JULY 21
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THE 2000s

2007 ... "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
2006 ... "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
2005 ... "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey
2004 ... "Confessions Part II" by Usher
2003 ... "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
2002 ... "Hot in Herre" by Nelly
2001 ... "U Remind Me" by Usher
2000 ... "Bent" by matchbox twenty

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Wild Wild West" by Will Smith featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee
1998 ... "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica
1997 ... "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112
1996 ... "You're Makin' Me High/ Let It Flow" by Toni Braxton
1995 ... "Waterfalls" by TLC
1994 ... "I Swear" by All-4-One
1993 ... "Can't Help Falling in Love" by UB40
1992 ... "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
1991 ... "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams
1990 ... "She Ain't Worth It" by Glenn Medeiros with Bobby Brown

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Toy Soldiers" by Martika
1988 ... "Hold On to the Nights" by Richard Marx
1987 ... "Alone" by Heart
1986 ... "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
1985 ... "Everytime You Go Away" by Paul Young
1984 ... "When Doves Cry" by Prince
1983 ... "Every Breath You Take" by The Police
1982 ... "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
1981 ... "The One That You Love" by Air Supply
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 ... "Looks Like We Made It" by Barry Manilow
1976 ... "Kiss and Say Goodbye" by The Manhattans
1975 ... "The Hustle" by Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony
1974 ... "Annie's Song" by John Denver
1973 ... "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce
1972 ... "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers
1971 ... "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" by Paul Revere & the Raiders
1970 ... "(They Long to Be) Close to You" by The Carpenters

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 ... "Hard-Headed Woman" by Elvis Presley
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 ... "I'm Walking Behind You" by Eddie Fisher
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 ... "You'll Never Know" by Dick Haymes
1942 ... "Jingle Jangle Jingle" by Kay Kyser
1941 ... "Daddy" by Sammy Kaye
1940 ... "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Stairway to the Stars" by Glenn Miller
1938 ... "Music, Maestro, Please" by Tommy Dorsey
1937 ... "Where or When" by Hal Kemp
1936 ... "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" by Fats Waller
1935 ... "Let's Swing It" by Ray Noble
1934 ... "All I Do Is Dream of You" by Jan Garber
1933 ... "Lazybones" by Ted Lewis
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 ... "Laugh, Clown, Laugh!" by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
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 ... "Stumbling" by Paul Whiteman
1921 ... "Make Believe" by Nora Bayes
1920 ... "When My Baby Smiles at Me" by Ted Lewis & His Band

THE 1910s

1919 ... "Beautiful Ohio" by Henry Burr
1918 ... "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" by Henry Burr
1917 ... "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" by American Quartet
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 ... "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" by Chauncey Olcott
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 ... "Nobody" by Bert Williams
1905 ... "Give My Regards to Broadway" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" by Billy Murray
1903 ... "Hiawatha" by Harry MacDonough
1902 ... "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" by Arthur Collins
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