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.
Def Leppard 1980 Pete Willis, Steve Clark, Joe Elliott, Rick Allen, Rick Savage
(MANDATORY CREDIT Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney of Wings perform on stage at Wembley Pool, London on 19th October 1976. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music via Getty Images)
HOLLYWOOD – 1966: Supergroup "Buffalo Springfield" perform pose for a portrait outside a movie theatre in 1966 in Hollywood, California. (L-R) Stephen Stills, Bruce Palmer, Neil Young, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The three founding members of Talking Heads on a Manhattan rooftop, US, 1976. (Jerry Harrison would join the group at the beginning of 1977.) (L-R) Bassist Tina Weymouth, singer-guitarist David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz. (Photo by Linda D. Robbins/Getty Images)
Southern rock band the "Allman Brothers" including Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, and Jaimoe Johanson pose for a portrait ouitside a church on May 5, 1969 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – JANUARY 01: Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot performs prior to the game between the Seattle Kraken and the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Park on January 01, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
