FEBRUARY 21
The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
2007 ... "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado
2006 ... "Check On It" by Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug
2005 ... "Let Me Love You" by Mario
2004 ... "Slow Jamz" by Twista featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx
2003 ... "All I Have" by Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J
2002 ... "Always on Time" by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
2001 ... "Stutter [Double Take Remix]" by Joe featuring Mystikal
2000 ... "Thank God I Found You" by Mariah Carey featuring Joe & 98°

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Angel of Mine" by Monica
1998 ... "Nice & Slow" by Usher
1997 ... "Wannabe" by Spice Girls
1996 ... "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
1995 ... "Take a Bow" by Madonna
1994 ... "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion
1993 ... "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
1992 ... "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred
1991 ... "All the Man That I Need" by Whitney Houston
1990 ... "Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul
1988 ... "Father Figure" by George Michael
1987 ... "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
1986 ... "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston
1985 ... "Careless Whisper" by Wham! featuring George Michael
1984 ... "Jump" by Van Halen
1983 ... "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson
1982 ... "Centerfold" by J. Geils Band
1981 ... "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton
1980 ... "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart
1978 ... "Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees
1977 ... "New Kid in Town" by The Eagles
1976 ... "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon
1975 ... "Pick Up the Pieces" by The Average White Band
1974 ... "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand
1973 ... "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack
1972 ... "Without You" by Nilsson
1971 ... "One Bad Apple" by The Osmonds
1970 ... "Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)/ Everybody Is a Star" by Sly & the Family Stone

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Everyday People" by Sly & the Family Stone
1968 ... "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat
1967 ... "Kind of a Drag" by The Buckinghams
1966 ... "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra
1965 ... "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis & the Playboys
1964 ... "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles
1963 ... "Hey Paula" by Paul & Paula
1962 ... "Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler
1961 ... "Pony Time" by Chubby Checker
1960 ... "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" by Percy Faith

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price
1958 ... "Don't/ I Beg of You" by Elvis Presley
1957 ... "Too Much" by Elvis Presley
1956 ... "Lisbon Antigua" by Nelson Riddle
1955 ... "Sincerely" by The McGuire Sisters
1954 ... "Secret Love" by Doris Day
1953 ... "Till I Waltz Again with You" by Teresa Brewer
1952 ... "Cry" by Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads
1951 ... "The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page
1950 ... "Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy" by Red Foley

THE 1940s

1949 ... "A Little Bird Told Me" by Evelyn Knight
1948 ... "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" by Art Mooney
1947 ... "Open the Door, Richard!" by Count Basie
1946 ... "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" by Vaughn Monroe
1945 ... "Rum and Coca-Cola" by 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 ... "A String of Pearls" by Glenn Miller
1941 ... "Frenesi" by Artie Shaw
1940 ... "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Deep Purple" by Larry Clinton
1938 ... "Thanks for the Memory" by Shep Fields
1937 ... "This Year's Kisses" by Benny Goodman
1936 ... "Alone" by Tommy Dorsey
1935 ... "Isle of Capri" by Ray Noble
1934 ... "Let's Fall in Love" by Eddy Duchin
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 ... "Till We Meet Again" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
1918 ... "I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm on My Way" by Peerless Quartet
1917 ... "Poor Butterfly" by Victor Military Band
1916 ... "M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)" by Henry Burr
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 ... "Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry)" by Billy Murray

THE 1900s

1909 ... "The Right Church, but the Wrong Pew" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
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 Harry Tally
1905 ... "Yankee Doodle Boy" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Bedelia" by Billy Murray
1903 ... "Come Down, Ma Evening Star" by Mina Hickman
1902 ... "Good Morning, Carrie" by Bert Williams & George Walker
1901 ... "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by Sousa's Band
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 ... "Oh, Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Loose" 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