1966: Rock band "The Guess Who" pose for a portrait in circa 1966. (L-R) Jim Kale, Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
