True Stories

You know &quot;Layla,&quot; the hit single from Derek and the Dominos, but do you know the wild '70s <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-classic-rock-bands">rock star</a> tales behind its creation? Drug-fueled insanity, hedonism, and death all left their mark on this now-classic song, and you can even say its release marked the end of '60s idealism. Right at the middle of this musical maelstrom sit two legendary guitar players:&nbsp;Eric Clapton and George Harrison. The crazy truth of the matter is that &quot;Layla&quot; - and the bulk of the material on the lone Derek and the Dominos album,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Layla-Other-Assorted-Love-Songs/dp/B004I4H8QI?&amp;tag=rankercom-20">Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs</a> -&nbsp;was inspired by Clapton’s obsession with Harrison’s wife,&nbsp;Pattie Boyd.Harrison and Clapton were best friends at the time the rock legend penned the song about&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/songs-about-crushes/ranker-music">unrequited love</a>,&nbsp;and the results were far from what he’d hoped for. While &quot;Layla&quot; has become one of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-eric-clapton-songs/voteable">Clapton's&nbsp;greatest hits</a>, the album didn’t see success until about two years after the band broke up. Derek and the Dominos seemed doomed as well, as each of its members fell on hard times.From drug abuse to plagiarism to murder, read on to discover the&nbsp;tragic Derek and the Dominos stories associated with&nbsp;&quot;Layla.&quot;

All the Drugs, Murder, Adultery, and Disaster Around Eric Clapton's Layla

General

All the Drugs, Murder & Adultery That Led to Eric Clapton's Layla

Lyra Radford

The most bananas stories and insane 100% true tales about the lives and behind-the-music antics of your favorite rock stars and legendary bands.

Freakin' Rock Stars

Rock

On October 27, 2013,&nbsp;Lou Reed passed away. Reed had an accomplished career, which makes it difficult to sum up his life&nbsp;- a challenge relevant&nbsp;to other late musicians, such as David Bowie and Prince. Reed was&nbsp;a&nbsp;groundbreaking musician - after all, he was a founding member of the iconic <a href="https://www.ranker.com/review/the-velvet-underground/2228190" target="_blank">Velvet Underground</a>, as well as a&nbsp;legendary solo artist. But more than that, he was&nbsp;a&nbsp;walking art project; a&nbsp;confounding and confusing celebrity presence; a&nbsp;social gadfly; and a living, breathing embodiment of a Brooklyn-born&nbsp;New Yorker.&nbsp;Remembered as the man for whom the term &quot;legend&quot; barely scratches the surface, Reed had&nbsp;some of&nbsp;the craziest life stories.&nbsp;

Wild Stories About The Insane Life Of Music Pioneer Lou Reed

Band/Musician

Wild Stories About Music Pioneer Lou Reed

EricAlt

Classic Rock

List of the best Van Halen songs, ranked by fans like you. Van Halen was the ultimate party in the '70s and '80s. With Eddie Van Halen reinventing the notion of guitar heroics, David Lee Roth playing the role of lead singer, and eventually Sammy Hagar bringing in his ear for pop hooks, the band was always a soundtrack to a good time (even when they were at each other's throats behind the scenes.) &nbsp;This list covers the band's party heydey from Roth era classics like &quot;Unchained&quot; and &quot;Panama&quot; to Hagar's pop hits &quot;When It's Love&quot; and &quot;Right Now.&quot; If you feel like we've left one of Eddie's most iconic solos left out or undervalued the Hagar years, redo this list till good times are had by all. Simply click the &quot;Rerank List&quot; button and you can put the songs in whatever order you like.

Panama

The Best Van Halen Songs of All Time

Song

Best Van Halen Songs List | Top Van Halen Tracks Ranked

Voteable

<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-eagles-albums-list/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">List of Eagles</a> songs, ranked from best to worst by the Ranker community. These L.A. rockers were commercial giants of the '70s, scoring massive hits throughout the decade. They remain one of the best-selling artists of all-time. The band is best known for their classic singles like &quot;Hotel California&quot; and &quot;Take It Easy,&quot; and all of those radio favorites are included here. But the biggest Eagles fans know there are also great album cuts that are worthy of votes. &nbsp; Music videos and audio videos are included next to each track name, so if you haven't heard a song you can listen to it right here on this list. Is one of your favorite Eagles songs missing from this poll? Add it to the list so it has a chance to rise to the top. If the order of this list bothers you, then take over by creating your own version and re-ranking it. Simply click the &quot;Rerank List&quot; button and you can put the songs in whatever order you like.

