SEPTEMBER 15
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 ... "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy Tell'em
2006 ... "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake
2005 ... "Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
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 ... "Music" by Madonna

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Unpretty" by TLC
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 ... "I Adore Mi Amor" by Color Me Badd
1990 ... "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" by Nelson

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Don't Wanna Lose You" by Gloria Estefan
1988 ... "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses
1987 ... "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" by Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett
1986 ... "Stuck with You" by Huey Lewis & the News
1985 ... "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
1984 ... "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner
1983 ... "Maniac" by Michael Sembello
1982 ... "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago
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 ... "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb
1976 ... "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
1975 ... "Fame" by David Bowie
1974 ... "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" by Barry White
1973 ... "Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy
1972 ... "Black & White" by Three Dog Night
1971 ... "Go Away Little Girl" by Donny Osmond
1970 ... "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Diana Ross

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies
1968 ... "Harper Valley P.T.A." by Jeannie C. Riley
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 ... "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton
1962 ... "Sherry" by The Four Seasons
1961 ... "Take Good Care of My Baby" by Bobby Vee
1960 ... "The Twist" by Chubby Checker

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny
1958 ... "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu)" by Domenico Modugno
1957 ... "Tammy" by Debbie Reynolds
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 ... "Near You" by Francis Craig
1946 ... "To Each His Own" by The Ink Spots
1945 ... "Till the End of Time" by Perry Como
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 ... "The Man with the Mandolin" by Glenn Miller
1938 ... "Change Partners" by Fred Astaire
1937 ... "The Big Apple" by Tommy Dorsey's Clam Bake Seven
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 ... "If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight" by McKinney's Cotton Pickers

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 ... "Hot Lips" by Paul Whiteman
1921 ... "Ain't We Got Fun?" by Van & Schenk
1920 ... "The Love Nest" by John Steel

THE 1910s

1919 ... "It's Nobody's Business But My Own" by Bert Williams
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 ... "Harrigan" by Billy Murray
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 ... "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" by Byron G. Harlan
1901 ... "Uncle Josh's Huskin' Bee Dance" by Cal Stewart
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 ... "Pat Kelly as a Police Justice" by Dan Kelly
1890 ... "Washington Post" by U.S. Marine Band