SEPTEMBER 7
The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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THE 2000s

2008 ... "Whatever You Like" by T.I.
2007 ... "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie
2006 ... "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake
2005 ... "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey
2004 ... "Goodies" by Ciara featuring Petey Pablo
2003 ... "Shake Ya Tailfeather" by Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
2002 ... "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
2001 ... "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys
2000 ... "Doesn't Really Matter" by Janet

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Bailamos" by Enrique Iglesias
1998 ... "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith
1997 ... "Honey" by Mariah Carey
1996 ... "Macarena [Bayside Boys Mix]" by Los Del Rio
1995 ... "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio featuring L.V.
1994 ... "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men
1993 ... "Dreamlover" by Mariah Carey
1992 ... "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
1991 ... "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams
1990 ... "Blaze of Glory" by Jon Bon Jovi

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Hangin' Tough" by New Kids on the Block
1988 ... "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses
1987 ... "La Bamba" by Los Lobos
1986 ... "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin
1985 ... "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" by John Parr
1984 ... "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner
1983 ... "Maniac" by Michael Sembello
1982 ... "Abracadabra" by Steve Miller Band
1981 ... "Endless Love" by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
1980 ... "Upside Down" by Diana Ross

THE 1970s

1979 ... "My Sharona" by The Knack
1978 ... "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey
1977 ... "Best of My Love" by The Emotions
1976 ... "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by K.C. & the Sunshine Band
1975 ... "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell
1974 ... "(You're) Having My Baby" by Paul Anka with Odia Coates
1973 ... "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
1972 ... "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
1971 ... "Go Away Little Girl" by Donny Osmond
1970 ... "War" by Edwin Starr

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 ... "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes
1965 ... "Help!" by The Beatles
1964 ... "The House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals
1963 ... "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels
1962 ... "Sheila" by Tommy Roe
1961 ... "Michael" by The Highwaymen
1960 ... "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley

THE 1950s

1959 ... "The Three Bells" by The Browns
1958 ... "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu)" by Domenico Modugno
1957 ... "Diana" by Paul Anka
1956 ... "Hound Dog/ Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "The Yellow Rose of Texas" by Mitch Miller
1954 ... "Sh-Boom" by The Crew-Cuts
1953 ... "Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)" by Les Paul & Mary Ford
1952 ... "You Belong to Me" by Jo Stafford
1951 ... "Because of You" by Tony Bennett
1950 ... "Goodnight Irene" by Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers

THE 1940s

1949 ... "You're Breaking My Heart" by Vic Damone
1948 ... "Twelfth Street Rag" by Pee Wee Hunt
1947 ... "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by Tex Williams
1946 ... "To Each His Own" by Freddy Martin
1945 ... "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" by Johnny Mercer
1944 ... "Swinging on a Star" by Bing Crosby
1943 ... "Sunday, Monday or Always" by Bing Crosby
1942 ... "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" by Glenn Miller
1941 ... "Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)" by Jimmy Dorsey
1940 ... "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Over the Rainbow" by Glenn Miller
1938 ... "Music, Maestro, Please" by Tommy Dorsey
1937 ... "So Rare" by Guy Lombardo
1936 ... "A Fine Romance" by Fred Astaire
1935 ... "I'm in the Mood for Love" by Little Jack Little
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 ... "Little Pal" by Al Jolson
1928 ... "Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time)" by Gene Austin
1927 ... "Russian Lullaby" by Roger Wolfe Kahn
1926 ... "Bye Bye, Blackbird" by Gene Austin
1925 ... "Yes Sir! That's My Baby" by Gene Austin
1924 ... "It Had to Be You" by Isham Jones
1923 ... "Swingin' Down the Lane" by Isham Jones
1922 ... "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean" by Ernest Hare & Billy Jones
1921 ... "Ain't We Got Fun?" by Van & Schenk
1920 ... "The Love Nest" by John Steel

THE 1910s

1919 ... "I'll Say She Does" by Al Jolson
1918 ... "Smiles" by Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra
1917 ... "Till the Clouds Roll By" by Anna Wheaton & James Harrod
1916 ... "America" by Columbia Mixed Double Quartet
1915 ... "My Little Dream Girl" by James F. Harrison & James Reed
1914 ... "Cohen on the Telephone" by Joe Hayman
1913 ... "Last Night Was the End of the World" by Henry Burr
1912 ... "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" by Bob Roberts
1911 ... "Mother Machree" by John McCormack
1910 ... "Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon" by Ada Jones, Billy Murray & American Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" by Henry Burr
1908 ... "When We Are M-A-Double-R-I-E-D" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
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 ... "Uncle Josh on an Automobile" by Cal Stewart
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 Arthur Collins

THE 1890s

1899 ... "Gypsy Love Song" by William F. Hooley
1898 ... "She's More to Be Pitied than Censured" by Steve Porter
1897 ... "There's a Little Star Shining for You" by Dan Quinn
1896 ... "Down in Poverty Row" by George J. Gaskin
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 ... "Washington Post" by U.S. Marine Band