JULY 13
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THE 2010s

2011 Party Rock Anthem LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2010 California Gurls Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 2000s

2009 I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2008 I Kissed a Girl Katy Perry YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Umbrella Rihanna featuring Jay-Z YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2006 Promiscuous Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2005 We Belong Together Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2004 Burn Usher YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2003 Crazy in Love Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2002 Hot in Herre Nelly YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2001 U Remind Me Usher YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2000 Everything You Want Vertical Horizon YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 Bills, Bills, Bills Destiny's Child YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1998 The Boy Is Mine Brandy & Monica YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1997 I'll Be Missing You Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112 YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1996 How Do U Want It/
California Love		 2Pac YouTube/
YouTube		 Rhapsody/
Rhapsody		 iTunes/
iTunes
1995 Waterfalls TLC YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1994 I Swear All-4-One YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1993 Weak SWV YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1992 Baby Got Back Sir Mix-a-Lot YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1991 Rush Rush Paula Abdul YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1990 Step by Step New Kids on the Block YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 If You Don't Know Me by Now Simply Red YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1988 The Flame Cheap Trick YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1987 Alone Heart YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1986 Invisible Touch Genesis YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1985 A View to a Kill Duran Duran YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1984 When Doves Cry Prince YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Every Breath You Take The Police YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1982 Don't You Want Me The Human League YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1981 Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1980 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Billy Joel YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 Bad Girls Donna Summer Rhapsody iTunes
1978 Shadow Dancing Andy Gibb   iTunes
1977 Da Doo Ron Ron Shaun Cassidy Amazon  
1976 Afternoon Delight The Starland Vocal Band Rhapsody iTunes
1975 Listen to What the Man Said Paul McCartney & Wings Rhapsody iTunes
1974 Rock Your Baby George McCrae   iTunes
1973 Will It Go Round in Circles Billy Preston Rhapsody iTunes
1972 Lean on Me Bill Withers Rhapsody iTunes
1971 It's Too Late/
I Feel the Earth Move		 Carole King Rhapsody/
Rhapsody		 iTunes/
iTunes
1970 Mama Told Me (Not to Come) Three Dog Night Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) Zager & Evans Rhapsody iTunes
1968 This Guy's in Love with You Herb Alpert   iTunes
1967 Windy The Association Rhapsody iTunes
1966 Hanky Panky Tommy James & the Shondells Rhapsody iTunes
1965 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones Rhapsody iTunes
1964 Rag Doll The Four Seasons Rhapsody iTunes
1963 Easier Said than Done The Essex Amazon  
1962 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton Rhapsody iTunes
1961 Tossin' and Turnin' Bobby Lewis Rhapsody iTunes
1960 I'm Sorry Brenda Lee Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1950s

1959 Lonely Boy Paul Anka Rhapsody iTunes
1958 Purple People Eater Sheb Wooley Rhapsody  
1957 Teddy Bear Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes
1956 The Wayward Wind Gogi Grant Rhapsody iTunes
1955 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley & His Comets   iTunes
1954 Little Things Mean a Lot Kitty Kallen Amazon  
1953 The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) Percy Faith Rhapsody iTunes
1952 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart Vera Lynn Rhapsody iTunes
1951 Too Young Nat "King" Cole Rhapsody iTunes
1950 Mona Lisa Nat "King" Cole Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1940s

1949 Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) Vaughn Monroe Rhapsody iTunes
1948 Woody Wood-Pecker Kay Kyser Rhapsody iTunes
1947 Peg O' My Heart The Harmonicats Rhapsody iTunes
1946 The Gypsy The Ink Spots Rhapsody iTunes
1945 Sentimental Journey Les Brown Rhapsody iTunes
1944 I'll Be Seeing You Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1943 Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer The Song Spinners Amazon  
1942 Jingle Jangle Jingle Kay Kyser Rhapsody iTunes
1941 Daddy Sammy Kaye Rhapsody iTunes
1940 The Woodpecker Song Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 Stairway to the Stars Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes
1938 Music, Maestro, Please Tommy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes
1937 The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down Shep Fields Amazon  
1936 Take My Heart Eddy Duchin Rhapsody iTunes
1935 In a Little Gypsy Tea Room Bob Crosby Lyrics  
1934 The Very Thought of You Ray Noble   iTunes
1933 Shadow Waltz Bing Crosby Rhapsody  
1932 In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town Ted Lewis Rhapsody iTunes
1931 I Found a Million-Dollar Baby (in a Five-and-Ten-Cent Store) Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians Amazon  
1930 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes Nat Shilkret   iTunes

THE 1920s

1929 Pagan Love Song Copley Plaza Orchestra (Bob Haring) Lyrics  
1928 Ramona Gene Austin Rhapsody iTunes
1927 Two Black Crows-Parts 1 & 2 (The Early Bird Catches the Worm) Moran & Mack Rhapsody iTunes
1926 Valencia Paul Whiteman   iTunes
1925 Sweet Georgia Brown Ben Bernie Rhapsody iTunes
1924 Spain Isham Jones Rhapsody iTunes
1923 Down Hearted Blues Bessie Smith Rhapsody iTunes
1922 Do It Again Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1921 Make Believe Nora Bayes Listen  
1920 When My Baby Smiles at Me Ted Lewis & His Band Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1910s

1919 ... "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
1918 ... "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" by Henry Burr
1917 ... "For Me and My Gal" by Van & Schenk
1916 ... "Good-Bye, Good Luck, God Bless You (Is All That I Can Say)" by Henry Burr
1915 ... "A Little Bit of Heaven ('Shure, They Call It Ireland')" by George MacFarlane
1914 ... "The Song That Stole My Heart Away" by Henry Burr
1913 ... "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" by Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
1912 ... "Ragging the Baby to Sleep" by Al Jolson
1911 ... "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" by John McCormack
1910 ... "Casey Jones" by Billy Murray & American Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "To the End of the World" by Henry Burr
1908 ... "The Glow-Worm" by Lucy Isabelle Marsh
1907 ... "School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)" by Byron G. Harlan
1906 ... "The Grand Old Rag" by Billy Murray
1905 ... "Give My Regards to Broadway" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Toyland" by Corrine Morgan & Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "Hiawatha" by Harry MacDonough
1902 ... "Way Down in Old Indiana" by J.W. Myers
1901 ... "Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" by Byron G. Harlan, Joe Belmont, Frank Stanley, & Florodora Girls
1900 ... "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" by Steve Porter

THE 1890s

1899 ... "My Wild Irish Rose" by George J. Gaskin
1898 ... "She Was Bred in Old Kentucky" by George J. Gaskin
1897 ... "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by Sousa's Band
1896 ... "A Hot Time on the Levee" by Len Spencer with Vess Ossman
1895 ... "El Capitan March" by Sousa's Band
1894 ... "Dem Golden Slippers" by Silas Leachman
1893 ... "My Country 'Tis of Thee" by Jules Levy
1892 ... "Michael Casey at the Telephone" by Russell Hunting
1891 ... "The Whistling Coon" by George Washington Johnson