JULY 14
The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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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 ... "Burn" by Usher
2003 ... "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
2002 ... "Hot in Herre" by Nelly
2001 ... "U Remind Me" by Usher
2000 ... "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny's Child
1998 ... "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica
1997 ... "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112
1996 ... "How Do U Want It/ California Love" by 2Pac
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 ... "Unbelievable" by EMF
1990 ... "Step by Step" by New Kids on the Block

THE 1980s

1989 ... "If You Don't Know Me by Now" by Simply Red
1988 ... "The Flame" by Cheap Trick
1987 ... "Alone" by Heart
1986 ... "Invisible Touch" by Genesis
1985 ... "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran
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 ... "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" by Billy Joel

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Bad Girls" by Donna Summer
1978 ... "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb
1977 ... "Da Doo Ron Ron" by Shaun Cassidy
1976 ... "Afternoon Delight" by The Starland Vocal Band
1975 ... "Listen to What the Man Said" by Paul McCartney & Wings
1974 ... "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae
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 ... "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela
1967 ... "Windy" by The Association
1966 ... "Hanky Panky" by Tommy James & the Shondells
1965 ... "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones
1964 ... "Rag Doll" by The Four Seasons
1963 ... "Surf City" by Jan & Dean
1962 ... "Roses Are Red" by Bobby Vinton
1961 ... "Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis
1960 ... "I'm Sorry" by Brenda Lee

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Lonely Boy" by Paul Anka
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 ... "Mona Lisa" by Nat "King" Cole

THE 1940s

1949 ... "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" by Vaughn Monroe
1948 ... "Woody Wood-Pecker" by Kay Kyser
1947 ... "Peg O' My Heart" by The Harmonicats
1946 ... "The Gypsy" by The Ink Spots
1945 ... "Sentimental Journey" by Les Brown
1944 ... "I'll Be Seeing You" by Bing Crosby
1943 ... "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer" by The Song Spinners
1942 ... "Jingle Jangle Jingle" by Kay Kyser
1941 ... "Daddy" by Sammy Kaye
1940 ... "The Woodpecker Song" by Glenn Miller

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Stairway to the Stars" by Glenn Miller
1938 ... "Music, Maestro, Please" by Tommy Dorsey
1937 ... "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" by Shep Fields
1936 ... "Take My Heart" by Eddy Duchin
1935 ... "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room" by Bob Crosby
1934 ... "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble
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 ... "Pagan Love Song" by Copley Plaza Orchestra (Bob Haring)
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 ... "Spain" by Isham Jones
1923 ... "Down Hearted Blues" by Bessie Smith
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 ... "Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land" by Al Jolson
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 ... "Ragging the Baby to Sleep" by Al Jolson
1911 ... "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" by John McCormack
1910 ... "Casey Jones" by Billy Murray & American Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "To the End of the World" by Henry Burr
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 ... "Give My Regards to Broadway" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Toyland" by Corrine Morgan & Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "Hiawatha" by Harry MacDonough
1902 ... "Way Down in Old Indiana" by J.W. Myers
1901 ... "Jim Lawson's Horse Trade with Deacon Witherspoon" by Cal Stewart
1900 ... "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" by Steve Porter

THE 1890s

1899 ... "My Wild Irish Rose" by George J. Gaskin
1898 ... "She Was Bred in Old Kentucky" by George J. Gaskin
1897 ... "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by Sousa's Band
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