MARCH 28
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Love in This Club" by Usher featuring Young Jeezy
2007 ... "Glamorous" by Fergie featuring Ludacris
2006 ... "Temperature" by Sean Paul
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 ... "Angel" by Shaggy featuring Rayvon
2000 ... "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Believe" by Cher
1998 ... "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" by Will Smith
1997 ... "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" by Puff Daddy featuring Ma$e
1996 ... "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion
1995 ... "Take a Bow" by Madonna
1994 ... "The Sign" by Ace of Base
1993 ... "Informer" by Snow
1992 ... "Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams
1991 ... "Coming Out of the Dark" by Gloria Estefan
1990 ... "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles
1988 ... "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson
1987 ... "Lean on Me" by Club Nouveau
1986 ... "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
1985 ... "One More Night" by Phil Collins
1984 ... "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins
1983 ... "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson
1982 ... "I Love Rock 'n Roll" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
1981 ... "Rapture" by Blondie
1980 ... "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Tragedy" by The Bee Gees
1978 ... "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees
1977 ... "Rich Girl" by Daryl Hall & John Oates
1976 ... "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor
1975 ... "Lady Marmalade" by LaBelle
1974 ... "Sunshine on My Shoulders" by John Denver
1973 ... "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack
1972 ... "A Horse with No Name" by America
1971 ... "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" by The Temptations
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 ... "Happy Together" by The Turtles
1966 ... "The Ballad of the Green Berets" by S/Sgt. Barry Sadler
1965 ... "Stop! In the Name of Love" by The Supremes
1964 ... "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles
1963 ... "He's So Fine" by The Chiffons
1962 ... "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" by Connie Francis
1961 ... "Blue Moon" by The Marcels
1960 ... "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" by Percy Faith

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Venus" by Frankie Avalon
1958 ... "Tequila" by The Champs
1957 ... "Party Doll" by Buddy Knox
1956 ... "Poor People of Paris" by Les Baxter
1955 ... "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" by Bill Hayes
1954 ... "Make Love to Me!" by Jo Stafford
1953 ... "The Doggie in the Window" by Patti Page
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 Russ Morgan
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 ... "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey
1940 ... "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Deep Purple" by Larry Clinton
1938 ... "Ti-Pi-Tin" by Horace Heidt
1937 ... "Boo Hoo" by Guy Lombardo
1936 ... "Goody-Goody" by Benny Goodman
1935 ... "Lovely to Look At" by Eddy Duchin
1934 ... "The Carioca" by Enric Madriguera
1933 ... "Forty-Second Street" by Don Bestor
1932 ... "Paradise" by Leo Reisman
1931 ... "By the River St. Marie" by Guy Lombardo
1930 ... "Stein Song (University of Maine)" by Rudy Vallee

THE 1920s

1929 ... "A Precious Little Thing Called Love" by George Olsen
1928 ... "Among My Souvenirs" by Paul Whiteman
1927 ... "Some of These Days" by Sophie Tucker with Ted Lewis & His Band
1926 ... "Sleepy Time Gal" by Ben Bernie
1925 ... "All Alone" by John McCormack
1924 ... "Somebody Stole My Gal" by Ted Weems
1923 ... "Carolina in the Morning" by Van & Schenk
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 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
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 ... "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" by Alma Gluck
1914 ... "I'm on My Way to Mandalay" by Henry Burr, Albert Campbell & Will Oakland
1913 ... "Sympathy" by Walter Van Brunt & Helen Clark
1912 ... "Moonlight Bay" by American Quartet
1911 ... "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
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 ... "As Long as the World Rolls On" by Alan Turner
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 ... "Silver Threads Among the Gold" by Richard Jose
1903 ... "In the Good Old Summer Time" by Haydn Quartet
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 ... "I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby" by Arthur Collins
1898 ... "Break the News to Mother" by George J. Gaskin
1897 ... "My Gal Is a Highborn Lady" by Len Spencer
1896 ... "My Best Girl's a New Yorker" by Edward M. Favor
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 ... "The Picture Turned Toward the Wall" by Manhansett Quartette
1891 ... "Little 'Liza Loves You" by Len Spencer