NOVEMBER 5
The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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THE 2000s

2007 ... "Kiss Kiss" by Chris Brown featuring T-Pain
2006 ... "Money Maker" by Ludacris featuring Pharrell
2005 ... "Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
2004 ... "My Boo" by Usher and Alicia Keys
2003 ... "Baby Boy" by Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul
2002 ... "Lose Yourself" by Eminem
2001 ... "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige
2000 ... "With Arms Wide Open" by Creed

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas
1998 ... "The First Night" by Monica
1997 ... "Something About the Way You Look Tonight/ Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John
1996 ... "No Diggity" by BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre
1995 ... "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey
1994 ... "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men
1993 ... "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf
1992 ... "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
1991 ... "Cream" by Prince & the N.P.G.
1990 ... "Love Takes Time" by Mariah Carey

THE 1980s

1989 ... "When I See You Smile" by Bad English
1988 ... "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys
1987 ... "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany
1986 ... "Amanda" by Boston
1985 ... "Miami Vice Theme" by Jan Hammer
1984 ... "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" by Billy Ocean
1983 ... "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
1982 ... "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
1981 ... "Private Eyes" by Daryl Hall & John Oates
1980 ... "Woman in Love" by Barbra Streisand

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Heartache Tonight" by The Eagles
1978 ... "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer
1977 ... "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone
1976 ... "Rock'n Me" by Steve Miller Band
1975 ... "Island Girl" by Elton John
1974 ... "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
1973 ... "Keep On Truckin'" by Eddie Kendricks
1972 ... "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash
1971 ... "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" by Cher
1970 ... "I'll Be There" by The Jackson 5

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Wedding Bell Blues" by The 5th Dimension
1968 ... "Hey Jude" by The Beatles
1967 ... "To Sir, with Love" by Lulu
1966 ... "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees
1965 ... "Get Off of My Cloud" by The Rolling Stones
1964 ... "Baby Love" by The Supremes
1963 ... "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs
1962 ... "He's a Rebel" by The Crystals
1961 ... "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean
1960 ... "Save the Last Dance for Me" by The Drifters

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin
1958 ... "It's Only Make Believe" by Conway Twitty
1957 ... "Jailhouse Rock/ Treat Me Nice" by Elvis Presley
1956 ... "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "Autumn Leaves" by Roger Williams
1954 ... "This Ole House" by Rosemary Clooney
1953 ... "Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)" by Les Paul & Mary Ford
1952 ... "I Went to Your Wedding" by Patti Page
1951 ... "Cold, Cold Heart" by Tony Bennett
1950 ... "Goodnight Irene" by Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers

THE 1940s

1949 ... "That Lucky Old Sun" by Frankie Laine
1948 ... "Buttons and Bows" by Dinah Shore
1947 ... "Near You" by Francis Craig
1946 ... "Rumors Are Flying" by Frankie Carle
1945 ... "Till the End of Time" by Perry Como
1944 ... "I'll Walk Alone" by Dinah Shore
1943 ... "Paper Doll" by The Mills Brothers
1942 ... "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby
1941 ... "Piano Concerto in B Flat" by Freddy Martin
1940 ... "Only Forever" by Bing Crosby

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Address Unknown" by the Ink Spots
1938 ... "Heart and Soul" by Larry Clinton
1937 ... "Remember Me?" by Bing Crosby
1936 ... "The Way You Look To-night" by Fred Astaire
1935 ... "Truckin'" by Fats Waller
1934 ... "Stars Fell on Alabama" by Guy Lombardo
1933 ... "The Last Round-Up" by Guy Lombardo
1932 ... "Please" by Bing Crosby
1931 ... "Good Night, Sweetheart" by Wayne King
1930 ... "Body and Soul" by Paul Whiteman

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Tip Toe Through the Tulips" by Nick Lucas
1928 ... "Sonny Boy" by Al Jolson
1927 ... "Charmaine!" by Guy Lombardo
1926 ... "Baby Face" by Jan Garber
1925 ... "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" by The Cavaliers [Ben Selvin]
1924 ... "Memory Lane" by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
1923 ... "That Old Gang of Mine" by Billy Murray & Ed Smalle
1922 ... "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean" by Gallagher & Shean
1921 ... "All by Myself" by Ted Lewis
1920 ... "Whispering" by Paul Whiteman

THE 1910s

1919 ... "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" by John Steel
1918 ... "Tiger Rag" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
1917 ... "Over There" by Peerless Quartet
1916 ... "Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There" by Charles Harrison
1915 ... "Close to My Heart" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
1914 ... "Ballin' the Jack" by Prince's Orchestra
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've Got Rings on My Fingers" by Blanche Ring
1908 ... "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1907 ... "Harrigan" by Billy Murray
1906 ... "Love Me and the World Is Mine" by Henry Burr
1905 ... "In My Merry Oldsmobile" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart)" by Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "Good-Bye, Eliza Jane" by Arthur Collins
1902 ... "In the Good Old Summer Time" by J.W. Myers
1901 ... "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" by Harry MacDonough
1900 ... "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" by George J. Gaskin

THE 1890s

1899 ... "Curse of the Dreamer" by Dan Quinn
1898 ... "She Was Happy Till She Met You" by Dan Quinn
1897 ... "On the Banks of the Wabash" by George J. Gaskin
1896 ... "In the Baggage Coach Ahead" by Dan Quinn
1895 ... "The Little Lost Child" by Dan Quinn
1894 ... "Casey at Denny Murphy's Wake" by Russell Hunting
1893 ... "Daisy Bell" by Dan Quinn
1892 ... "Michael Casey Taking the Census" by Russell Hunting
1891 ... "Turkey in the Straw" by Billy Golden
1890 ... "The Thunderer" by U.S. Marine Band