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

2008 ... "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis
2007 ... "Makes Me Wonder" by Maroon5
2006 ... "SOS" by Rihanna
2005 ... "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani
2004 ... "Yeah!" by Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon
2003 ... "Get Busy" by Sean Paul
2002 ... "Foolish" by Ashanti
2001 ... "All for You" by Janet
2000 ... "Maria Maria" by Santana featuring The Product G&B

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
1998 ... "Too Close" by Next
1997 ... "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G.
1996 ... "Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey
1995 ... "This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan
1994 ... "The Sign" by Ace of Base
1993 ... "Freak Me" by Silk
1992 ... "Jump" by Kris Kross
1991 ... "Joyride" by Roxette
1990 ... "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor

THE 1980s

1989 ... "I'll Be There for You" by Bon Jovi
1988 ... "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby
1987 ... "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" by Cutting Crew
1986 ... "West End Girls" by The Pet Shop Boys
1985 ... "Crazy for You" by Madonna
1984 ... "Hello" by Lionel Richie
1983 ... "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
1982 ... "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis
1981 ... "Morning Train (9 to 5)" by Sheena Easton
1980 ... "Call Me" by Blondie

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb
1978 ... "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman
1977 ... "Hotel California" by The Eagles
1976 ... "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian
1975 ... "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" by Tony Orlando & Dawn
1974 ... "The Loco-Motion" by Grand Funk
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 ... "American Woman/ No Sugar Tonight" by The Guess Who

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The Fifth Dimension
1968 ... "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro
1967 ... "The Happening" by The Supremes
1966 ... "Monday, Monday" by The Mamas & the Papas
1965 ... "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits
1964 ... "Hello, Dolly!" by Louis Armstrong
1963 ... "I Will Follow Him" by Little Peggy March
1962 ... "Soldier Boy" by The Shirelles
1961 ... "Runaway" by Del Shannon
1960 ... "Stuck on You" by Elvis Presley

THE 1950s

1959 ... "The Happy Organ" by Dave "Baby" Cortez
1958 ... "All I Have to Do Is Dream" by The Everly Brothers
1957 ... "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley
1956 ... "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" by Perez Prado
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 ... "'The Third Man' Theme" by Anton Karas

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 ... "Prisoner of Love" by Perry Como
1945 ... "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" by Les Brown
1944 ... "I Love You" by Bing Crosby
1943 ... "I've Heard That Song Before" by Harry James
1942 ... "Tangerine" by Jimmy Dorsey
1941 ... "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey
1940 ... "Tuxedo Junction" by Glenn Miller

THE 1930s

1939 ... "And the Angels Sing" by Benny Goodman
1938 ... "Please Be Kind" by Red Norvo
1937 ... "Sweet Leilani" by Bing Crosby
1936 ... "A Melody from the Sky" by Jan Garber
1935 ... "Lullaby of Broadway" by Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
1934 ... "Cocktails for Two" by Duke Ellington
1933 ... "Stormy Weather" by Leo Reisman featuring Harold Arlen
1932 ... "Paradise" by Leo Reisman
1931 ... "Dream a Little Dream of Me" by Wayne King
1930 ... "Stein Song (University of Maine)" by Rudy Vallee

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Honey" by Rudy Vallee
1928 ... "Ramona" by Paul Whiteman
1927 ... "Blue Skies" by Ben Selvin
1926 ... "Always" by George Olsen
1925 ... "I'll See You in My Dreams" by Isham Jones with Ray Miller's Orchestra
1924 ... "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" by Wendell Hall
1923 ... "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" by Paul Whiteman
1922 ... "Angel Child" by Al Jolson
1921 ... "O-H-I-O (O-My! O!)" by Al Jolson
1920 ... "Swanee" by Al Jolson

THE 1910s

1919 ... "Till We Meet Again" by Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra
1918 ... "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (for Her Daddy Over There)" by Henry Burr
1917 ... "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag (and Smile, Smile, Smile)" by Knickerbocker Quartet
1916 ... "The Girl on the Magazine" by Harry MacDonough
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 ... "That Haunting Melody" by Al Jolson
1911 ... "I Love the Name of Mary" by Will Oakland
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 ... "Wouldn't You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart?" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
1907 ... "Because You're You" by Harry MacDonough & Elise Stevenson
1906 ... "The Grand Old Rag" by Billy Murray
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 Sousa's Band
1902 ... "On a Sunday Afternoon" by J.W. Myers
1901 ... "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" by Harry MacDonough & Grace Spencer
1900 ... "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" 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 ... "Sally in Our Alley" by Manhansett Quartette
1891 ... "The Laughing Song" by George Washington Johnson