JANUARY 30
The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to
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THE 2000s
2008 ...
"Low"
by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
2007 ...
"Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé
2006 ...
"Check On It" by Beyoncé
featuring Slim Thug
2005 ...
"Let Me Love You" by Mario
2004 ...
"Hey Ya!" by OutKast
2003 ...
"Bump, Bump, Bump" by B2K & P. Diddy
2002 ...
"U Got It Bad" by Usher
2001 ...
"It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent
2000 ...
"I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden
THE 1990s
1999 ...
"... Baby One More Time" by Britney
Spears
1998 ...
"Together Again" by Janet
1997 ...
"Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton
1996 ...
"One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
1995 ...
"Creep" by TLC
1994 ...
"All for Love" by Bryan Adams/ Rod Stewart/ Sting
1993 ...
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
1992 ...
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by George Michael & Elton John
1991 ...
"The First Time" by Surface
1990 ...
"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" by Michael Bolton
THE 1980s
1989 ...
"When I'm with You" by Sheriff
1988 ...
"Need You Tonight" by INXS
1987 ...
"At This Moment" by Billy Vera & the Beaters
1986 ...
"That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne & Friends
1985 ...
"I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner
1984 ...
"Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club
1983 ...
"Down Under" by Men at Work
1982 ...
"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" by Daryl Hall & John Oates
1981 ...
"The Tide Is High" by Blondie
1980 ...
"Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
THE 1970s
1979 ...
"Le Freak" by Chic
1978 ...
"Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees
1977 ...
"Torn Between Two Lovers" by Mary MacGregor
1976 ...
"Love Rollercoaster" by The Ohio Players
1975 ...
"Laughter in the Rain" by Neil Sedaka
1974 ...
"The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand
1973 ...
"Crocodile Rock" by Elton John
1972 ...
"American Pie" by Don McLean
1971 ...
"Knock Three Times" by Dawn
1970 ...
"I Want You Back"
by The Jackson 5
THE 1960s
1969 ...
"Crimson & Clover" by Tommy James &
the Shondells
1968 ...
"Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers
1967 ...
"I'm a Believer" by The Monkees
1966 ...
"My Love" by Petula Clark
1965 ...
"Downtown" by Petula Clark
1964 ...
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles
1963 ...
"Walk Right In" by The Rooftop Singers
1962 ...
"Peppermint Twist" by Joey Dee & the Starliters
1961 ...
"(Will You Love Me) Tomorrow" by The Shirelles
1960 ...
"Running Bear" by Johnny Preston
THE 1950s
1959 ...
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by The Platters
1958 ...
"At the Hop" by Danny & the Juniors
1957 ...
"Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell
1956 ...
"Memories Are Made of This" by Dean Martin
1955 ...
"Hearts of Stone" by The Fontane Sisters
1954 ...
"Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)" by Eddie Fisher
1953 ...
"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" by Perry Como
1952 ...
"Cry" by Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads
1951 ...
"The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page
1950 ...
"I Can Dream, Can't I?" by The Andrews Sisters
THE 1940s
1949 ...
"A Little Bird Told Me" by Evelyn Knight
1948 ...
"Ballerina" by Vaughn Monroe
1947 ...
"The Old Lamp-Lighter" by Sammy Kaye
1946 ...
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" by Vaughn Monroe
1945 ...
"Don't Fence Me In" by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
1944 ...
"My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" by Glen Gray
1943 ...
"There Are Such Things" by Tommy Dorsey
1942 ...
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller
1941 ...
"Frenesi" by Artie Shaw
1940 ...
"Scatter-Brain" by Frankie Masters
THE 1930s
1939 ...
"The Umbrella Man" by Kay Kyser
1938 ...
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" by The Andrews Sisters
1937 ...
"Pennies from Heaven" by Bing Crosby
1936 ...
"Moon Over Miami" by Eddy Duchin
1935 ...
"Isle of Capri" by Ray Noble
1934 ... "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" by Paul Whiteman
1933 ... "Night and Day" by Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman
1932 ... "Dinah" by Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers
1931 ... "The Peanut Vendor" by Don Azpiazu
1930 ... "The Man from the South" by Ted Weems
THE 1920s
1929 ... "Sweethearts on Parade" by Guy
Lombardo
1928 ... "My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "In a Little Spanish Town" by Paul Whiteman
1926 ... "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart
1925 ... "All Alone" by Al Jolson
1924 ... "Sleep" by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
1923 ... "Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo'bye)" by Al Jolson
1922 ... "Wabash Blues" by Isham Jones
1921 ... "Wang Wang Blues" by Paul Whiteman
1920 ... "Dardanella" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra
THE 1910s
1919 ... "After You've Gone" by Marion
Harris
1918 ... "Send Me Away with a Smile" by John McCormack
1917 ... "My Own Iona" by Horace Wright & Rene Dietrich
1916 ... "There's a Long, Long Trail" by James F. Harrison & James
Reed
1915 ... "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" by John McCormack
1914 ... "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" by Chauncey
Olcott
1913 ... "Row! Row! Row!" by Ada Jones
1912 ... "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" by Billy Murray & American Quartet
1911 ... "Play That Barber-Shop Chord" by Bert Williams
1910 ... "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet" by Haydn Quartet
THE 1900s
1909 ... "Good Evening, Caroline" by
Frank Stanley & Elise Stevenson
1908 ... "My Dear" by Harry MacDonough
1907 ... "He's a Cousin of Mine" by Bert Williams
1906 ... "How'd You Like to Spoon with Me?" by Corrine Morgan & Haydn
Quartet
1905 ... "Come Take a Trip in My Air-Ship" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Bedelia" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "Down Where the Wurzburger Flows" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1902 ... "Good Morning, Carrie" by Bert Williams & George Walker
1901 ... "Ma Blushin' Rosie" by
Albert Campbell
1900 ... "Mandy Lee" by Arthur Collins
THE 1890s
1899 ... "My Old New Hampshire Home" by
George J. Gaskin
1898 ... "On the Banks of the Wabash" by
Steve Porter
1897 ... "A Hot Time in the Old Town" by
Len Spencer
1896 ... "The Sunshine of Paradise Alley" by
George J. Gaskin
1895 ... "Little Alabama Coon" by Len Spencer
1894 ... "Sweet Marie" by George J. Gaskin
1893 ... "The Bowery" by Dan Quinn
1892 ... "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom Der E" by Len Spencer