JULY 6
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
2007 ... "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
2006 ... "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
2005 ... "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey
2004 ... "I Believe" by Fantasia
2003 ... "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
2002 ... "Hot in Herre" by Nelly
2001 ... "U Remind Me" by Usher
2000 ... "Be with You" by Enrique Iglesias

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 ... "Waterfalls" by TLC
1994 ... "I Swear" by All-4-One
1993 ... "Weak" by SWV
1992 ... "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
1991 ... "Rush Rush" by Paula Abdul
1990 ... "Step by Step" by New Kids on the Block

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Good Thing" by Fine Young Cannibals
1988 ... "The Flame" by Cheap Trick
1987 ... "Alone" by Heart
1986 ... "Holding Back the Years" by Simply Red
1985 ... "Sussudio" by Phil Collins
1984 ... "When Doves Cry" by Prince
1983 ... "Every Breath You Take" by The Police
1982 ... "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League
1981 ... "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
1980 ... "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)" by Paul McCartney

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward
1978 ... "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb
1977 ... "Undercover Angel" by Alan O'Day
1976 ... "Afternoon Delight" by The Starland Vocal Band
1975 ... "Love Will Keep Us Together" by The Captain & Tennille
1974 ... "Rock the Boat" by The Hues Corporation
1973 ... "Will It Go Round in Circles" by Billy Preston
1972 ... "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers
1971 ... "It's Too Late/ I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King
1970 ... "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" by Three Dog Night

THE 1960s

1969 ... "In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" by Zager & Evans
1968 ... "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert
1967 ... "Windy" by The Association
1966 ... "Paperback Writer" by The Beatles
1965 ... "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
1964 ... "I Get Around" by The Beach Boys
1963 ... "Easier Said than Done" by The Essex
1962 ... "The Stripper" by David Rose & His Orchestra
1961 ... "Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis
1960 ... "Alley-Oop" by The Hollywood Argyles

THE 1950s

1959 ... "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton
1958 ... "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley
1957 ... "Teddy Bear" by Elvis Presley
1956 ... "The Wayward Wind" by Gogi Grant
1955 ... "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets
1954 ... "Little Things Mean a Lot" by Kitty Kallen
1953 ... "The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" by Percy Faith
1952 ... "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn
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 ... "Woody Wood-Pecker" by Kay Kyser
1947 ... "Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" by Perry Como
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 ... "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer" by The Song Spinners
1942 ... "Sleepy Lagoon" by Harry James
1941 ... "Daddy" by Sammy Kaye
1940 ... "The Woodpecker Song" by Glenn Miller

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Stairway to the Stars" by Glenn Miller
1938 ... "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb
1937 ... "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" by Guy Lombardo
1936 ... "There's a Small Hotel" by Hal Kemp
1935 ... "Chasing Shadows" by Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
1934 ... "Moon Glow" by Benny Goodman
1933 ... "Shadow Waltz" by Bing Crosby
1932 ... "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town" by Ted Lewis
1931 ... "I Found a Million-Dollar Baby (in a Five-and-Ten-Cent Store)" by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
1930 ... "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" by Nat Shilkret

THE 1920s

1929 ... "The Wedding of the Painted Doll" by Leo Reisman
1928 ... "Ramona" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "Two Black Crows-Parts 1 & 2 (The Early Bird Catches the Worm)" by Moran & Mack
1926 ... "Valencia" by Paul Whiteman
1925 ... "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ben Bernie
1924 ... "California, Here I Come!" by Al Jolson
1923 ... "Dreamy Melody" by Art Landry
1922 ... "Do It Again" by Paul Whiteman
1921 ... "Make Believe" by Nora Bayes
1920 ... "When My Baby Smiles at Me" by Ted Lewis & His Band

THE 1910s

1919 ... "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
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 ... "The Whistling Coon" by George Washington Johnson