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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Take a Bow" by Rihanna
2007 ... "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" by T-Pain featuring Yung Joc
2006 ... "SOS" by Rihanna
2005 ... "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani
2004 ... "Burn" by Usher
2003 ... "Get Busy" by Sean Paul
2002 ... "Foolish" by Ashanti
2001 ... "All for You" by Janet
2000 ... "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
1998 ... "My All" by Mariah Carey
1997 ... "MMMBop" by Hanson
1996 ... "Tha Crossroads" by Bone thugs-n-harmony
1995 ... "This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan
1994 ... "I Swear" by All-4-One
1993 ... "That's the Way Love Goes" by Janet Jackson
1992 ... "Jump" by Kris Kross
1991 ... "I Don't Wanna Cry" by Mariah Carey
1990 ... "Vogue" by Madonna

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Forever Your Girl" by Paula Abdul
1988 ... "Anything for You" by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
1987 ... "With or Without You" by U2
1986 ... "Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston
1985 ... "Everything She Wants" by Wham!
1984 ... "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams
1983 ... "Let's Dance" by David Bowie
1982 ... "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
1981 ... "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
1980 ... "Call Me" by Blondie

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb
1978 ... "With a Little Luck" by Paul McCartney & Wings
1977 ... "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder
1976 ... "Silly Love Songs" by Paul McCartney & Wings
1975 ... "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire
1974 ... "The Streak" by Ray Stevens
1973 ... "Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group
1972 ... "Oh Girl" by The Chi-Lites
1971 ... "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night
1970 ... "American Woman/ No Sugar Tonight" by The Guess Who

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Get Back" by The Beatles
1968 ... "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell & the Drells
1967 ... "Groovin'" by The Young Rascals
1966 ... "Monday, Monday" by The Mamas & the Papas
1965 ... "Ticket to Ride" by The Beatles
1964 ... "My Guy" by Mary Wells
1963 ... "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul
1962 ... "Stranger on the Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk
1961 ... "Mother-in-Law" by Ernie K-Doe
1960 ... "Cathy's Clown" by The Everly Brothers

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison
1958 ... "All I Have to Do Is Dream" by The Everly Brothers
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 Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" by Percy Faith
1952 ... "Blue Tango" by Leroy Anderson
1951 ... "How High the Moon" by Les Paul & Mary Ford
1950 ... "'The Third Man' Theme" by Anton Karas

THE 1940s

1949 ... "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" by Vaughn Monroe
1948 ... "Nature Boy" by King Cole
1947 ... "Heartaches" by Ted Weems
1946 ... "The Gypsy" by The Ink Spots
1945 ... "Sentimental Journey" by Les Brown
1944 ... "I Love You" by Bing Crosby
1943 ... "I've Heard That Song Before" by Harry James
1942 ... "Tangerine" by Jimmy Dorsey
1941 ... "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey
1940 ... "Tuxedo Junction" by Glenn Miller

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Three Little Fishies" by Kay Kyser
1938 ... "Cry, Baby, Cry" by Larry Clinton
1937 ... "Carelessly" by Teddy Wilson featuring Billie Holiday
1936 ... "You" by Tommy Dorsey
1935 ... "What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)" by Guy Lombardo
1934 ... "Cocktails for Two" by Duke Ellington
1933 ... "Stormy Weather" by Leo Reisman featuring Harold Arlen
1932 ... "Paradise" by Guy Lombardo
1931 ... "Out of Nowhere" by Bing Crosby
1930 ... "Stein Song (University of Maine)" by Rudy Vallee

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Honey" by Rudy Vallee
1928 ... "Ramona" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "Ain't She Sweet?" by Ben Bernie
1926 ... "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin
1925 ... "O! Katharina" by Ted Lewis
1924 ... "California, Here I Come!" by Al Jolson
1923 ... "Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses" by Carl Fenton
1922 ... "Angel Child" by Al Jolson
1921 ... "Look for the Silver Lining" by Marion Harris
1920 ... "Swanee" by Al Jolson

THE 1910s

1919 ... "Beautiful Ohio" by Henry Burr
1918 ... "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (for Her Daddy Over There)" by Henry Burr
1917 ... "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag (and Smile, Smile, Smile)" by Knickerbocker Quartet
1916 ... "Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?" by Prince's Orchestra
1915 ... "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" by Alma Gluck
1914 ... "I Love the Ladies" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1913 ... "When I Lost You" by Henry Burr
1912 ... "When I Was Twenty-One and You Were Sweet Sixteen" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
1911 ... "Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine" by Blanche Ring
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 ... "The Glow-Worm" by Victor Orchestra
1907 ... "School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)" by Byron G. Harlan
1906 ... "The Grand Old Rag" by Billy Murray
1905 ... "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" by Henry Burr
1904 ... "Blue Bell" by Frank Stanley & Byron G. Harlan
1903 ... "In the Good Old Summer Time" by Sousa's Band
1902 ... "On a Sunday Afternoon" by J.W. Myers
1901 ... "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" by Harry MacDonough & Grace Spencer
1900 ... "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" by Jere Mahoney

THE 1890s

1899 ... "Hello! Ma Baby" by Len Spencer
1898 ... "Uncle Josh's Arrival in New York" by Cal Stewart
1897 ... "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" by George J. Gaskin
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 ... "Sally in Our Alley" by Manhansett Quartette
1891 ... "The Laughing Song" by George Washington Johnson