OCTOBER 6

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THE 2000s

2009 I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas Rhapsody iTunes
2008 Whatever You Like T.I. Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Crank That (Soulja Boy) Soulja Boy Tell'em Rhapsody iTunes
2006 SexyBack Justin Timberlake Rhapsody iTunes
2005 Gold Digger Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx Rhapsody iTunes
2004 Goodies Ciara featuring Petey Pablo Rhapsody iTunes
2003 Baby Boy Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul Rhapsody iTunes
2002 A Moment Like This Kelly Clarkson Rhapsody iTunes
2001 Fallin' Alicia Keys Rhapsody iTunes
2000 Music Madonna Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 Heartbreaker Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z Rhapsody iTunes
1998 The First Night Monica Rhapsody iTunes
1997 Candle in the Wind 1997/
Something About the Way You Look Tonight
Elton John Amazon/
Rhapsody
Amazon/
iTunes
1996 Macarena [Bayside Boys Mix] Los Del Rio Rhapsody iTunes
1995 Fantasy Mariah Carey Rhapsody iTunes
1994 I'll Make Love to You Boyz II Men Rhapsody iTunes
1993 Dreamlover Mariah Carey Rhapsody iTunes
1992 End of the Road Boyz II Men Rhapsody iTunes
1991 Emotions Mariah Carey Rhapsody iTunes
1990 Close to You Maxi Priest Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 Miss You Much Janet Jackson Rhapsody iTunes
1988 Love Bites Def Leppard   iTunes
1987 Here I Go Again Whitesnake Rhapsody iTunes
1986 When I Think of You Janet Jackson Rhapsody iTunes
1985 Oh Sheila Ready for the World Rhapsody iTunes
1984 Let's Go Crazy Prince & the Revolution Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler Rhapsody iTunes
1982 Jack and Diane John Cougar Rhapsody iTunes
1981 Endless Love Diana Ross & Lionel Richie Rhapsody iTunes
1980 Another One Bites the Dust Queen Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 Sad Eyes Robert John Amazon  
1978 Kiss You All Over Exile Rhapsody iTunes
1977 Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band Meco Rhapsody iTunes
1976 A Fifth of Beethoven Walter Murphy & His Big Apple Band Rhapsody iTunes
1975 Bad Blood Neil Sedaka Amazon  
1974 I Honestly Love You Olivia Newton-John Rhapsody iTunes
1973 Half-Breed Cher Rhapsody iTunes
1972 Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me Mac Davis Rhapsody iTunes
1971 Maggie May/ Reason to Believe Rod Stewart Rhapsody/
Rhapsody
iTunes/
iTunes
1970 Cracklin' Rosie Neil Diamond Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 Sugar, Sugar The Archies Rhapsody iTunes
1968 Hey Jude The Beatles Amazon  
1967 The Letter The Box Tops Rhapsody iTunes
1966 Cherish The Association Rhapsody iTunes
1965 Yesterday The Beatles Amazon  
1964 Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison Rhapsody iTunes
1963 Sugar Shack Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs Amazon  
1962 Sherry The Four Seasons Rhapsody iTunes
1961 Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles Rhapsody iTunes
1960 Mr. Custer Larry Verne Amazon  

THE 1950s

1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin Rhapsody iTunes
1958 It's All in the Game Tommy Edwards Rhapsody iTunes
1957 Honeycomb Jimmie Rodgers Rhapsody iTunes
1956 Don't Be Cruel/
Hound Dog
Elvis Presley Rhapsody/
Rhapsody
iTunes/
iTunes
1955 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing The Four Aces Rhapsody iTunes
1954 Hey There Rosemary Clooney Rhapsody iTunes
1953 St. George and the Dragonet Stan Freberg   iTunes
1952 You Belong to Me Jo Stafford Rhapsody iTunes
1951 Because of You Tony Bennett Rhapsody iTunes
1950 Goodnight Irene Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1940s

1949 That Lucky Old Sun Frankie Laine Rhapsody iTunes
1948 A Tree in the Meadow Margaret Whiting Rhapsody iTunes
1947 Near You Francis Craig Rhapsody iTunes
1946 To Each His Own Eddy Howard Rhapsody iTunes
1945 Till the End of Time Perry Como Rhapsody iTunes
1944 You Always Hurt the One You Love The Mills Brothers Rhapsody iTunes
1943 Sunday, Monday or Always Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1942 (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes
1941 Piano Concerto in B Flat Freddy Martin Rhapsody iTunes
1940 I'll Never Smile Again Tommy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Over the Rainbow" by Glenn Miller
1938 ... "My Reverie" by Larry Clinton
1937 ... "That Old Feeling" by Shep Fields
1936 ... "When Did You Leave Heaven?" by Guy Lombardo
1935 ... "Cheek to Cheek" by Fred Astaire
1934 ... "I Saw Stars" by Freddy Martin
1933 ... "The Last Round-Up" by George Olsen
1932 ... "Say It Isn't So" by George Olsen
1931 ... "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" by Kate Smith
1930 ... "Little White Lies" by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Am I Blue?" by Ethel Waters
1928 ... "Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time)" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "Charmaine!" by Guy Lombardo
1926 ... "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along" by Al Jolson
1925 ... "Yes Sir! That's My Baby" by Gene Austin
1924 ... "Memory Lane" by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
1923 ... "Yes! We Have No Bananas" by Billy Jones
1922 ... "Hot Lips" by Paul Whiteman
1921 ... "Song of India" by Paul Whiteman
1920 ... "St. Louis Blues" by Marion Harris

THE 1910s

1919 ... "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" by John Steel
1918 ... "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" by Al Jolson
1917 ... "Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France" by American Quartet
1916 ... "If I Knock the 'L' Out of Kelly (It Would Still Be Kelly to Me)" by Marguerite Farrell
1915 ... "Hello, Frisco!" by Olive Kline & Reinald Werrenrath
1914 ... "Cohen on the Telephone" by Joe Hayman
1913 ... "You Made Me Love You, I Didn't Want to Do It" by Al Jolson
1912 ... "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" by Heidelberg Quintet
1911 ... "Alexander's Ragtime Band" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1910 ... "Every Little Moment" by Harry MacDonough & Lucy Isabelle Marsh

THE 1900s

1909 ... "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" by Henry Burr
1908 ... "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
1907 ... "Harrigan" by Billy Murray
1906 ... "The Good Old U.S.A." by Byron G. Harlan
1905 ... "Dearie" by Corrine Morgan & Haydn Quartet
1904 ... "Alexander" by Billy Murray
1903 ... "Harrah for Baffin's Bay" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1902 ... "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" by Harry MacDonough
1901 ... "The Tale of the Bumble Bee" by Harry MacDonough
1900 ... "Ma Tiger Lily" by Arthur Collins

THE 1890s

1899 ... "Gypsy Love Song" by William F. Hooley
1898 ... "I'm Old But I'm Awfully Tough (Laughing Song)" by Cal Stewart
1897 ... "There's a Little Star Shining for You" by Dan Quinn
1896 ... "On the Benches in the Park" by George J. Gaskin
1895 ... "The Band Played On" by Dan Quinn
1894 ... "My Pearl Is a Bowery Girl" by Dan Quinn
1893 ... "Daisy Bell" by Dan Quinn
1892 ... "Michael Casey Taking the Census" by Russell Hunting
1891 ... "Pat Kelly as a Police Justice" by Dan Kelly
1890 ... "Washington Post" by U.S. Marine Band