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THE 2010s

2011 Someone Like You Adele YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2010 Teenage Dream Katy Perry YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 2000s

2009 I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2008 Whatever You Like T.I. YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Crank That (Soulja Boy) Soulja Boy Tell'em YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2006 SexyBack Justin Timberlake YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2005 Gold Digger Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2004 Goodies Ciara featuring Petey Pablo YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2003 Shake Ya Tailfeather Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2002 Dilemma Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2001 I'm Real [Murder Remix] Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2000 Music Madonna YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 Unpretty TLC YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1998 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Aerosmith YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1997 Honey Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1996 Macarena [Bayside Boys Mix] Los Del Rio YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1995 Gangsta's Paradise Coolio featuring L.V. YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1994 I'll Make Love to You Boyz II Men YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1993 Dreamlover Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1992 End of the Road Boyz II Men YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1991 The Promise of a New Day Paula Abdul YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1990 (Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection Nelson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 Don't Wanna Lose You Gloria Estefan YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1988 Sweet Child O' Mine Guns N' Roses YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1987 La Bamba Los Lobos YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1986 Take My Breath Away Berlin YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1985 St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) John Parr YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1984 What's Love Got to Do with It Tina Turner YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Maniac Michael Sembello YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1982 Hard to Say I'm Sorry Chicago YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1981 Endless Love Diana Ross & Lionel Richie YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1980 Upside Down Diana Ross YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 My Sharona The Knack Rhapsody iTunes
1978 Boogie Oogie Oogie A Taste of Honey Rhapsody iTunes
1977 I Just Want to Be Your Everything Andy Gibb   iTunes
1976 Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry Rhapsody iTunes
1975 Rhinestone Cowboy Glen Campbell Rhapsody iTunes
1974 I Shot the Sheriff Eric Clapton Rhapsody iTunes
1973 Delta Dawn Helen Reddy Rhapsody iTunes
1972 Black & White Three Dog Night Rhapsody iTunes
1971 Go Away Little Girl Donny Osmond Rhapsody iTunes
1970 War Edwin Starr Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones Rhapsody iTunes
1968 People Got to Be Free The Rascals Rhapsody iTunes
1967 Ode to Billie Joe Bobbie Gentry Rhapsody iTunes
1966 You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes Rhapsody iTunes
1965 Help! The Beatles Amazon  
1964 The House of the Rising Sun The Animals Rhapsody iTunes
1963 My Boyfriend's Back The Angels Rhapsody iTunes
1962 Sherry The Four Seasons Rhapsody iTunes
1961 Take Good Care of My Baby Bobby Vee Rhapsody iTunes
1960 It's Now or Never Elvis Presley Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1950s

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

THE 1940s

1949 You're Breaking My Heart Vic Damone Rhapsody iTunes
1948 Twelfth Street Rag Pee Wee Hunt   iTunes
1947 Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Tex Williams Rhapsody iTunes
1946 Five Minutes More Frank Sinatra Rhapsody iTunes
1945 Till the End of Time Perry Como Rhapsody iTunes
1944 Swinging on a Star Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1943 Sunday, Monday or Always Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1942 (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes
1941 Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes) Jimmy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes
1940 I'll Never Smile Again Tommy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 The Man with the Mandolin Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes
1938 Change Partners Fred Astaire Rhapsody iTunes
1937 The Big Apple Tommy Dorsey's Clam Bake Seven Rhapsody iTunes
1936 A Fine Romance Fred Astaire Rhapsody iTunes
1935 I'm in the Mood for Love Little Jack Little Rhapsody iTunes
1934 Love in Bloom Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1933 Love Is the Sweetest Thing Ray Noble Rhapsody iTunes
1932 We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye Guy Lombardo Rhapsody iTunes
1931 Sweet and Lovely Gus Arnheim YouTube  
1930 Little White Lies Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1920s

1929 Little Pal Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes
1928 Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time) Gene Austin   iTunes
1927 Russian Lullaby Roger Wolfe Kahn Rhapsody iTunes
1926 Bye Bye, Blackbird Gene Austin YouTube Amazon
1925 Yes Sir! That's My Baby Gene Austin Rhapsody iTunes
1924 It Had to Be You Isham Jones YouTube  
1923 Swingin' Down the Lane Isham Jones Rhapsody iTunes
1922 Hot Lips Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1921 Ain't We Got Fun? Van & Schenk   iTunes
1920 The Love Nest John Steel YouTube Amazon

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 ... "I Sent My Wife to the Thousand Isles" by Al Jolson
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 ... "Alexander's Ragtime Band" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
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 ... "In the Shade of the Palm" by J.W. Myers
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 ... "Daisy Bell" by Dan Quinn
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