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THE 2010s

2011 Give Me Everything Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer 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 I Kissed a Girl Katy Perry YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Umbrella Rihanna featuring Jay-Z YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2006 Promiscuous Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2005 We Belong Together Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2004 I Believe Fantasia YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2003 This Is the Night Clay Aiken YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2002 Hot in Herre Nelly YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2001 U Remind Me Usher YouTube Rhapsody 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 Waterfalls TLC YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1994 I Swear All-4-One YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1993 Weak SWV YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1992 Baby Got Back Sir Mix-a-Lot 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 Good Thing Fine Young Cannibals YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1988 The Flame Cheap Trick YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1987 I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) Whitney Houston YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1986 There'll Be Sad Songs (to Make You Cry) Billy Ocean YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1985 Sussudio Phil Collins YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1984 When Doves Cry Prince YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Every Breath You Take The Police YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1982 Don't You Want Me The Human League 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 Undercover Angel Alan O'Day Amazon  
1976 Afternoon Delight The Starland Vocal Band Rhapsody iTunes
1975 Love Will Keep Us Together The Captain & Tennille Rhapsody iTunes
1974 Rock the Boat The Hues Corporation Rhapsody iTunes
1973 Will It Go Round in Circles Billy Preston Rhapsody iTunes
1972 Lean on Me Bill Withers 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 Paperback Writer The Beatles Amazon  
1965 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones Rhapsody iTunes
1964 I Get Around The Beach Boys Rhapsody iTunes
1963 Easier Said than Done The Essex Amazon  
1962 The Stripper David Rose & His Orchestra Rhapsody iTunes
1961 Tossin' and Turnin' Bobby Lewis Rhapsody 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 Teddy Bear Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes
1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant Rhapsody iTunes
1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets   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 Delicado Percy Faith 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 Woody Wood-Pecker Kay Kyser 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 Get By (As Long as I Have You) Harry James Rhapsody iTunes
1943 Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer The Song Spinners Amazon  
1942 Sleepy Lagoon Harry James Rhapsody iTunes
1941 Maria Elena Jimmy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes
1940 The Woodpecker Song Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 Stairway to the Stars Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes
1938 A-Tisket, A-Tasket Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb Rhapsody iTunes
1937 It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane Guy Lombardo YouTube  
1936 The Glory of Love Benny Goodman Rhapsody iTunes
1935 Chasing Shadows Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Amazon  
1934 Moon Glow Benny Goodman Rhapsody iTunes
1933 Shadow Waltz Bing Crosby Rhapsody  
1932 In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town Ted Lewis Rhapsody iTunes
1931 Just One More Chance Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1930 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes Nat Shilkret   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 Valencia Paul Whiteman   iTunes
1925 Sweet Georgia Brown Ben Bernie Rhapsody iTunes
1924 California, Here I Come! Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes
1923 Dreamy Melody Art Landry DailyAudio  
1922 Do It Again Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1921 Make Believe Nora Bayes Listen  
1920 When My Baby Smiles at Me Ted Lewis & His Band 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 Trail of the Lonesome Pine" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
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 ... "Toyland" by Corrine Morgan & Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "Hiawatha" by Harry MacDonough
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 ... "My Wild Irish Rose" by George J. Gaskin
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 ... "My Country 'Tis of Thee" by Jules Levy
1892 ... "Michael Casey at the Telephone" by Russell Hunting
1891 ... "Michael Casey as a Physician" by Russell Hunting