OCTOBER 21
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THE 2010s

2011 Someone Like You Adele YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2010 Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 2000s

2009 3 Britney Spears YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2008 Womanizer Britney Spears YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Crank That (Soulja Boy) Soulja Boy Tell'em YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2006 SexyBack Justin Timberlake YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2005 Gold Digger Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2004 Goodies Ciara featuring Petey Pablo YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2003 Baby Boy Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2002 Dilemma Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2001 I'm Real [Murder Remix] Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2000 Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) Christina Aguilera YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 Smooth Santana featuring Rob Thomas YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1998 The First Night Monica YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1997 Candle in the Wind 1997/
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1996 Macarena [Bayside Boys Mix] Los Del Rio YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1995 Fantasy Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1994 I'll Make Love to You Boyz II Men YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1993 Dreamlover Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1992 End of the Road Boyz II Men YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1991 Emotions Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1990 Black Cat Janet Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 Miss You Much Janet Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1988 Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1987 Bad Michael Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1986 True Colors Cyndi Lauper YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1985 Saving All My Love for You Whitney Houston YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1984 I Just Called to Say I Love You Stevie Wonder YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1982 Jack and Diane John Cougar YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1981 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) Christopher Cross YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1980 Woman in Love Barbra Streisand YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 Rise Herb Alpert Rhapsody iTunes
1978 Kiss You All Over Exile Rhapsody iTunes
1977 You Light Up My Life Debby Boone Rhapsody iTunes
1976 If You Leave Me Now Chicago Rhapsody iTunes
1975 Bad Blood Neil Sedaka Amazon  
1974 Then Came You Dionne Warwick & the Spinners Rhapsody iTunes
1973 Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight & the Pips   iTunes
1972 My Ding-a-Ling Chuck Berry Rhapsody iTunes
1971 Maggie May/ Reason to Believe Rod Stewart Rhapsody/
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1970 I'll Be There The Jackson 5 Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 I Can't Get Next to You The Temptations Rhapsody iTunes
1968 Hey Jude The Beatles Amazon  
1967 To Sir, with Love Lulu Rhapsody iTunes
1966 Reach Out I'll Be There The Four Tops Rhapsody iTunes
1965 Yesterday The Beatles Amazon  
1964 Do Wah Diddy Diddy Manfred Mann Rhapsody iTunes
1963 Sugar Shack Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs Amazon  
1962 Monster Mash Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt Kickers Rhapsody iTunes
1961 Runaround Sue Dion Rhapsody iTunes
1960 I Want to Be Wanted Brenda Lee Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1950s

1959 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin Rhapsody iTunes
1958 It's All in the Game Tommy Edwards Rhapsody iTunes
1957 Jailhouse Rock/
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1956 Don't Be Cruel/
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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 I Went to Your Wedding Patti Page 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 Rumors Are Flying Frankie Carle   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 Only Forever Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 Day In, Day Out Bob Crosby   iTunes
1938 Change Partners Jimmy Dorsey   iTunes
1937 That Old Feeling Shep Fields Rhapsody iTunes
1936 The Way You Look To-night Fred Astaire Rhapsody iTunes
1935 Truckin' Fats Waller Rhapsody iTunes
1934 One Night of Love Grace Moore Rhapsody iTunes
1933 The Last Round-Up George Olsen YouTube  
1932 Please Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1931 Good Night, Sweetheart Wayne King YouTube  
1930 Body and Soul Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1920s

1929 Tip Toe Through the Tulips Nick Lucas Rhapsody iTunes
1928 Sonny Boy Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes
1927 Charmaine! Guy Lombardo Rhapsody iTunes
1926 Baby Face Jan Garber Rhapsody iTunes
1925 Yes Sir! That's My Baby Gene Austin Rhapsody iTunes
1924 Memory Lane Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians YouTube  
1923 Yes! We Have No Bananas Ben Selvin YouTube  
1922 Hot Lips Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1921 All by Myself Ted Lewis YouTube  
1920 The Love Nest Art Hickman YouTube  

THE 1910s

1919 ... "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra
1918 ... "Over There" by Enrico Caruso
1917 ... "Over There" 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 ... "Last Night Was the End of the World" by Henry Burr
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 ... "Love Me and the World Is Mine" by Albert Campbell
1905 ... "In My Merry Oldsmobile" by Billy Murray
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 ... "Because" by Haydn Quartet

THE 1890s

1899 ... "A Picture No Artist Can Paint" by Steve Porter
1898 ... "She Was Happy Till She Met You" by Dan Quinn
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 ... "Turkey in the Straw" by Billy Golden
1890 ... "The Thunderer" by U.S. Marine Band