MAY 30
The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major
2007 ... "Makes Me Wonder" by Maroon5
2006 ... "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone
2005 ... "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey
2004 ... "Burn" by Usher
2003 ... "21 Questions" by 50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg
2002 ... "Foolish" by Ashanti
2001 ... "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink
2000 ... "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
1998 ... "Too Close" by Next
1997 ... "MMMBop" by Hanson
1996 ... "Tha Crossroads" by Bone thugs-n-harmony
1995 ... "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams
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 ... "Rock On" by Michael Damian
1988 ... "One More Try" by George Michael
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 ... "Flashdance ... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara
1982 ... "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
1981 ... "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
1980 ... "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc.

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer
1978 ... "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
1977 ... "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder
1976 ... "Love Hangover" by Diana Ross
1975 ... "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" by Freddy Fender
1974 ... "The Streak" by Ray Stevens
1973 ... "My Love" by Paul McCartney & Wings
1972 ... "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers
1971 ... "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones
1970 ... "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Get Back" by The Beatles
1968 ... "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel
1967 ... "Respect" by Aretha Franklin
1966 ... "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge
1965 ... "Help Me Rhonda" by The Beach Boys
1964 ... "Love Me Do" by The Beatles
1963 ... "It's My Party" by Lesley Gore
1962 ... "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles
1961 ... "Running Scared" by Roy Orbison
1960 ... "Cathy's Clown" by The Everly Brothers

THE 1950s

1959 ... "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton
1958 ... "All I Have to Do Is Dream" by The Everly Brothers
1957 ... "Love Letters in the Sand" by Pat Boone
1956 ... "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" by Perez Prado
1954 ... "Little Things Mean a Lot" by Kitty Kallen
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 ... "Beer Barrel Polka" by Will Glahe
1938 ... "Cathedral in the Pines" by Shep Fields
1937 ... "September in the Rain" by Guy Lombardo
1936 ... "The Glory of Love" by Benny Goodman
1935 ... "Life Is a Song" by Ruth Etting
1934 ... "Cocktails for Two" by Duke Ellington
1933 ... "Stormy Weather" by Leo Reisman featuring Harold Arlen
1932 ... "Lullaby of the Leaves" by George Olsen
1931 ... "Out of Nowhere" by Bing Crosby
1930 ... "When It's Springtime in the Rockies" by The Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Honey" by Rudy Vallee
1928 ... "Ramona" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "Ain't She Sweet?" by Ben Bernie
1926 ... "Always" by Vincent Lopez
1925 ... "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart
1924 ... "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" by Wendell Hall
1923 ... "Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses" by Carl Fenton
1922 ... "Angel Child" by Al Jolson
1921 ... "My Mammy" by Paul Whiteman
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 ... "The Girl on the Magazine" by Harry MacDonough
1915 ... "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" by Peerless Quartet
1914 ... "I Love the Ladies" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1913 ... "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" by Al Jolson
1912 ... "When I Was Twenty-One and You Were Sweet Sixteen" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
1911 ... "Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine" by Ada Jones, Billy Murray & American Quartet
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 ... "Cocoanut Dance" by Vess Ossman
1894 ... "Yankee Doodle" by Vess Ossman
1893 ... "After the Ball" by George J. Gaskin
1892 ... "The Song That Reached My Heart" by Joe Natus
1891 ... "The Laughing Song" by George Washington Johnson