Best of My Love

The Best Eagles Songs of All Time

Best Eagles Songs List | Top Eagles Tracks Ranked

List of Fleetwood Mac songs, ranked from best to worst by the Ranker community. All of Fleetwood Mac's singles are included here, but real fans know there are other awesome songs to vote on other than the radio hits. One of the best-selling bands of all time, Fleetwood Mac, featuring Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, is known for their blues rock, especially their 1977 album Rumors. The album produced four top ten singles, but the group released many other notable classic rock tracks as well. Music videos and audio videos are included next to each track name on this list, so if you haven't heard a song you can listen to it right here on this list. Is one of your favorite Fleetwood Mac songs missing from this poll? Add it to the list so it has a chance to rise to the top. Though this list is just for Fleetwood Mac songs, there are many great Stevie Nicks songs as well.Songs on this list include &quot;Go Your Own Way&quot; and &quot;Rhiannon.&quot; If the order of this list bothers you, then start a revolution and fight the system by creating your own version and re-ranking it. Simply click the &quot;Rerank List&quot; button and you can put the songs in whatever order you like.

Don't Stop

The Best Fleetwood Mac Songs of All Time

Best Fleetwood Mac Songs List | Top Fleetwood Mac Tracks Ranked

Lists about Elvis Presley, one of the biggest singers, heartthrobs, and cultural icons of the 20th century, who passed suddenly in 1977 in age 42.

The King

List of the best songs ever recorded by Elvis Presley. The King of Rock and Roll proved to be an iconic nickname that still lives on nearly 60 years after he took the stage. Other stars, like Frank Sinatra, may have been popular before him, but Elvis is generally credited as the first rock star to capture the hearts and minds of the listening public due to his good looks and sexually provocative performance style.

Even after his death, Elvis still is one of the most popular musicians in the world. Tens of thousands of people still visit his Graceland mansion in Memphis and has managed to score a no. 1 album in America in 2002 with ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits.Overall, Elvis released 22 studio albums, six live albums, 30 EPs and a whopping 111 singles, so there's plenty of material to choose from here to create the Ultimate List of Elvis Presley songs.

The Best Elvis Presley Songs of All Time

Best Elvis Presley Songs

Ranker Community

Looking for more good bands like Pink Floyd? You've come to the right place. Thanks to classic albums like&nbsp;The Wall, the quartet of Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright are one of the best, most <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-rock-bands-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">popular rock bands</a> of all time.King Crimson, The Doors, and Led Zeppelin are among the top bands most often considered to be Pink Floyd related artists, while great bands of later generations, like Radiohead, also sound like Pink Floyd in many ways thanks to experimental tendencies which were undoubtedly inspired by the pioneering British group.Suffice to say, Pink Floyd has had a massive influence on the psychedelic and progressive rock genres, continuing&nbsp;new bands to this day. And, while there are a lot of awesome groups and artists that sound like the legends behind&nbsp;Dark Side of the Moon&nbsp;in their own ways, it's up to you to decide which are the best of the best. Vote up the bands you'd be most likely to recommend to people who are fans of Pink Floyd, and be sure to add any that you feel we might have missed.

The Best Bands Like Pink Floyd

25+ Similar Artists and Bands Like Pink Floyd

Coley Reed

Lists about the Fab Four, who changed the entire world of music starting in 1960 Liverpool.

The Beatles

You know these incredible albums track by track, every word and whinny, beat and breath... They're perfect, everyone agrees, but what if—what if—some of the songs were better than others? Let's rank 'em.

Best Songs on the Best Albums

As a continuation of the many musical advances the Beatles made throughout their career, Revolver&nbsp;graced music fans with some of the group's best songs, both at the time of its release as well as decades later. In other words, some of the tracks on Revolver, the Beatles'&nbsp;seventh studio album, have stood the test of time and remain as some of the band's top songs. The album itself also finds its way toward the top as one of the Beatles' best albums. But could it be considered one of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time" target="_blank">best albums of all time</a>?Greatest of all time or not, the most notable songs on the album include &quot;Yellow Submarine&quot; and &quot;Eleanor Rigby&quot;, the latter of which features a classical strings section—something many other rock bands weren't doing at the time. In this same regard, &quot;Tomorrow Never Knows&quot; incorporates the aforementioned progress in their music, such as tape loops and other technology. Considering all this, each song on the album is unique and even praiseworthy, but which song is the best?As far as the best songs on Revolver are concerned, that's up to you fans to determine. Cast your votes for each song below to ultimately rank them starting from the top.&nbsp;

The Best Songs on The Beatles' Album Revolver

Ranking All Songs on The Beatles' Album Revolver, Best to Worst

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Looking for more classic pop rock&nbsp;bands like Journey? You've come to the right place. Thanks to timeless ballads&nbsp;like &quot;Don't Stop Believing,&quot; the San Fancisco outfit is considered one of the best arena rock bands of all time, but there are many other great bands who share a similar sound.&nbsp;Foreigner, Boston, REO Speedwagon, and Kansas&nbsp;are among the top bands from the '70s and '80s that are often considered to be related artists to Journey because of the combination of their clean, melodic rock sounds. And because of Steve Perry and company's capacity for hit-making, they've even drawn comparisons to the legendary Queen.Undeniably, Journey has had a massive influence on popular music,&nbsp;inspiring both&nbsp;contemporaries and new bands today. And, while there are a lot of goodVote up&nbsp; groups and artists that sound like the legends from the City by the Bay, it's up to you to decide which are the best of the best. Vote up the bands you'd be most likely to recommend to people who are fans of Journey, and be sure to add any that you feel we might have missed.

