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 – 1991: Country Singer and Songwriter Tanya Tucker Performs During 1991 in Nashville, Tennessee. (photo by Beth Gwinn/Getty Images
Thin Lizzy, group portrait at Dragonara Hotel, Bristol, United Kingdom, October 22 1976. L-R Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Brian Downey, Brian Robertson. (Photo by Erica Echenberg/Redferns)
UNITED KINGDOM – JUNE 01: Photo of Andy SUMMERS and Stewart COPELAND and POLICE and STING; L-R: Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Sting – posed, group shot (Photo by John Rodgers/Redferns)
British rock group The Kinks pose on horses in the gardens opposite the Flaghouse in Charing Cross, London where they were rehearsing. Left to right: Pete Quaife, Ray Davies, Mick Avery (bottom) and Dave Davies, 7th September 1964. (Photo by Doreen Spooner/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) performs on stage during the recording of a television show in London in 1964. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
The members of the new wave band the B-52s pose outdoors in front of a lake. From left to right: Fred Schneider (vocals), Kate Pierson (vocals and keyboards), Ricky Wilson (guitar), Keith Strickland (drums), and Cindy Wilson (vocals and guitar). (Photo by Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY CIRCA 1988: George Harrison at the 1988 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony circa 1988 in New York City. (Photo by Sonia Moskowitz/IMAGES/Getty Images)
