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.
19th May 1967: The Beatles (left to right) Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison (1943 – 2001) and John Lennon (1940 – 1980) at a photocall for the launch of their new album 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', held at Brian Epstein's house at 24 Chapel Street, London. Lennon is wearing an afghan jacket and a sporran. (Photo by John Downing/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE – APRIL 13: George Jones performs on the "Johnny Cash Spring Special", a CBS television special recorded in Nashville, TN, April 13, 1979. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK–AUGUST 02: Musician Robert Palmer performs at Radio City Music Hall on August 2, 1988 in New York City. (Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Singer Robert Plant of The New Yardbirds (soon to be re-named Led Zeppelin) performs live on stage at Gladsaxe Teen Club in Gladsaxe, Denmark on 7th September 1968. (Photo by Jorgen Angel/Redferns)
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)