The Best Bands Like Journey

25+ Similar Artists and Bands Like Journey

Have you ever wondered, &quot;Why aren't there bands like Queen anymore?&quot;It's certainly not for a lack of trying. Countless artists have endeavored to sound like Queen over the years, and many top modern bands, such as Muse, are clearly heavily influenced by the legendary quartet. But, it would be impossible for&nbsp;even Queen's new lineup itself to ever truly match its erstwhile quality.In similar fashion to the Beatles, Queen is typically&nbsp;regarded in a league of its own because members Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon were able to master the sounds that dominated the music industry at the time, but subvert them in a way that no one else had, or perhaps, could. With timeless classics like &quot;We Will Rock You&quot; and &quot;Bohemian Rhapsody,&quot; Queen&nbsp;had its collective finger on the pulse of popular music's future, and the result has been generations of musicians drawing inspiration in varied ways.Will there ever be another band like Queen? The short answer is, of course not. Setting aside&nbsp;the Sheer virtuosity of Mercury and May, the group's ingenuity at its time caught lightning in a bottle, so any attempt to duplicate them is a Sisyphean task. However, there are throngs of related artists, both old and new, who have managed to capture parts of Queen's essence quite well.We've listed just a few good musicians who sound similar to the geniuses behind&nbsp;A Night at the Opera below, but it's up to you to decide which artists are the best of the best. Vote up the bands you'd be most likely to recommend to people who are fans of Queen, and be sure to add any that you feel we might have missed.

The Best Bands Like Queen

25+ Similar Artists and Bands Like Queen

Will McCarthy

While one of the most popular and best-selling bands of all time, The Eagles aren't necessarily thought of in the same vein as&nbsp;hard partying bands like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/review/the-rolling-stones/2217975" target="_blank">The Rolling Stones</a>. The Eagles' smooth vocals and soft rock sound paint images of relaxing ocean sunsets and gentle breezes, not drug addiction and backstage fights. The reality, however, is totally insane.&nbsp;From their formation in 1971 to their dramatic disbanding in 1980, The Eagles not only dominated the charts with gentle country-rock ballads,&nbsp;they also racked up an impressive amount of crazy tales&nbsp;that rival hard rockers like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/crazy-led-zeppelin-stories/harrison-tenpas" target="_blank">Led Zeppelin</a> and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/wild-guns-n-roses-stories/brandon-michaels" target="_blank">Guns N'&nbsp;Roses</a>. This list breaks down some of the most insane groupie stories, backstage blowouts, and police run-ins from those&nbsp;peaceful, easy feelers, The Eagles.

Absolutely Insane Stories From The Heyday Of The Eagles

14 Insane Stories About The Eagles: Drugs, Fights, and More

Brian McGovern

Hard Rock

Looking for more good bands like Led Zeppelin? You've come to the right place. Thanks to classic albums like Houses of the Holy, the quartet of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones, are widely considered to be better than just about any other band from the classic rock era.&nbsp;Cream, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, and The Doors are among the top bands most often considered to be Led Zeppelin related artists, while the modern rock group Greta Van Fleet, which&nbsp;is clearly heavily influenced by the famed hard rock pioneers, sounds like Zeppelin to an uncanny degree.Suffice to say, Led Zeppelin&nbsp;has had a massive influence on the genre of rock, inspiring musicians from the '70s and '80s, and&nbsp;continuing to do so for&nbsp;new bands today. And, while there are a lot of awesome groups and artists that sound like the legends behind &quot;Stairway to Heaven&quot;&nbsp;in their own ways, it's up to you to decide which are the best of the best. Vote up the bands you'd be most likely to recommend to people who are fans of Led Zeppelin, and be sure to add any that you feel we might have missed.Greta Van Fleet

The Best Bands Like Led Zeppelin

25+ Similar Artists and Bands Like Led Zeppelin 

Ranking the best Angus Young guitar solos of all time is a difficult feat. Practically every&nbsp;AC/DC song includes a blistering solo, thanks in large part to&nbsp;the band&#39;s historic emphasis on the legendary guitarist&nbsp;as its front man (both during the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson years). Nearly 50 years since the group&#39;s launch, Young is still in the studio and doing his famed duck walk dance onstage today, so suffice to say, the catalogue of solo choices is unfathomably deep.&nbsp;

While some of Young&#39;s best cadenzas&nbsp;achieve this status due to their pure ferocity, many too have gone down in history for their interaction with other elements of the songs they share. The guitar solos in &quot;Thunderstruck&quot; and &quot;Let There Be Rock&quot; are two noteworthy giants which meet both these criteria. But, regardless of why the&nbsp;segments on this list are included, they all share one commonality: they are among Angus Young&#39;s best moments throughout the expansive AC/DC discography.

