APRIL 26
The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis
2007 ... "Give It to Me" by Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
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 ... "Foolish" by Ashanti
2001 ... "All for You" by Janet
2000 ... "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B

THE 1990s

1999 ... "No Scrubs" by TLC
1998 ... "Too Close" by Next
1997 ... "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" by Puff Daddy featuring Ma$e
1996 ... "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion
1995 ... "This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan
1994 ... "Bump N' Grind" by R. Kelly
1993 ... "Freak Me" by Silk
1992 ... "Jump" by Kris Kross
1991 ... "Baby Baby" by Amy Grant
1990 ... "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Like a Prayer" by Madonna
1988 ... "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" by Whitney Houston
1987 ... "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" by Cutting Crew
1986 ... "Kiss" by Prince & the Revolution
1985 ... "We Are the World" by USA for Africa
1984 ... "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" by Phil Collins
1983 ... "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
1982 ... "I Love Rock 'n Roll" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
1981 ... "Morning Train (9 to 5)" by Sheena Easton
1980 ... "Call Me" by Blondie

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Heart of Glass" by Blondie
1978 ... "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees
1977 ... "Southern Nights" by Glen Campbell
1976 ... "Let Your Love Flow" by The Bellamy Brothers
1975 ... "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" by B.J. Thomas
1974 ... "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" by MFSB & the Three Degrees
1973 ... "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando & Dawn
1972 ... "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack
1971 ... "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night
1970 ... "ABC" by The Jackson 5

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The Fifth Dimension
1968 ... "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro
1967 ... "Somethin' Stupid" by Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra
1966 ... "Good Lovin'" by The Young Rascals
1965 ... "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits
1964 ... "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles
1963 ... "I Will Follow Him" by Little Peggy March
1962 ... "Good Luck Charm" by Elvis Presley
1961 ... "Runaway" by Del Shannon
1960 ... "Stuck on You" by Elvis Presley

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Come Softly to Me" by The Fleetwoods
1958 ... "Witch Doctor" by David Seville
1957 ... "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley
1956 ... "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" by Perez Prado
1954 ... "Wanted" by Perry Como
1953 ... "The Doggie in the Window" by Patti Page
1952 ... "Wheel of Fortune" by Kay Starr
1951 ... "How High the Moon" by Les Paul & Mary Ford
1950 ... "'The Third Man' Theme" by Anton Karas

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 ... "I'm a Big Girl Now" by Sammy Kaye
1945 ... "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" by Les Brown
1944 ... "It's Love-Love-Love" by Guy Lombardo
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 ... "Heaven Can Wait" by Glen Gray
1938 ... "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" by Duke Ellington
1937 ... "They Can't Take That Away from Me" by Fred Astaire
1936 ... "Lost" by Guy Lombardo
1935 ... "It's Easy to Remember" by Bing Crosby
1934 ... "Little Dutch Mill" by Bing Crosby
1933 ... "Stormy Weather" by Leo Reisman featuring Harold Arlen
1932 ... "Paradise" by Leo Reisman
1931 ... "Dream a Little Dream of Me" by Bing Crosby
1930 ... "Stein Song (University of Maine)" by Rudy Vallee

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Honey" by Rudy Vallee
1928 ... "Ol' Man River" by Paul Whiteman
1927 ... "Blue Skies" by Ben Selvin
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 ... "O-H-I-O (O-My! O!)" by Al Jolson
1920 ... "Alice Blue Gown" by Edith Day

THE 1910s

1919 ... "Till We Meet Again" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
1918 ... "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (for Her Daddy Over There)" by Henry Burr
1917 ... "Hush-A-Bye Ma Baby (The Missouri Waltz)" by Elsie Baker
1916 ... "Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?" by Prince's Orchestra
1915 ... "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" by Morton Harvey
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 ... "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" by Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Harry MacDonough & "Miss Watson" (Elise Stevenson)
1908 ... "Wouldn't You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart?" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
1907 ... "I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave" by Ada Jones
1906 ... "So Long, Mary" by Corrine Morgan
1905 ... "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" by Henry Burr
1904 ... "Navajo" by Billy Murray
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 ... "Hello, Ma Baby" by Arthur Collins
1898 ... "Break the News to Mother" by George J. Gaskin
1897 ... "My Mother Was a Lady" by Dan Quinn
1896 ... "Dat New Bully" by Len Spencer
1895 ... "The Sidewalks of New York" by J.W. Myers
1894 ... "Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye" by Edward M. Favor
1893 ... "After the Ball" by George J. Gaskin
1892 ... "The Picture Turned Toward the Wall" by Manhansett Quartette
1891 ... "The Laughing Song" by George Washington Johnson