FEBRUARY 13
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THE 2000s

2009 My Life Would Suck Without You Kelly Clarkson Rhapsody iTunes
2008 Low Flo Rida featuring T-Pain Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Irreplaceable Beyoncé Rhapsody iTunes
2006 Check On It Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug Rhapsody iTunes
2005 Let Me Love You Mario Rhapsody iTunes
2004 The Way You Move OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown Rhapsody iTunes
2003 All I Have Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J Rhapsody iTunes
2002 U Got It Bad Usher Rhapsody iTunes
2001 Ms. Jackson OutKast Rhapsody iTunes
2000 Thank God I Found You Mariah Carey featuring Joe & 98° Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 Angel of Mine Monica Rhapsody iTunes
1998 Nice & Slow Usher Rhapsody iTunes
1997 Un-Break My Heart Toni Braxton Rhapsody iTunes
1996 One Sweet Day Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men Rhapsody iTunes
1995 Creep TLC Rhapsody iTunes
1994 The Power of Love Celine Dion   iTunes
1993 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston Rhapsody iTunes
1992 I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred Rhapsody iTunes
1991 Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams Rhapsody iTunes
1990 Opposites Attract Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 Straight Up Paula Abdul Rhapsody iTunes
1988 Could've Been Tiffany   iTunes
1987 Livin' on a Prayer Bon Jovi Rhapsody iTunes
1986 How Will I Know Whitney Houston Rhapsody iTunes
1985 Careless Whisper Wham! featuring George Michael Rhapsody iTunes
1984 Karma Chameleon Culture Club Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Baby, Come to Me Patti Austin & James Ingram Rhapsody iTunes
1982 Centerfold J. Geils Band Rhapsody iTunes
1981 Celebration Kool & the Gang Rhapsody iTunes
1980 Do That to Me One More Time The Captain & Tennille Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? Rod Stewart Rhapsody iTunes
1978 Stayin' Alive The Bee Gees Rhapsody iTunes
1977 Blinded by the Light Manfred Mann's Earth Band Rhapsody iTunes
1976 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Paul Simon   iTunes
1975 You're No Good Linda Ronstadt Rhapsody iTunes
1974 The Way We Were Barbra Streisand Rhapsody iTunes
1973 Crocodile Rock Elton John Rhapsody iTunes
1972 Without You Nilsson Rhapsody iTunes
1971 One Bad Apple The Osmonds Rhapsody iTunes
1970 Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)/ Everybody Is a Star Sly & the Family Stone Rhapsody/
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iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 Everyday People Sly & the Family Stone Rhapsody iTunes
1968 Love Is Blue Paul Mauriat   iTunes
1967 Kind of a Drag The Buckinghams Rhapsody iTunes
1966 Lightnin' Strikes Lou Christie Rhapsody iTunes
1965 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Righteous Brothers Rhapsody iTunes
1964 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles Amazon  
1963 Hey Paula Paul & Paula Rhapsody iTunes
1962 Duke of Earl Gene Chandler   iTunes
1961 Calcutta Lawrence Welk   iTunes
1960 Teen Angel Mark Dinning   iTunes

THE 1950s

1959 Stagger Lee Lloyd Price Rhapsody iTunes
1958 Don't/
I Beg of You		 Elvis Presley Rhapsody/
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iTunes
1957 Too Much Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes
1956 Rock and Roll Waltz Kay Starr Rhapsody iTunes
1955 Sincerely The McGuire Sisters Rhapsody iTunes
1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa) Eddie Fisher Rhapsody iTunes
1953 Till I Waltz Again with You Teresa Brewer Rhapsody iTunes
1952 Cry Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads Rhapsody iTunes
1951 The Tennessee Waltz Patti Page Rhapsody iTunes
1950 Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy Red Foley Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1940s

1949 A Little Bird Told Me Evelyn Knight Rhapsody iTunes
1948 Ballerina Vaughn Monroe Rhapsody iTunes
1947 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons The King Cole Trio Rhapsody iTunes
1946 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Vaughn Monroe Rhapsody iTunes
1945 Rum and Coca-Cola The Andrews Sisters Rhapsody iTunes
1944 My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) Glen Gray Amazon  
1943 I Had the Craziest Dream Harry James Rhapsody iTunes
1942 Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) Woody Herman Rhapsody iTunes
1941 Frenesi Artie Shaw Rhapsody iTunes
1940 In the Mood Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Deep Purple" by Larry Clinton
1938 ... "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" by The Andrews Sisters
1937 ... "Goodnight, My Love" by Benny Goodman
1936 ... "Alone" by Tommy Dorsey
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 ... "All of Me" by Paul Whiteman
1931 ... "Just a Gigolo" by Ted Lewis
1930 ... "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Meroff

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Carolina Moon" by Gene Austin
1928 ... "My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "In a Little Spanish Town" by Paul Whiteman
1926 ... "Who?" by George Olsen
1925 ... "All Alone" by Paul Whiteman
1924 ... "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" by Wendell Hall
1923 ... "Three O'Clock in the Morning" by Paul Whiteman
1922 ... "April Showers" by Al Jolson
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 ... "I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm on My Way" by Peerless Quartet
1917 ... "My Own Iona" by Horace Wright & Rene Dietrich
1916 ... "Somewhere a Voice Is Calling" by John McCormack
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 ... "When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam'" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1912 ... "Down by the Old Mill Stream" by Harry MacDonough
1911 ... "Under the Yum Yum Tree" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1910 ... "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet" by Haydn Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "Good Evening, Caroline" by Frank Stanley & Elise Stevenson
1908 ... "Under Any Old Flag at All" by Billy Murray
1907 ... "My Gal Sal" by Byron G. Harlan
1906 ... "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" by Byron G. Harlan
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 ... "Kiss Me, Honey, Do" by Arthur Collins
1898 ... "My Old Kentucky Home" by Edison Male Quartette
1897 ... "A Hot Time in the Old Town" by Len Spencer
1896 ... "She May Have Seen Better Days" by George J. Gaskin
1895 ... "The Sidewalks of New York" by Dan Quinn
1894 ... "Sweet Marie" by George J. Gaskin
1893 ... "The Bowery" by Dan Quinn
1892 ... "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom Der E" by Len Spencer