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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey
2007 ... "Don't Matter" by Akon
2006 ... "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter
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 ... "All for You" by Janet
2000 ... "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B

THE 1990s

1999 ... "No Scrubs" by TLC
1998 ... "All My Life" by K-Ci & JoJo
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 ... "Bump N' Grind" by R. Kelly
1993 ... "Informer" by Snow
1992 ... "Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams
1991 ... "I've Been Thinking About You" by Londonbeat
1990 ... "I'll Be Your Everything" by Tommy Page

THE 1980s

1989 ... "The Look" by Roxette
1988 ... "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean
1987 ... "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship
1986 ... "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
1985 ... "We Are the World" by USA for Africa
1984 ... "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins
1983 ... "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson
1982 ... "I Love Rock 'n Roll" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
1981 ... "Kiss on My List" by Daryl Hall & John Oates
1980 ... "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd

THE 1970s

1979 ... "What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers
1978 ... "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees
1977 ... "Dancing Queen" by Abba
1976 ... "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor
1975 ... "Philadelphia Freedom" by The Elton John Band
1974 ... "Bennie & the Jets" by Elton John
1973 ... "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence
1972 ... "A Horse with No Name" by America
1971 ... "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" by The Temptations
1970 ... "Let It Be" by The Beatles

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The Fifth Dimension
1968 ... "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro
1967 ... "Happy Together" by The Turtles
1966 ... "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers
1965 ... "I'm Telling You Now" by Freddie & the Dreamers
1964 ... "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles
1963 ... "He's So Fine" by The Chiffons
1962 ... "Johnny Angel" by Shelley Fabares
1961 ... "Blue Moon" by The Marcels
1960 ... "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" by Percy Faith

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Come Softly to Me" by The Fleetwoods
1958 ... "Tequila" by The Champs
1957 ... "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley
1956 ... "Poor People of Paris" by Les Baxter
1955 ... "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" by Bill Hayes
1954 ... "Wanted" by Perry Como
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 ... "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" by Les Brown
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 ... "Don't Be That Way" by Benny Goodman
1937 ... "Boo Hoo" by Guy Lombardo
1936 ... "It's Been So Long" by Benny Goodman
1935 ... "It's Easy to Remember" by Bing Crosby
1934 ... "Little Dutch Mill" by Bing Crosby
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 ... "Carolina Moon" by Gene Austin
1928 ... "Together" by Paul Whiteman
1927 ... "Tonight You Belong to Me" by Gene Austin
1926 ... "Sleepy Time Gal" by Ben Bernie
1925 ... "I'll See You in My Dreams" by Isham Jones with Ray Miller's Orchestra
1924 ... "Somebody Stole My Gal" by Ted Weems
1923 ... "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" 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 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
1918 ... "Dark Town Strutters' Ball" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1917 ... "Hush-A-Bye Ma Baby (The Missouri Waltz)" by Elsie Baker
1916 ... "The Lights of My Home Town" by Peerless Quartet
1915 ... "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" by Alma Gluck
1914 ... "Rebecca of Sunny-brook Farm" by American Quartet
1913 ... "When I Lost You" by Henry Burr
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 ... "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Harry MacDonough & "Miss Walton" (Elise Stevenson)
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 ... "Good-Bye, Dolly Gray" by Big Four Quartet
1900 ... "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" by Jere Mahoney

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 J.W. Myers
1894 ... "Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye" by Edward M. Favor
1893 ... "O Promise Me" by George J. Gaskin
1892 ... "The Picture Turned Toward the Wall" by Manhansett Quartette
1891 ... "The Laughing Song" by George Washington Johnson