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THE 2010s

2012 Set Fire to the Rain Adele YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2011 Grenade Bruno Mars YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2010 TiK ToK Ke$ha YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 2000s

2009 My Life Would Suck Without You Kelly Clarkson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2008 Low Flo Rida featuring T-Pain YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Irreplaceable Beyoncé YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2006 Check On It Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2005 Let Me Love You Mario YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2004 The Way You Move OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2003 All I Have Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2002 U Got It Bad Usher YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2001 It Wasn't Me Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2000 I Knew I Loved You Savage Garden YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 Angel of Mine Monica YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1998 Nice & Slow Usher YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1997 Un-Break My Heart Toni Braxton YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1996 One Sweet Day Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1995 Creep TLC YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1994 The Power of Love Celine Dion YouTube   iTunes
1993 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1992 I'm Too Sexy Right Said Fred YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1991 Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1990 Opposites Attract Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 Straight Up Paula Abdul YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1988 Could've Been Tiffany YouTube   iTunes
1987 Livin' on a Prayer Bon Jovi YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1986 That's What Friends Are For Dionne & Friends YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1985 I Want to Know What Love Is Foreigner YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1984 Karma Chameleon Culture Club YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Africa Toto YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1982 Centerfold J. Geils Band YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1981 Celebration Kool & the Gang YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1980 Rock with You Michael Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? Rod Stewart Rhapsody iTunes
1978 Stayin' Alive The Bee Gees Rhapsody iTunes
1977 Torn Between Two Lovers Mary MacGregor Amazon  
1976 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Paul Simon   iTunes
1975 Fire Ohio Players Rhapsody iTunes
1974 Love's Theme Love Unlimited Orchestra Rhapsody iTunes
1973 Crocodile Rock Elton John Rhapsody iTunes
1972 Let's Stay Together Al Green Rhapsody iTunes
1971 One Bad Apple The Osmonds Rhapsody iTunes
1970 Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)/ Everybody Is a Star Sly & the Family Stone Rhapsody/
Rhapsody		 iTunes/
iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 Crimson & Clover Tommy James & the Shondells Rhapsody iTunes
1968 Love Is Blue Paul Mauriat   iTunes
1967 I'm a Believer The Monkees   iTunes
1966 My Love Petula Clark Rhapsody iTunes
1965 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Righteous Brothers Rhapsody iTunes
1964 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles Amazon  
1963 Hey Paula Paul & Paula Rhapsody iTunes
1962 Peppermint Twist Joey Dee & the Starliters   iTunes
1961 Calcutta Lawrence Welk   iTunes
1960 Teen Angel Mark Dinning   iTunes

THE 1950s

1959 Stagger Lee Lloyd Price Rhapsody iTunes
1958 Don't/
I Beg of You		 Elvis Presley Rhapsody/
Rhapsody		 iTunes/
iTunes
1957 Too Much Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes
1956 Memories Are Made of This Dean Martin Rhapsody iTunes
1955 Sincerely The McGuire Sisters Rhapsody iTunes
1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa) Eddie Fisher Rhapsody iTunes
1953 Till I Waltz Again with You Teresa Brewer Rhapsody iTunes
1952 Cry Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads Rhapsody iTunes
1951 The Tennessee Waltz Patti Page Rhapsody iTunes
1950 Rag Mop The Ames Brothers Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1940s

1949 A Little Bird Told Me Evelyn Knight Rhapsody iTunes
1948 Ballerina Vaughn Monroe Rhapsody iTunes
1947 The Old Lamp-Lighter Sammy Kaye   iTunes
1946 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Vaughn Monroe Rhapsody iTunes
1945 Don't Fence Me In Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters Rhapsody iTunes
1944 My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) Glen Gray Amazon  
1943 I Had the Craziest Dream Harry James Rhapsody iTunes
1942 Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) Woody Herman Rhapsody iTunes
1941 Frenesi Artie Shaw Rhapsody iTunes
1940 In the Mood Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 Deep Purple Larry Clinton Rhapsody iTunes
1938 Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen The Andrews Sisters Rhapsody iTunes
1937 Goodnight, My Love Benny Goodman Rhapsody iTunes
1936 Alone Tommy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes
1935 Isle of Capri Ray Noble   iTunes
1934 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1933 Night and Day Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman Rhapsody iTunes
1932 All of Me Paul Whiteman   iTunes
1931 Just a Gigolo Ted Lewis YouTube  
1930 Happy Days Are Here Again Benny Meroff Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1920s

1929 Sweethearts on Parade Guy Lombardo Rhapsody iTunes
1928 My Blue Heaven Gene Austin Rhapsody iTunes
1927 In a Little Spanish Town Paul Whiteman Download  
1926 Who? George Olsen Rhapsody iTunes
1925 All Alone Paul Whiteman    
1924 Sleep Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians    
1923 Three O'Clock in the Morning Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1922 April Showers Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes
1921 Wang Wang Blues Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1920 Dardanella Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1910s

1919 ... "After You've Gone" by Marion Harris
1918 ... "Send Me Away with a Smile" by John McCormack
1917 ... "My Own Iona" by Horace Wright & Rene Dietrich
1916 ... "Somewhere a Voice Is Calling" by John McCormack
1915 ... "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" by John McCormack
1914 ... "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" by Chauncey Olcott
1913 ... "Row! Row! Row!" by Ada Jones
1912 ... "Down by the Old Mill Stream" by Harry MacDonough
1911 ... "Under the Yum Yum Tree" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1910 ... "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet" by Haydn Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "Good Evening, Caroline" by Frank Stanley & Elise Stevenson
1908 ... "Under Any Old Flag at All" by Billy Murray
1907 ... "My Gal Sal" by Byron G. Harlan
1906 ... "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie" by Byron G. Harlan
1905 ... "Come Take a Trip in My Air-Ship" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Bedelia" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "Down Where the Wurzburger Flows" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1902 ... "Good Morning, Carrie" by Bert Williams & George Walker
1901 ... "Ma Blushin' Rosie" by Albert Campbell
1900 ... "Mandy Lee" by Arthur Collins

THE 1890s

1899 ... "My Old New Hampshire Home" by George J. Gaskin
1898 ... "My Old Kentucky Home" by Edison Male Quartette
1897 ... "A Hot Time in the Old Town" by Len Spencer
1896 ... "The Sunshine of Paradise Alley" by George J. Gaskin
1895 ... "The Sidewalks of New York" by Dan Quinn
1894 ... "Sweet Marie" by George J. Gaskin
1893 ... "The Bowery" by Dan Quinn
1892 ... "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom Der E" by Len Spencer