| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| Grammy Hall of Fame Albums and Songs (USA) | No Order |
| NPR (USA) - The 300 Most Important American Records of the 20th Century (1999) | No Order |
| National Recording Preservation Board (USA) - The National Recording Registry | No Order |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA)- The Songs That Shaped Rock (Additions 2011) | No Order |
| Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017) | 21-100 |
| The Blues Foundation (USA) - Hall of Fame Inductees for Single | No Order |
| Guardian (UK) - A history of modern music (2011) | No Order |
| Guido Michielone (Italy) - Jazz Forever: 1020 Tunes 1894-2015 (2015) | No Order |