DECEMBER 20
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THE 2000s

2007 ... "No One" by Alicia Keys
2006 ... "Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé
2005 ... "Run It!" by Chris Brown
2004 ... "Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell
2003 ... "Hey Ya!" by OutKast
2002 ... "Lose Yourself" by Eminem
2001 ... "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback
2000 ... "Independent Women Part I" by Destiny's Child

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas
1998 ... "I'm Your Angel" by R. Kelly & Celine Dion
1997 ... "Something About the Way You Look Tonight/ Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John
1996 ... "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton
1995 ... "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
1994 ... "Here Comes the Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze
1993 ... "Hero" by Mariah Carey
1992 ... "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
1991 ... "Black or White" by Michael Jackson
1990 ... "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" by Stevie B

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins
1988 ... "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison
1987 ... "Faith" by George Michael
1986 ... "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles
1985 ... "Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie
1984 ... "Like a Virgin" by Madonna
1983 ... "Say, Say, Say" by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
1982 ... "Maneater" by Daryl Hall & John Oates
1981 ... "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John
1980 ... "Lady" by Kenny Rogers

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes
1978 ... "Le Freak" by Chic
1977 ... "How Deep Is Your Love" by The Bee Gees
1976 ... "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart
1975 ... "That's the Way (I Like It)" by K.C. & the Sunshine Band
1974 ... "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
1973 ... "The Most Beautiful Girl" by Charlie Rich
1972 ... "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul
1971 ... "Brand New Key" by Melanie
1970 ... "My Sweet Lord/ Isn't It a Pity" by George Harrison

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by Peter, Paul & Mary
1968 ... "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
1967 ... "Daydream Believer" by The Monkees
1966 ... "Winchester Cathedral" by The New Vaudeville Band
1965 ... "Over and Over" by The Dave Clark Five
1964 ... "I Feel Fine" by The Beatles
1963 ... "Dominique" by The Singing Nun
1962 ... "Telstar" by The Tornadoes
1961 ... "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens
1960 ... "Are You Lonesome Tonight" by Elvis Presley

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Heartaches by the Number" by Guy Mitchell
1958 ... "The Chipmunk Song" by David Seville & the Chipmunks
1957 ... "April Love" by Pat Boone
1956 ... "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell
1955 ... "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford
1954 ... "Mr. Sandman" by The Chordettes
1953 ... "Rags to Riches" by Tony Bennett
1952 ... "Why Don't You Believe Me" by Joni James
1951 ... "Sin" by Eddy Howard
1950 ... "The Thing" by Phil Harris

THE 1940s

1949 ... "Mule Train" by Frankie Laine
1948 ... "Buttons and Bows" by Dinah Shore
1947 ... "Ballerina" by Vaughn Monroe
1946 ... "Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Kay Kyser
1945 ... "It's Been a Long, Long Time" by Harry James
1944 ... "Don't Fence Me In" by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
1943 ... "Paper Doll" by The Mills Brothers
1942 ... "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby
1941 ... "Elmer's Tune" by Glenn Miller
1940 ... "Frenesi" by Artie Shaw

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Scatter-Brain" by Frankie Masters
1938 ... "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" by Bing Crosby
1937 ... "The Dipsy Doodle" by Tommy Dorsey
1936 ... "Pennies from Heaven" by Bing Crosby
1935 ... "On Treasure Island" by Tommy Dorsey
1934 ... "Stay as Sweet as You Are" by Jimmie Grier
1933 ... "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" by Eddy Duchin
1932 ... "Night and Day" by Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman
1931 ... "Tiger Rag" by The Mills Brothers
1930 ... "You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?)" by Guy Lombardo

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Tip Toe Through the Tulips" by Nick Lucas
1928 ... "Sonny Boy" by Al Jolson
1927 ... "My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin
1926 ... "The Birth of the Blues" by Paul Whiteman
1925 ... "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart
1924 ... "Somebody Loves Me" by Paul Whiteman
1923 ... "No, No, Nora" by Eddie Cantor
1922 ... "Three O'Clock in the Morning" by Paul Whiteman
1921 ... "Say It with Music" by Paul Whiteman
1920 ... "Whispering" by Paul Whiteman

THE 1910s

1919 ... "Oh! What a Pal Was Mary" by Henry Burr
1918 ... "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Charles Harrison
1917 ... "Over There" by American Quartet
1916 ... "Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yester Day" by Harry MacDonough & Orpheus Quartet
1915 ... "They Didn't Believe Me" by Harry MacDonough & Olive Kline
1914 ... "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" by American Quartet
1913 ... "Peg O' My Heart" by Charles Harrison
1912 ... "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
1911 ... "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" by Columbia Male Quartet (Peerless Quartet)
1910 ... "Meet Me To-Night in Dreamland" by Henry Burr

THE 1900s

1909 ... "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet" by Haydn Quartet
1908 ... "Sunbonnet Sue" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1907 ... "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
1906 ... "Love Me and the World Is Mine" by Henry Burr
1905 ... "Where the Morning Glories Twine Around the Door" by Byron G. Harlan
1904 ... "You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" by Columbia Male Quartet (Peerless Quartet)
1903 ... "Any Rags?" by Arthur Collins
1902 ... "In the Good Old Summer Time" by J.W. Myers
1901 ... "Any Old Place I Hang My Hat Is 'Home, Sweet Home' to Me" by Will Denny
1900 ... "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" by George J. Gaskin

THE 1890s

1899 ... "I'd Leave My Happy Home for You" by Arthur Collins
1898 ... "My Old New Hampshire Home" by George J. Gaskin
1897 ... "On the Banks of the Wabash" by George J. Gaskin
1896 ... "A Hot Time in the Old Town" by Dan Quinn
1895 ... "The Little Lost Child" by Dan Quinn
1894 ... "And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back" by Dan Quinn
1893 ... "The Fatal Wedding" by George J. Gaskin
1892 ... "Love's Old Sweet Song" by Thomas Bott
1891 ... "Drill, Ye Terriers, Drill" by George J. Gaskin