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.
1981: Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. (Photo by BSR Agency/Gentle Look via Getty Images)
396484 10: Musical group Crazy Town performs at Breathe, a benefit concert for breast cancer treatment and research October 27, 2001 in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
Jim Morrison performs with the Doors at Fantasy Fair in Marin County, California, during the Summer of Love, 1967; (Photo by Elaine Mayes/Getty Images)
Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell provides backing vocals during the recording of Carole King's album 'Tapestry' at A&M Records Recording Studio in January 1971 in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Jim McCrary/Redferns)
LOS ANGELES – 1968: Married country singers Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash perform onstage in 1968 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
CHICAGO – MARCH 1973: (L-R) American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist Gram Parsons (1946-1973) performing with American singer, songwriter, and musician Emmylou Harris during Parson’s “Fallen Angel’s Tour" at The Quiet Knight in Chicago, IL on March 3, 1973. (Photo by Icon and Image/Getty Images)
