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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
2007 ... "What Goes Around ... Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake
2006 ... "Check On It" by Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug
2005 ... "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent featuring Olivia
2004 ... "Yeah!" by Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon
2003 ... "In Da Club" by 50 Cent
2002 ... "Always on Time" by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti
2001 ... "Stutter [Double Take Remix]" by Joe featuring Mystikal
2000 ... "Amazed" by Lonestar

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Angel of Mine" by Monica
1998 ... "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion
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 ... "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" by Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
1992 ... "To Be with You" by Mr. Big
1991 ... "All the Man That I Need" by Whitney Houston
1990 ... "Escapade" by Janet Jackson

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Lost in Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson
1988 ... "Father Figure" by George Michael
1987 ... "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
1986 ... "Kyrie" by Mr. Mister
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 ... "I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt
1980 ... "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart
1978 ... "(Love Is) Thicker than Water" by Andy Gibb
1977 ... "Love Theme from 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen)" by Barbra Streisand
1976 ... "Love Machine Pt. 1" by The Miracles
1975 ... "Have You Never Been Mellow" by Olivia Newton-John
1974 ... "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks
1973 ... "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack
1972 ... "Without You" by Nilsson
1971 ... "One Bad Apple" by The Osmonds
1970 ... "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Everyday People" by Sly & the Family Stone
1968 ... "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat
1967 ... "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling Stones
1966 ... "The Ballad of the Green Berets" by S/Sgt. Barry Sadler
1965 ... "My Girl" by The Temptations
1964 ... "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles
1963 ... "Walk like a Man" by The Four Seasons
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 ... "Young Love" by Tab Hunter
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 ... "If" by Perry Como
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 ... "Managua, Nicaragua" by Freddy Martin
1946 ... "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" by Betty Hutton
1945 ... "Rum and Coca-Cola" by The Andrews Sisters
1944 ... "Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" by Jimmy Dorsey
1943 ... "I've Heard That Song Before" by Harry James
1942 ... "Moonlight Cocktail" 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 ... "A Beautiful Lady in Blue" by Jan Garber
1935 ... "Blue Moon" by Glen Gray
1934 ... "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii" by Ted Fio Rito
1933 ... "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" by Bing Crosby
1932 ... "All of Me" by Louis Armstrong
1931 ... "The Peanut Vendor" by Don Azpiazu
1930 ... "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Ben Selvin

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Carolina Moon" by Gene Austin
1928 ... "My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "Some of These Days" by Sophie Tucker with Ted Lewis & His Band
1926 ... "Who?" by George Olsen
1925 ... "Tea for Two" by Marion Harris
1924 ... "Linger Awhile" by Paul Whiteman
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 ... "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Charles Harrison & Columbia 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 ... "I'm on My Way to Mandalay" by Henry Burr, Albert Campbell & Will Oakland
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 Byron G. Harlan
1905 ... "Yankee Doodle Boy" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Bedelia" by Billy Murray
1903 ... "Come Down, Ma Evening Star" by Mina Hickman
1902 ... "Arkansaw Traveler" by Len Spencer
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 ... "O Promise Me" by George J. Gaskin
1892 ... "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom Der E" by Len Spencer
1891 ... "Little 'Liza Loves You" by Len Spencer