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.
American folk rock band America, circa 1975. Left to right: Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek (1950 – 2011). (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife Linda try on some of the headdresses from the off-Broadway stage show 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road' backstage at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, 22nd December 1974. On the right is cast member Alaina Reed. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – July 5: Rock and roll icon Bruce Springsteen falls to the stage and continues playing the guitar on his back on July 5, 1978 at the Forum in Inglewood, California. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
The Rolling Stones taken in the 1960s, from left to right, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts.; (Photo by King Collection/Avalon/Getty Images)
