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THE 2010s

2012 Sexy and I Know It LMFAO Vevo Rhapsody iTunes
2011 Grenade Bruno Mars YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2010 TiK ToK Ke$ha YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 2000s

2009 Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Beyoncé YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2008 Low Flo Rida featuring T-Pain YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Irreplaceable Beyoncé YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2006 Don't Forget About Us Mariah Carey YouTube   iTunes
2005 Let Me Love You Mario YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2004 Hey Ya! OutKast YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2003 Lose Yourself Eminem YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2002 How You Remind Me Nickelback YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2001 Independent Women Part I Destiny's Child YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2000 Smooth Santana featuring Rob Thomas YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 I'm Your Angel R. Kelly & Celine Dion YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1998 Something About the Way You Look Tonight/ Candle in the Wind 1997 Elton John YouTube/

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1997 Un-Break My Heart Toni Braxton YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1996 One Sweet Day Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1995 On Bended Knee Boyz II Men YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1994 Hero Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1993 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1992 Black or White Michael Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1991 Justify My Love Madonna YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1990 Another Day in Paradise Phil Collins YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 Every Rose Has Its Thorn Poison YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1988 So Emotional Whitney Houston YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1987 Walk Like an Egyptian The Bangles YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1986 Say You, Say Me Lionel Richie YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1985 Like a Virgin Madonna YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1984 Say, Say, Say Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Maneater Daryl Hall & John Oates YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1982 Physical Olivia Newton-John YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1981 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1980 Please Don't Go K.C. & the Sunshine Band YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 Too Much Heaven The Bee Gees Rhapsody iTunes
1978 How Deep Is Your Love The Bee Gees Rhapsody iTunes
1977 You Don't Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show) Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Rhapsody iTunes
1976 Saturday Night The Bay City Rollers Rhapsody iTunes
1975 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Elton John Rhapsody iTunes
1974 Time in a Bottle Jim Croce Rhapsody iTunes
1973 You're So Vain Carly Simon Rhapsody iTunes
1972 Brand New Key Melanie Rhapsody iTunes
1971 My Sweet Lord/
Isn't It a Pity		 George Harrison   iTunes/
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1970 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head B.J. Thomas Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye Rhapsody iTunes
1968 Hello Goodbye The Beatles Amazon  
1967 I'm a Believer The Monkees   iTunes
1966 We Can Work It Out The Beatles Amazon  
1965 I Feel Fine The Beatles Amazon  
1964 There! I've Said It Again Bobby Vinton Rhapsody iTunes
1963 Telstar The Tornadoes Rhapsody iTunes
1962 The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens Rhapsody iTunes
1961 Wonderland by Night Bert Kaempfert Amazon  
1960 El Paso Marty Robbins Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1950s

1959 The Chipmunk Song David Seville & the Chipmunks Rhapsody iTunes
1958 At the Hop Danny & the Juniors Amazon  
1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell Rhapsody iTunes
1956 Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford Rhapsody iTunes
1955 Mr. Sandman The Chordettes Rhapsody iTunes
1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa) Eddie Fisher Rhapsody iTunes
1953 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Jimmy Boyd Rhapsody iTunes
1952 Cry Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads Rhapsody iTunes
1951 The Tennessee Waltz Patti Page Rhapsody iTunes
1950 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1940s

1949 All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) Spike Jones Rhapsody iTunes
1948 Ballerina Vaughn Monroe Rhapsody iTunes
1947 The Old Lamp-Lighter Sammy Kaye   iTunes
1946 Symphony Freddy Martin Rhapsody iTunes
1945 Don't Fence Me In Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters Rhapsody iTunes
1944 Paper Doll The Mills Brothers Rhapsody iTunes
1943 White Christmas Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1942 Chattanooga Choo Choo Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes
1941 Frenesi Artie Shaw Rhapsody iTunes
1940 Scatter-Brain Frankie Masters Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 They Say Artie Shaw Amazon  
1938 The Dipsy Doodle Tommy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes
1937 It's De-Lovely Eddy Duchin Rhapsody iTunes
1936 The Music Goes Round and Round Tommy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes
1935 June in January Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1934 The Old Spinning Wheel Ray Noble   iTunes
1933 Night and Day Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman Rhapsody iTunes
1932 Tiger Rag The Mills Brothers Rhapsody iTunes
1931 You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?) Guy Lombardo Rhapsody iTunes
1930 Great Day Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1920s

1929 Sonny Boy Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes
1928 My Blue Heaven Gene Austin Rhapsody iTunes
1927 In a Little Spanish Town Paul Whiteman Download  
1926 The Prisoner's Song Vernon Dalhart Rhapsody iTunes
1925 Somebody Loves Me Paul Whiteman Download  
1924 Sleep Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians YouTube iTunes
1923 I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1922 Wabash Blues Isham Jones Amazon  
1921 Whispering Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1920 Oh! What a Pal Was Mary Henry Burr Download  

THE 1910s

1919 ... "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Charles Harrison
1918 ... "Over There" by American Quartet
1917 ... "The Sunshine of Your Smile" by John McCormack
1916 ... "Keep the Home Fires Burning (Till the Boys Come Home)" by Frederick J. Wheeler
1915 ... "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" by American Quartet
1914 ... "Peg O' My Heart" by Charles Harrison
1913 ... "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold" by Alan Turner
1912 ... "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" by Columbia Male Quartet (Peerless Quartet)
1911 ... "Play That Barber-Shop Chord" by Bert Williams
1910 ... "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet" by Haydn Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "Sunbonnet Sue" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1908 ... "My Dear" by Harry MacDonough
1907 ... "Let It Alone" by Bert Williams
1906 ... "Everybody Works But Father" by Billy Murray
1905 ... "You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" by Columbia Male Quartet (Peerless Quartet)
1904 ... "Bedelia" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "Under the Bamboo Tree" by Arthur Collins
1902 ... "Any Old Place I Hang My Hat Is 'Home, Sweet Home' to Me" by Will Denny
1901 ... "Ma Blushin' Rosie" by Albert Campbell
1900 ... "I'd Leave My Happy Home for You" by Arthur Collins

THE 1890s

1899 ... "My Old New Hampshire Home" by George J. Gaskin
1898 ... "On the Banks of the Wabash" by George J. Gaskin
1897 ... "A Hot Time in the Old Town" by Dan Quinn
1896 ... "The Sunshine of Paradise Alley" by George J. Gaskin
1895 ... "Little Alabama Coon" by Len Spencer
1894 ... "The Fatal Wedding" by George J. Gaskin
1893 ... "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow" by Dan Quinn
1892 ... "Slide, Kelly, Slide" by George J. Gaskin