JUNE 26
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THE 2010s

2011 Rolling in the Deep Adele YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2010 California Gurls Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 2000s

2009 Boom Boom Pow The Black Eyed Peas YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2008 Viva La Vida Coldplay YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Umbrella Rihanna featuring Jay-Z YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2006 Do I Make You Proud Taylor Hicks YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2005 Inside Your Heaven Carrie Underwood YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2004 Burn Usher YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2003 This Is the Night Clay Aiken YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2002 Hot in Herre Nelly YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2001 Lady Marmalade Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink YouTube   iTunes
2000 Be with You Enrique Iglesias YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 If You Had My Love Jennifer Lopez YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1998 The Boy Is Mine Brandy & Monica YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1997 I'll Be Missing You Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112 YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1996 Tha Crossroads Bone thugs-n-harmony YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1995 Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? Bryan Adams YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1994 I Swear All-4-One YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1993 That's the Way Love Goes Janet Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1992 I'll Be There Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1991 Rush Rush Paula Abdul YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1990 Step by Step New Kids on the Block YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 Baby Don't Forget My Number Milli Vanilli YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1988 Dirty Diana Michael Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1987 I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) Whitney Houston YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1986 On My Own Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1985 Heaven Bryan Adams YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1984 The Reflex Duran Duran YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Flashdance ... What a Feeling Irene Cara YouTube   iTunes
1982 Ebony and Ivory Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1981 Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1980 Coming Up (Live at Glasgow) Paul McCartney YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 Ring My Bell Anita Ward   iTunes
[12" remix]
1978 Shadow Dancing Andy Gibb   iTunes
1977 Gonna Fly Now (Theme from 'Rocky') Bill Conti   iTunes
1976 Silly Love Songs Paul McCartney & Wings Rhapsody iTunes
1975 Love Will Keep Us Together The Captain & Tennille Rhapsody iTunes
1974 Sundown Gordon Lightfoot Rhapsody iTunes
1973 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) George Harrison   iTunes
1972 Song Sung Blue Neil Diamond Rhapsody iTunes
1971 It's Too Late/
I Feel the Earth Move		 Carole King Rhapsody/
Rhapsody		 iTunes/
iTunes
1970 The Love You Save The Jackson 5 Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 Love Theme from 'Romeo and Juliet' Henry Mancini Rhapsody iTunes
1968 This Guy's in Love with You Herb Alpert   iTunes
1967 Windy The Association Rhapsody iTunes
1966 Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra Rhapsody iTunes
1965 Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds Rhapsody iTunes
1964 A World Without Love Peter & Gordon Rhapsody iTunes
1963 Sukiyaki Kyu Sakamoto Amazon  
1962 I Can't Stop Loving You Ray Charles Amazon  
1961 Quarter to Three Gary U.S. Bonds   iTunes
1960 Everybody's Somebody's Fool Connie Francis Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1950s

1959 The Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton Rhapsody iTunes
1958 Purple People Eater Sheb Wooley Rhapsody  
1957 Love Letters in the Sand Pat Boone Rhapsody iTunes
1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant Rhapsody iTunes
1955 Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Perez Prado   iTunes
1954 Little Things Mean a Lot Kitty Kallen Amazon  
1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) Percy Faith Rhapsody iTunes
1952 Here in My Heart Al Martino Rhapsody iTunes
1951 Too Young Nat "King" Cole Rhapsody iTunes
1950 'The Third Man' Theme Anton Karas Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1940s

1949 Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) Vaughn Monroe Rhapsody iTunes
1948 Nature Boy King Cole Rhapsody iTunes
1947 Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) Perry Como Rhapsody iTunes
1946 The Gypsy The Ink Spots Rhapsody iTunes
1945 Sentimental Journey Les Brown Rhapsody iTunes
1944 I'll Be Seeing You Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1943 Taking a Chance on Love Benny Goodman Rhapsody iTunes
1942 Sleepy Lagoon Harry James Rhapsody iTunes
1941 My Sister and I Jimmy Dorsey Amazon  
1940 Tuxedo Junction Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 Wishing (Will Make It So) Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes
1938 A-Tisket, A-Tasket Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb Rhapsody iTunes
1937 September in the Rain Guy Lombardo Amazon  
1936 Is It True What They Say About Dixie? Jimmy Dorsey   iTunes
1935 She's a Latin from Manhattan Victor Young RealAudio  
1934 I'll String Along with You Ted Fio Rito Rhapsody  
1933 Stormy Weather Ethel Waters Rhapsody iTunes
1932 In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town Ted Lewis Rhapsody iTunes
1931 Just One More Chance Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1930 When It's Springtime in the Rockies Ben Selvin Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1920s

1929 The Wedding of the Painted Doll Leo Reisman YouTube  
1928 Ramona Gene Austin Rhapsody iTunes
1927 Two Black Crows-Parts 1 & 2 (The Early Bird Catches the Worm) Moran & Mack Rhapsody iTunes
1926 Gimme a Lil' Kiss, Will Ya, Huh? 'Whispering' Jack Smith   iTunes
1925 The Prisoner's Song Vernon Dalhart Rhapsody iTunes
1924 California, Here I Come! Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes
1923 Dreamy Melody Art Landry DailyAudio  
1922 On the Alamo Isham Jones RealAudio  
1921 My Mammy Paul Whiteman   iTunes
1920 Swanee Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes

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 ... "For Me and My Gal" by Van & Schenk
1916 ... "Good-Bye, Good Luck, God Bless You (Is All That I Can Say)" by Henry Burr
1915 ... "A Little Bit of Heaven ('Shure, They Call It Ireland')" by George MacFarlane
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 ... "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" by John McCormack
1910 ... "Casey Jones" by Billy Murray & American Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
1908 ... "The Glow-Worm" by Lucy Isabelle Marsh
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 Byron G. Harlan, Joe Belmont, Frank Stanley, & Florodora Girls
1900 ... "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" by Steve Porter

THE 1890s

1899 ... "Hello! Ma Baby" by Len Spencer
1898 ... "I Don't Like No Cheap Man" by Len Spencer
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 ... "Dem Golden Slippers" by Silas Leachman
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