APRIL 17
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey
2007 ... "Give It to Me" by Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
2006 ... "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter
2005 ... "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent featuring Olivia
2004 ... "Yeah!" by Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon
2003 ... "In Da Club" by 50 Cent
2002 ... "Foolish" by Ashanti
2001 ... "All for You" by Janet
2000 ... "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B

THE 1990s

1999 ... "No Scrubs" by TLC
1998 ... "All My Life" by K-Ci & JoJo
1997 ... "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" by Puff Daddy featuring Ma$e
1996 ... "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion
1995 ... "This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan
1994 ... "Bump N' Grind" by R. Kelly
1993 ... "Informer" by Snow
1992 ... "Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams
1991 ... "You're in Love" by Wilson Phillips
1990 ... "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Like a Prayer" by Madonna
1988 ... "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" by Whitney Houston
1987 ... "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)" by Aretha Franklin & George Michael
1986 ... "Kiss" by Prince & the Revolution
1985 ... "We Are the World" by USA for Africa
1984 ... "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" by Phil Collins
1983 ... "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
1982 ... "I Love Rock 'n Roll" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
1981 ... "Kiss on My List" by Daryl Hall & John Oates
1980 ... "Call Me" by Blondie

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Knock on Wood" by Amii Stewart
1978 ... "Night Fever" by The Bee Gees
1977 ... "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston
1976 ... "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor
1975 ... "Philadelphia Freedom" by The Elton John Band
1974 ... "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" by MFSB & the Three Degrees
1973 ... "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando & Dawn
1972 ... "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack
1971 ... "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night
1970 ... "Let It Be" by The Beatles

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The Fifth Dimension
1968 ... "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro
1967 ... "Somethin' Stupid" by Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra
1966 ... "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" by The Righteous Brothers
1965 ... "I'm Telling You Now" by Freddie & the Dreamers
1964 ... "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles
1963 ... "He's So Fine" by The Chiffons
1962 ... "Good Luck Charm" by Elvis Presley
1961 ... "Blue Moon" by The Marcels
1960 ... "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" by Percy Faith

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Come Softly to Me" by The Fleetwoods
1958 ... "Twilight Time" by The Platters
1957 ... "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley
1956 ... "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" by Bill Hayes
1954 ... "Wanted" by Perry Como
1953 ... "The Doggie in the Window" by Patti Page
1952 ... "Wheel of Fortune" by Kay Starr
1951 ... "How High the Moon" by Les Paul & Mary Ford
1950 ... "If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)" by Eileen Barton

THE 1940s

1949 ... "Cruising Down the River" by Russ Morgan
1948 ... "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" by Peggy Lee
1947 ... "Heartaches" by Ted Weems
1946 ... "Oh! What It Seemed to Be" by Frankie Carle
1945 ... "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" by Les Brown
1944 ... "It's Love-Love-Love" by Guy Lombardo
1943 ... "I've Heard That Song Before" by Harry James
1942 ... "Moonlight Cocktail" by Glenn Miller
1941 ... "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey
1940 ... "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Heaven Can Wait" by Glen Gray
1938 ... "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" by Duke Ellington
1937 ... "Sweet Leilani" by Bing Crosby
1936 ... "It's Been So Long" by Benny Goodman
1935 ... "Soon" by Bing Crosby
1934 ... "Little Dutch Mill" by Bing Crosby
1933 ... "Stormy Weather" by Leo Reisman featuring Harold Arlen
1932 ... "Paradise" by Leo Reisman
1931 ... "Star Dust" by Isham Jones
1930 ... "Stein Song (University of Maine)" by Rudy Vallee

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Honey" by Rudy Vallee
1928 ... "Together" by Paul Whiteman
1927 ... "Tonight You Belong to Me" by Gene Austin
1926 ... "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" by Al Jolson
1925 ... "I'll See You in My Dreams" by Isham Jones with Ray Miller's Orchestra
1924 ... "Somebody Stole My Gal" by Ted Weems
1923 ... "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" by Paul Whiteman
1922 ... "April Showers" by Al Jolson
1921 ... "O-H-I-O (O-My! O!)" by Al Jolson
1920 ... "Dardanella" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra

THE 1910s

1919 ... "Till We Meet Again" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
1918 ... "I'm All Bound Round with the Mason Dixon Line" by Al Jolson
1917 ... "Hush-A-Bye Ma Baby (The Missouri Waltz)" by Elsie Baker
1916 ... "Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?" by Prince's Orchestra
1915 ... "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" by Alma Gluck
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 ... "I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby" by Arthur Collins
1898 ... "Break the News to Mother" by George J. Gaskin
1897 ... "My Mother Was a Lady" by Dan Quinn
1896 ... "My Best Girl's a New Yorker" by Edward M. Favor
1895 ... "The Sidewalks of New York" by J.W. Myers
1894 ... "Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye" by Edward M. Favor
1893 ... "O Promise Me" by George J. Gaskin
1892 ... "The Picture Turned Toward the Wall" by Manhansett Quartette
1891 ... "The Laughing Song" by George Washington Johnson