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.
LOS ANGELES – SEPTEMBER 1: Fleetwood Mac (L-R Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood) backstage at the Los Angeles Rock Awards on September 1, 1977 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Richard Creamer/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
AMERICAN BANDSTAND – "James Darren, Sam Cooke, Stonewall Jackson, The Mystics" – Airdate June 18, 1959. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) STONEWALL JACKSON
CIRCA 1966: Singer Mick Jagger of the rock and roll band "The Rolling Stones" performs onstage in circa 1966. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American rock band Aerosmith (Singer Steven Tyler,) perform at the release party in support of their album "Nine Lives" on March 18, 1997 at The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York. (Photo By Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
