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.
(L-R) American musicians guitarist Paul Leary, drummer King Coffey and lead vocalist/keyboards Gibby Haynes, of the American rock band the Butthole Surfers, pose for a group portrait in New York, New York, August 1996. (Photo by Bob Berg/Getty Images)
American rock group The Doors L-R Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Jim Morrison pose for an Electra Records publicity still circa 1967. (Photo by Electra Records/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
