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.
Tommy Heath and Jim Keller of the rock band 'Tommy Tutone' pose for a studio portrait session in 1981 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Rolling Stones performing at Sir Morgans Cove Club, Worcester, MA USA. September 17, 1981.
(Ian Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts,MIck Jagger,Keith Richards,Bill Wyman)
Portrait of the members of American hip hop group The Sugar Hill Gang, New York, New York, November 1980. Pictured are, from left, Michael 'Wonder Mike' Wright, Henry 'Big Bank' Jackson, and Guy 'Master Gee' O'Brian. (Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – JANUARY 01: Photo of QUEEN; Posed group portrait – Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deason (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)
American musician Kenny Rogers performs at the Rosemont Horizon (later renamed the Allstate Arena), Rosemont, Illinois, April 12, 1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Singer Robin Zander (left) and guitarist Rick Nielsen performing with American rock group Cheap Trick, May 1979. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
ATLANTA – December 11: Singer/Songwriter Willie Nelson performs live at The Omni Coliseum in Atlanta Georgia. December 11, 1981 (Photo By Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
