JULY 23
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THE 2010s

2011 Party Rock Anthem LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2010 California Gurls Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 2000s

2009 I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2008 I Kissed a Girl Katy Perry YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Hey There Delilah Plain White T's YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2006 Promiscuous Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2005 We Belong Together Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2004 Confessions Part II Usher YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2003 Crazy in Love Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2002 Hot in Herre Nelly YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2001 U Remind Me Usher YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2000 It's Gonna Be Me *NSync YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 Wild Wild West Will Smith featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee 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 You're Makin' Me High/
Let It Flow		 Toni Braxton YouTube/
YouTube		 Rhapsody/
Rhapsody		 iTunes/
iTunes
1995 Waterfalls TLC YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1994 I Swear All-4-One YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1993 Can't Help Falling in Love UB40 YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1992 Baby Got Back Sir Mix-a-Lot YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1991 (Everything I Do) I Do It for You Bryan Adams YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1990 She Ain't Worth It Glenn Medeiros with Bobby Brown YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 Toy Soldiers Martika YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1988 Hold On to the Nights Richard Marx YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1987 Alone Heart YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1986 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1985 Everytime You Go Away Paul Young YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1984 When Doves Cry Prince YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Every Breath You Take The Police YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1982 Eye of the Tiger Survivor YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1981 The One That You Love Air Supply YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1980 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Billy Joel YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 Bad Girls Donna Summer Rhapsody iTunes
1978 Shadow Dancing Andy Gibb   iTunes
1977 Looks Like We Made It Barry Manilow Rhapsody iTunes
1976 Kiss and Say Goodbye The Manhattans Rhapsody iTunes
1975 The Hustle Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony Rhapsody iTunes
1974 Annie's Song John Denver Rhapsody iTunes
1973 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce Rhapsody iTunes
1972 Alone Again (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan Rhapsody iTunes
1971 Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) Paul Revere & the Raiders Rhapsody iTunes
1970 (They Long to Be) Close to You The Carpenters Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) Zager & Evans Rhapsody iTunes
1968 Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela Rhapsody iTunes
1967 Light My Fire The Doors   iTunes
1966 Hanky Panky Tommy James & the Shondells Rhapsody iTunes
1965 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones Rhapsody iTunes
1964 Rag Doll The Four Seasons Rhapsody iTunes
1963 Surf City Jan & Dean Rhapsody iTunes
1962 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Rhapsody iTunes
1961 Tossin' and Turnin' Bobby Lewis Rhapsody iTunes
1960 I'm Sorry Brenda Lee Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1950s

1959 Lonely Boy Paul Anka Rhapsody iTunes
1958 Hard-Headed Woman Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes
1957 Teddy Bear Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes
1956 I Want You, I Need You, I Love You Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes
1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets   iTunes
1954 Little Things Mean a Lot Kitty Kallen Amazon  
1953 I'm Walking Behind You Eddie Fisher Rhapsody iTunes
1952 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart Vera Lynn Rhapsody iTunes
1951 Come On-a My House Rosemary Clooney Rhapsody iTunes
1950 Mona Lisa Nat "King" Cole 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 Peg O' My Heart The Harmonicats Rhapsody iTunes
1946 The Gypsy The Ink Spots Rhapsody iTunes
1945 On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Johnny Mercer Rhapsody iTunes
1944 I'll Be Seeing You Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1943 You'll Never Know Dick Haymes Rhapsody iTunes
1942 Jingle Jangle Jingle Kay Kyser Rhapsody iTunes
1941 Daddy Sammy Kaye Rhapsody iTunes
1940 I'll Never Smile Again Tommy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 Stairway to the Stars Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes
1938 Music, Maestro, Please Tommy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes
1937 Where or When Hal Kemp Rhapsody iTunes
1936 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie Fats Waller Rhapsody iTunes
1935 Let's Swing It Ray Noble YouTube  
1934 The Very Thought of You Ray Noble Rhapsody iTunes
1933 Lazybones Ted Lewis Rhapsody iTunes
1932 In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town Ted Lewis Rhapsody iTunes
1931 I Found a Million-Dollar Baby (in a Five-and-Ten-Cent Store) Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians Amazon  
1930 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes Nat Shilkret   iTunes

THE 1920s

1929 Pagan Love Song Copley Plaza Orchestra (Bob Haring) Lyrics  
1928 My Angel Paul Whiteman   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 Spain Isham Jones Rhapsody iTunes
1923 Down Hearted Blues Bessie Smith Rhapsody iTunes
1922 Stumbling Paul Whiteman   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 ... "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" by Henry Burr
1917 ... "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" by American Quartet
1916 ... "There's a Quaker Down in Quaker Town" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
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 ... "Ma Tiger Lily" by Len Spencer

THE 1890s

1899 ... "My Wild Irish Rose" by Albert Campbell
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 ... "We Were Sweethearts, Nell and I" by George J. Gaskin
1893 ... "Mamie, Come and Kiss Your Honey Boy" by Len Spencer
1892 ... "Michael Casey at the Telephone" by Russell Hunting
1891 ... "The Whistling Coon" by George Washington Johnson