JANUARY 6
The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
2007 ... "Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé
2006 ... "Don't Forget About Us" by Mariah Carey
2005 ... "Let Me Love You" by Mario
2004 ... "Hey Ya!" by OutKast
2003 ... "Lose Yourself" by Eminem
2002 ... "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback
2001 ... "Independent Women Part I" by Destiny's Child
2000 ... "Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas

THE 1990s

1999 ... "I'm Your Angel" by R. Kelly & Celine Dion
1998 ... "Something About the Way You Look Tonight/ Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John
1997 ... "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton
1996 ... "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
1995 ... "On Bended Knee" by Boyz II Men
1994 ... "Hero" by Mariah Carey
1993 ... "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
1992 ... "Black or White" by Michael Jackson
1991 ... "Justify My Love" by Madonna
1990 ... "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison
1988 ... "So Emotional" by Whitney Houston
1987 ... "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles
1986 ... "Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie
1985 ... "Like a Virgin" by Madonna
1984 ... "Say, Say, Say" by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
1983 ... "Maneater" by Daryl Hall & John Oates
1982 ... "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John
1981 ... "(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon
1980 ... "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Too Much Heaven" by The Bee Gees
1978 ... "How Deep Is Your Love" by The Bee Gees
1977 ... "You Don't Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show)" by Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis
1976 ... "Convoy" by C.W. McCall
1975 ... "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by Elton John
1974 ... "The Joker" by The Steve Miller Band
1973 ... "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon
1972 ... "Brand New Key" by Melanie
1971 ... "My Sweet Lord/ Isn't It a Pity" by George Harrison
1970 ... "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" by B.J. Thomas

THE 1960s

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

THE 1950s

1959 ... "The Chipmunk Song" by David Seville & the Chipmunks
1958 ... "At the Hop" by Danny & the Juniors
1957 ... "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell
1956 ... "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford
1955 ... "Mr. Sandman" by The Chordettes
1954 ... "Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)" by Eddie Fisher
1953 ... "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" by Perry Como
1952 ... "Cry" by Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads
1951 ... "The Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page
1950 ... "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry

THE 1940s

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

THE 1930s

1939 ... "They Say" by Artie Shaw
1938 ... "The Dipsy Doodle" by Tommy Dorsey
1937 ... "It's De-Lovely" by Eddy Duchin
1936 ... "The Music Goes Round and Round" by Tommy Dorsey
1935 ... "Isle of Capri" by Ray Noble
1934 ... "The Old Spinning Wheel" by Ray Noble
1933 ... "Night and Day" by Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman
1932 ... "Tiger Rag" by The Mills Brothers
1931 ... "You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?)" by Guy Lombardo
1930 ... "Chant of the Jungle" by Roy Ingraham

THE 1920s

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

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 ... "Camp Meetin' Time" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
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