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THE 2010s

2011 S&M Rihanna featuring Britney Spears YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2010 Rude Boy Rihanna YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 2000s

2009 Boom Boom Pow The Black Eyed Peas YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2008 Bleeding Love Leona Lewis YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Give It to Me Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2006 Bad Day Daniel Powter YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2005 Candy Shop 50 Cent featuring Olivia YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2004 Yeah! Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2003 In Da Club 50 Cent YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2002 Foolish Ashanti YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2001 All for You Janet YouTube   iTunes
2000 Maria Maria Santana featuring The Product G&B YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 No Scrubs TLC YouTube   iTunes
1998 Too Close Next YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1997 Can't Nobody Hold Me Down Puff Daddy featuring Ma$e YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1996 Because You Loved Me Celine Dion YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1995 This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1994 Bump N' Grind R. Kelly YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1993 Informer Snow YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1992 Jump Kris Kross YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1991 Baby Baby Amy Grant YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1990 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinead O'Connor YouTube   iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 Like a Prayer Madonna YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1988 Where Do Broken Hearts Go Whitney Houston YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1987 I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me) Aretha Franklin & George Michael YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1986 Kiss Prince & the Revolution not available   iTunes
1985 We Are the World USA for Africa YouTube   iTunes
1984 Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) Phil Collins YouTube   iTunes
1983 Beat It Michael Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1982 I Love Rock 'n Roll Joan Jett & the Blackhearts YouTube   iTunes
1981 Kiss on My List Daryl Hall & John Oates YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1980 Call Me Blondie YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 Heart of Glass Blondie Rhapsody iTunes
1978 Night Fever The Bee Gees Rhapsody iTunes
1977 Southern Nights Glen Campbell Rhapsody iTunes
1976 Disco Lady Johnnie Taylor Rhapsody iTunes
1975 (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song B.J. Thomas Rhapsody [not original hit version] iTunes [not original hit version]
1974 TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) MFSB & the Three Degrees Rhapsody iTunes
1973 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree Tony Orlando & Dawn Rhapsody iTunes
1972 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack Rhapsody iTunes
1971 Joy to the World Three Dog Night Rhapsody iTunes
1970 ABC The Jackson 5 Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In The Fifth Dimension   iTunes
1968 Honey Bobby Goldsboro Rhapsody[not original hit version] iTunes [not original hit version]
1967 Somethin' Stupid Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra Rhapsody iTunes
1966 Good Lovin' The Young Rascals Rhapsody iTunes
1965 Game of Love Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders Rhapsody iTunes
1964 Can't Buy Me Love The Beatles Amazon  
1963 I Will Follow Him Little Peggy March Rhapsody iTunes
1962 Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes
1961 Runaway Del Shannon Rhapsody iTunes
1960 Stuck on You Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1950s

1959 Come Softly to Me The Fleetwoods   iTunes
1958 Witch Doctor David Seville [The Chipmunks]   iTunes
1957 All Shook Up Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes
1956 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes
1955 Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Perez Prado   iTunes
1954 Wanted Perry Como Rhapsody iTunes
1953 The Doggie in the Window Patti Page Rhapsody iTunes
1952 Wheel of Fortune Kay Starr Rhapsody iTunes
1951 How High the Moon Les Paul & Mary Ford   iTunes
1950 'The Third Man' Theme Anton Karas Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1940s

1949 Cruising Down the River Russ Morgan Rhapsody iTunes
1948 Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me) Peggy Lee Rhapsody iTunes
1947 Heartaches Ted Weems Rhapsody iTunes
1946 I'm a Big Girl Now Sammy Kaye   iTunes
1945 My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time Les Brown Rhapsody iTunes
1944 It's Love-Love-Love Guy Lombardo Rhapsody iTunes
1943 I've Heard That Song Before Harry James Rhapsody iTunes
1942 Moonlight Cocktail Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes
1941 Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) Jimmy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes
1940 In the Mood Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 Heaven Can Wait Glen Gray Amazon  
1938 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart Duke Ellington Rhapsody iTunes
1937 Too Marvelous for Words Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1936 Goody-Goody Benny Goodman Rhapsody iTunes
1935 It's Easy to Remember Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1934 Little Dutch Mill Bing Crosby iLike  
1933 Stormy Weather Leo Reisman featuring Harold Arlen Rhapsody iTunes
1932 Paradise Leo Reisman YouTube  
1931 Dream a Little Dream of Me Wayne King YouTube  
1930 Stein Song (University of Maine) Rudy Vallee Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1920s

1929 Honey Rudy Vallee Rhapsody iTunes
1928 Ol' Man River Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1927 Blue Skies Ben Selvin Archive  
1926 I'm Sitting on Top of the World Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes
1925 I'll See You in My Dreams Isham Jones with Ray Miller's Orchestra Rhapsody iTunes
1924 Somebody Stole My Gal Ted Weems Rhapsody iTunes
1923 Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Paul Whiteman   iTunes
1922 April Showers Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes
1921 O-H-I-O (O-My! O!) Al Jolson   iTunes
1920 Dardanella Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1910s

1919 ... "Till We Meet Again" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
1918 ... "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (for Her Daddy Over There)" by Henry Burr
1917 ... "Hush-A-Bye Ma Baby (The Missouri Waltz)" by Elsie Baker
1916 ... "Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?" by Prince's Orchestra
1915 ... "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" by Morton Harvey
1914 ... "Rebecca of Sunny-brook Farm" by American Quartet
1913 ... "When I Lost You" by Henry Burr
1912 ... "Moonlight Bay" by American Quartet
1911 ... "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1910 ... "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" by Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Harry MacDonough & "Miss Watson" (Elise Stevenson)
1908 ... "As Long as the World Rolls On" by Alan Turner
1907 ... "I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave" by Ada Jones
1906 ... "So Long, Mary" by Corrine Morgan
1905 ... "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" by Henry Burr
1904 ... "Navajo" by Billy Murray
1903 ... "In the Good Old Summer Time" by Haydn Quartet
1902 ... "Arkansaw Traveler" by Len Spencer
1901 ... "Good-Bye, Dolly Gray" by Big Four Quartet
1900 ... "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" by Jere Mahoney

THE 1890s

1899 ... "Hello, Ma Baby" by Arthur Collins
1898 ... "Break the News to Mother" by George J. Gaskin
1897 ... "My Mother Was a Lady" by Dan Quinn
1896 ... "Dat New Bully" by Len Spencer
1895 ... "The Sidewalks of New York" by J.W. Myers
1894 ... "Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye" by Edward M. Favor
1893 ... "After the Ball" by George J. Gaskin
1892 ... "The Picture Turned Toward the Wall" by Manhansett Quartette
1891 ... "The Laughing Song" by George Washington Johnson