JUNE 17
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne featuring Static Major
2007 ... "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
2006 ... "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
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 ... "Try Again" by Aaliyah

THE 1990s

1999 ... "If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez
1998 ... "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica
1997 ... "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112
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 ... "I'll Be There" by Mariah Carey
1991 ... "Rush Rush" by Paula Abdul
1990 ... "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette

THE 1980s

1989 ... "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" by New Kids on the Block
1988 ... "Together Forever" by Rick Astley
1987 ... "Head to Toe" by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
1986 ... "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
1985 ... "Heaven" by Bryan Adams
1984 ... "The Reflex" by Duran Duran
1983 ... "Flashdance ... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara
1982 ... "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
1981 ... "Medley: Intro Venus/Sugar Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want to Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/
                I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You're Going to Lose That Girl/Stars on 45" by Stars on 45
1980 ... "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc.

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer
1978 ... "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb
1977 ... "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac
1976 ... "Silly Love Songs" by Paul McCartney & Wings
1975 ... "Love Will Keep Us Together" by The Captain & Tennille
1974 ... "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
1973 ... "My Love" by Paul McCartney & Wings
1972 ... "Candy Man" by Sammy Davis, Jr.
1971 ... "It's Too Late/ I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King
1970 ... "The Long and Winding Road/ For You Blue" by The Beatles

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Get Back" by The Beatles
1968 ... "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert
1967 ... "Groovin'" by The Young Rascals
1966 ... "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones
1965 ... "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops
1964 ... "Chapel of Love" by The Dixie Cups
1963 ... "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto
1962 ... "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles
1961 ... "Moody River" by Pat Boone
1960 ... "Cathy's Clown" by The Everly Brothers

THE 1950s

1959 ... "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton
1958 ... "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley
1957 ... "Love Letters in the Sand" by Pat Boone
1956 ... "The Wayward Wind" by Gogi Grant
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 ... "Here in My Heart" by Al Martino
1951 ... "Too Young" by Nat "King" Cole
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 ... "Peg O' My Heart" by The Harmonicats
1946 ... "The Gypsy" by The Ink Spots
1945 ... "Sentimental Journey" by Les Brown
1944 ... "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" by Harry James
1943 ... "Taking a Chance on Love" by Benny Goodman
1942 ... "Sleepy Lagoon" by Harry James
1941 ... "Daddy" by Sammy Kaye
1940 ... "Tuxedo Junction" by Glenn Miller

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Wishing (Will Make It So)" by Glenn Miller
1938 ... "Says My Heart" by Red Norvo
1937 ... "September in the Rain" by Guy Lombardo
1936 ... "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" by Jimmy Dorsey
1935 ... "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" by Glen Gray
1934 ... "I'll String Along with You" by Ted Fio Rito
1933 ... "Stormy Weather" by Ethel Waters
1932 ... "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town" by Ted Lewis
1931 ... "(There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time" by Guy Lombardo
1930 ... "When It's Springtime in the Rockies" by Ben Selvin

THE 1920s

1929 ... "The Wedding of the Painted Doll" by Leo Reisman
1928 ... "Ramona" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "At Sundown (When Love Is Calling Me Home)" by George Olsen
1926 ... "Gimme a Lil' Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" by "Whispering" Jack Smith
1925 ... "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart
1924 ... "California, Here I Come!" by Al Jolson
1923 ... "Dreamy Melody" by Art Landry
1922 ... "On the Alamo" by Isham Jones
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 ... "The Star-Spangled Banner" by John McCormack
1916 ... "Good-Bye, Good Luck, God Bless You (Is All That I Can Say)" by Henry Burr
1915 ... "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" by Peerless Quartet
1914 ... "The Song That Stole My Heart Away" by Henry Burr
1913 ... "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" by Al Jolson
1912 ... "Love Is Mine" by Enrico Caruso
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 Ada Jones & Billy Murray
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 ... "The Preacher and the Bear" by Arthur Collins
1904 ... "Blue Bell" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" by Harry MacDonough & John Bieling
1902 ... "Way Down in Old Indiana" by J.W. Myers
1901 ... "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" by Harry MacDonough & Grace Spencer
1900 ... "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" by Steve Porter

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 ... "A Hot Time on the Levee" by Len Spencer with Vess Ossman
1895 ... "El Capitan March" by Sousa's Band
1894 ... "Yankee Doodle" by Vess Ossman
1893 ... "After the Ball" by George J. Gaskin
1892 ... "Throw Him Down, McCloskey" by Charles Marsh
1891 ... "Michael Casey as a Physician" by Russell Hunting