MARCH 12
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Love in This Club" by Usher featuring Young Jeezy
2007 ... "This Is Why I'm Hot" by Mims
2006 ... "So Sick" by Ne-Yo
2005 ... "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent featuring Olivia
2004 ... "Yeah!" by Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon
2003 ... "In Da Club" by 50 Cent
2002 ... "Ain't It Funny" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule
2001 ... "Stutter [Double Take Remix]" by Joe featuring Mystikal
2000 ... "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Believe" by Cher
1998 ... "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" by Will Smith
1997 ... "Wannabe" by Spice Girls
1996 ... "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
1995 ... "Take a Bow" by Madonna
1994 ... "The Sign" by Ace of Base
1993 ... "Informer" by Snow
1992 ... "To Be with You" by Mr. Big
1991 ... "Someday" by Mariah Carey
1990 ... "Escapade" by Janet Jackson

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Lost in Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson
1988 ... "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley
1987 ... "Jacob's Ladder" by Huey Lewis & the News
1986 ... "Sara" by Starship
1985 ... "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon
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 ... "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
1978 ... "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees
1977 ... "Love Theme from 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen)" by Barbra Streisand
1976 ... "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" by The Four Seasons
1975 ... "Black Water" by The Doobie Brothers
1974 ... "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks
1973 ... "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack
1972 ... "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young
1971 ... "One Bad Apple" by The Osmonds
1970 ... "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe
1968 ... "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
1967 ... "Penny Lane" by The Beatles
1966 ... "The Ballad of the Green Berets" by S/Sgt. Barry Sadler
1965 ... "Eight Days a Week" by The Beatles
1964 ... "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles
1963 ... "Walk like a Man" by The Four Seasons
1962 ... "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel
1961 ... "Pony Time" by Chubby Checker
1960 ... "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" by Percy Faith

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Venus" by Frankie Avalon
1958 ... "Tequila" by The Champs
1957 ... "Young Love" by Tab Hunter
1956 ... "Lisbon Antigua" by Nelson Riddle
1955 ... "Sincerely" by The McGuire Sisters
1954 ... "Make Love to Me!" by Jo Stafford
1953 ... "Till I Waltz Again with You" by Teresa Brewer
1952 ... "Wheel of Fortune" by Kay Starr
1951 ... "If" by Perry Como
1950 ... "Music! Music! Music!" by Teresa Brewer

THE 1940s

1949 ... "Cruising Down the River" by Blue Barron
1948 ... "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" by Peggy Lee
1947 ... "Heartaches" by Ted Weems
1946 ... "Oh! What It Seemed to Be" by Frankie Carle
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 ... "Song of the Volga Boatmen" by Glenn Miller
1940 ... "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Penny Serenade" by Guy Lombardo
1938 ... "Thanks for the Memory" by Shep Fields
1937 ... "This Year's Kisses" by Benny Goodman
1936 ... "Goody-Goody" by Benny Goodman
1935 ... "Blue Moon" by Glen Gray
1934 ... "Let's Fall in Love" by Eddy Duchin
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 ... "Margie" by Eddie Cantor
1920 ... "Dardanella" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra

THE 1910s

1919 ... "Till We Meet Again" by Lewis James & Charles Hart
1918 ... "Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here" by Irving Kaufman & 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 ... "Moonlight Bay" by American Quartet
1911 ... "Mother Machree" by Will Oakland
1910 ... "Where the River Shannon Flows" by Harry MacDonough

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 ... "When Reuben Comes to Town" by S.H. Dudley
1900 ... "When Cloe Sings a Song" by George J. Gaskin

THE 1890s

1899 ... "When You Ain't Got No More Money, Well, You Needn't Come Around" 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 ... "The Liberty Bell" by U.S. Marine Band
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