Vote up your favorite Angus Young guitar solos below, and be sure to add any that you feel we may have missed.&nbsp;

Album and&nbsp;date on each song refers to American releases.

The Best Angus Young Guitar Solos Of All Time

The Best Angus Young Guitar Solos Of All Time, Ranked By AC/DC Fans

While&nbsp;Sgt. Pepper's&nbsp;is often considered the Beatles'&nbsp;best album, Abbey Road&nbsp;still holds some of the group's best and most memorable songs. In that regard, however, what Beatles album doesn't feature a top tier&nbsp;song? Regardless, the band's eleventh&nbsp;studio album,&nbsp;Abbey Road,&nbsp;will still go down as one of their <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest albums</a>, from the songs to the often-immitated album cover.&nbsp;Of course, you can't mention Abbey Road without noting its best songs, such as &quot;Come Together&quot; with its awesome opening bassline, and&nbsp;the gentle and lovely &quot;Here Comes the Sun&quot;. These two tracks definitely top the album, yet you still have to consider &quot;Something&quot;—a song we can all sing along to. From there, you still have plenty of good songs to choose from, but it's hard to beat those mentioned above. Nevertheless, the best songs are all a matter of opinion.&nbsp;Let your opinion be heard and vote for the best songs on Abbey Road below to ultimately determine which song takes the cake, and which ones follow close behind.

The Best Songs on The Beatles' Album Abbey Road

Ranking All Songs on The Beatles' Abbey Road, Best to Worst

Featuring 30 tracks and quite possibly the plainest album artwork, the Beatles'&nbsp;White Album (also known simply as The Beatles) is yet another testament to the fantastic and prolific&nbsp;band the Beatles were. Following their biggest hit album (and one of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest albums ever</a>), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/sgt-pepper_s-lonely-hearts-club-band-cast-and-actors-in-this-movie/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Hearts Club Band</a>, The White Album&nbsp;features numerous top songs from the group's&nbsp;fast-paced career, and contrasts the former album with its solid white cover, simply bearing the Beatles'&nbsp;name. Though the cover isn't anything to write home about, the songs on The White Album most certainly are.&nbsp;Again, with a total of 30 tracks, determining the best songs on the Beatles'&nbsp;White Album&nbsp;is no easy task—especially when you consider the album features&nbsp;hits like &quot;Back in the U.S.S.R.&quot;, &quot;While My Guitar Gently Weeps&quot;, and &quot;Blackbird&quot;. Then you have the upbeat &quot;Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da&quot;, among many others. Considering all these songs, there's a reason the album stands out among the others, and each song on the album does as well.&nbsp;Now it's up to the true Beatles fan to determine the best songs on The White Album,&nbsp;so cast your votes for each track below to ultimately rank each song starting with the very best.

The Best Songs on The Beatles' The White Album

Ranking All Songs on The Beatles' The White Album, Best to Worst

While the Beatles released a long list of wonderful albums, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/sgt-pepper_s-lonely-hearts-club-band-cast-and-actors-in-this-movie/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Hearts Club Band</a> is easily considered their best, featuring a number of their top hits. As the band's eighth studio album, the Beatles took new strides with their music, incorporating new sounds, instruments, and a new direction. Even the artwork was praised upon the album's release. Quite simply put, some of the Beatles' best and most popular&nbsp;songs can be found on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band—one of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-albums-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest albums of all time</a>.Sure, the Beatles made plenty of other&nbsp;songs and albums that could be argued as their&nbsp;greatest works, but Sgt. Pepper's as a whole can't be beat. Aside from the top hits like &quot;Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds&quot;, &quot;With a Little Help from My Friends&quot;, and the title track, the less-listened-to songs on the album still mark a significant point in the group's career. In short, each&nbsp;song on&nbsp;Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band&nbsp;was carefully crafted—and it's totally apparent.&nbsp;Though they're all great, it's time to rank the best songs on the Beatles'&nbsp;Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.&nbsp;Take a look below and cast your votes accordingly.&nbsp;

The Best Songs on The Beatles' Album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Ranking All Songs on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Best to Worst

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