AUGUST 21
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Disturbia" by Rihanna
2007 ... "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston
2006 ... "London Bridge" by Fergie
2005 ... "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey
2004 ... "Lean Back" by Terror Squad
2003 ... "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z
2002 ... "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
2001 ... "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys
2000 ... "Doesn't Really Matter" by Janet

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera
1998 ... "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica
1997 ... "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112
1996 ... "Macarena [Bayside Boys Mix]" by Los Del Rio
1995 ... "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal
1994 ... "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men
1993 ... "Can't Help Falling in Love" by UB40
1992 ... "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
1991 ... "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams
1990 ... "Vision of Love" by Mariah Carey

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx
1988 ... "Monkey" by George Michael
1987 ... "Who's That Girl" by Madonna
1986 ... "Papa, Don't Preach" by Madonna
1985 ... "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis & the News
1984 ... "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker, Jr.
1983 ... "Every Breath You Take" by The Police
1982 ... "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
1981 ... "Endless Love" by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
1980 ... "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John

THE 1970s

1979 ... "My Sharona" by The Knack
1978 ... "Grease" by Frankie Valli
1977 ... "Best of My Love" by The Emotions
1976 ... "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John & Kiki Dee
1975 ... "Fallin' in Love" by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
1974 ... "(You're) Having My Baby" by Paul Anka with Odia Coates
1973 ... "Brother Louie" by Stories
1972 ... "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass
1971 ... "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by The Bee Gees
1970 ... "Make It with You" by Bread

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Honky Tonk Women" by The Rolling Stones
1968 ... "People Got to Be Free" by The Rascals
1967 ... "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
1966 ... "Summer in the City" by The Lovin' Spoonful
1965 ... "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher
1964 ... "Where Did Our Love Go" by The Supremes
1963 ... "Fingertips (Part II)" by Little Stevie Wonder
1962 ... "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva
1961 ... "Tossin' and Turnin'" by Bobby Lewis
1960 ... "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley

THE 1950s

1959 ... "The Three Bells" by The Browns
1958 ... "Little Star" by The Elegants
1957 ... "Tammy" by Debbie Reynolds
1956 ... "Hound Dog/ Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets
1954 ... "Sh-Boom" by The Crew-Cuts
1953 ... "Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)" by Les Paul & Mary Ford
1952 ... "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" by Vera Lynn
1951 ... "Come On-a My House" by Rosemary Clooney
1950 ... "Goodnight Irene" by Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers

THE 1940s

1949 ... "Some Enchanted Evening" by Perry Como
1948 ... "You Call Everybody Darlin'" by Al Trace
1947 ... "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by Tex Williams
1946 ... "To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard
1945 ... "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" by Johnny Mercer
1944 ... "Swinging on a Star" by Bing Crosby
1943 ... "In the Blue of Evening" by Tommy Dorsey
1942 ... "Jingle Jangle Jingle" by Kay Kyser
1941 ... "Daddy" by Sammy Kaye
1940 ... "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Sunrise Serenade" by Glen Gray
1938 ... "Music, Maestro, Please" by Tommy Dorsey
1937 ... "Satan Takes a Holiday" by Tommy Dorsey
1936 ... "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" by Andy Kirk
1935 ... "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" by Tom Coakley
1934 ... "Love in Bloom" by Bing Crosby
1933 ... "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" by Ray Noble
1932 ... "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" by Guy Lombardo
1931 ... "Sweet and Lovely" by Gus Arnheim
1930 ... "Little White Lies" by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Singin' in the Rain" by Cliff Edwards ("Ukelele Ike")
1928 ... "My Angel" by Paul Whiteman
1927 ... "Me and My Shadow" by "Whispering" Jack Smith
1926 ... "Valencia" by Paul Whiteman
1925 ... "If You Knew Susie" by Eddie Cantor
1924 ... "What'll I Do?" by Paul Whiteman
1923 ... "Swingin' Down the Lane" by Isham Jones
1922 ... "Stumbling" by Paul Whiteman
1921 ... "Cherie" by Paul Whiteman
1920 ... "Hold Me" by Art Hickman

THE 1910s

1919 ... "I'll Say She Does" by Al Jolson
1918 ... "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" by Al Jolson
1917 ... "Till the Clouds Roll By" by Anna Wheaton & James Harrod
1916 ... "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Prince's Orchestra
1915 ... "My Bird of Paradise" by Peerless Quartet
1914 ... "By the Beautiful Sea" by Heidelberg Quintet
1913 ... "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" by Chauncey Olcott
1912 ... "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" by Bob Roberts
1911 ... "Mother Machree" by John McCormack
1910 ... "Casey Jones" by Billy Murray & American Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "The Yama Yama Man" by Ada Jones & Victor Light Opera Co.
1908 ... "Are You Sincere?" by Elise Stevenson
1907 ... "I Pagliacci - Vesti La Giubba (On With the Party)" by Enrico Caruso
1906 ... "Nobody" by Bert Williams
1905 ... "The Preacher and the Bear" by Arthur Collins
1904 ... "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" by Billy Murray
1903 ... "Come Down, Ma Ev'ning Star" by Henry Burr
1902 ... "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" by Arthur Collins
1901 ... "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven" by Byron G. Harlan
1900 ... "Ma Tiger Lily" by Len Spencer

THE 1890s

1899 ... "My Wild Irish Rose" by Albert Campbell
1898 ... "She's More to Be Pitied than Censured" by Steve Porter
1897 ... "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by Sousa's Band
1896 ... "Just Tell Them That You Saw Me" by J.W. Myers
1895 ... "The Band Played On" by Dan Quinn
1894 ... "Lindley, Does You Love Me?" by Dan Quinn
1893 ... "Two Little Girls in Blue" by J.W. Myers
1892 ... "The Old Folks at Home" by Len Spencer
1891 ... "The Mocking Bird" by John Yorke Atlee
1890 ... "Semper Fidelis" by U.S. Marine Band