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.
30th January 1969: British rock group the Beatles performing their last live public concert on the rooftop of the Apple Organization building for director Michael Lindsey-Hogg's film documentary, 'Let It Be,' on Savile Row, London, England. Drummer Ringo Starr sits behind his kit. Singer/songwriters Paul McCartney and John Lennon perform at their microphones, and guitarist George Harrison (1943 – 2001) stands behind them. Lennon's wife Yoko Ono sits at right. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images)
Daniel Powter during Fete de la Musique on France 2 Live Show / Music Day in Versailles at Chateau de Versailles in Versailles, France. (Photo by Toni Anne Barson Archive/WireImage)
Uriah Heep, posed group portrait L-R Mick Box, Trevor Bolder, John Lawton (1946 – 2021), Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake, circa 1976. (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)
Folk group Alabama w. musicians (L-R) Jeff Cook, Costo Davis, Randy Owen, Larry Hanson, Teddy Gentry & Mark Herndon. (Photo by Ron Wolfson/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN – CIRCA 1962: Loretta Lynn poses for a portrait holding a guitar that has her name spelled down the fretboard in circa 1961 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman plays her Fender acoustic guitar at a recording studio in Los Angeles, California, circa 1988. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images)
