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

2008 ... "Live Your Life" by T.I. featuring Rihanna
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 ... "Baby Boy" by Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul
2002 ... "Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
2001 ... "I'm Real [Murder Remix]" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule
2000 ... "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" by Christina Aguilera

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Heartbreaker" by Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z
1998 ... "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies
1997 ... "Candle in the Wind 1997/ Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John
1996 ... "Macarena [Bayside Boys Mix]" by Los Del Rio
1995 ... "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey
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 ... "Emotions" by Mariah Carey
1990 ... "I Don't Have the Heart" by James Ingram

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson
1988 ... "Groovy Kind of Love" by Phil Collins
1987 ... "Lost in Emotion" by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
1986 ... "When I Think of You" by Janet Jackson
1985 ... "Take On Me" by a-ha
1984 ... "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder
1983 ... "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
1982 ... "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar
1981 ... "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" by Christopher Cross
1980 ... "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Rise" by Herb Alpert
1978 ... "Kiss You All Over" by Exile
1977 ... "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone
1976 ... "Disco Duck (Part 1)" by Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
1975 ... "Bad Blood" by Neil Sedaka
1974 ... "Nothing from Nothing" by Billy Preston
1973 ... "Angie" by The Rolling Stones
1972 ... "My Ding-a-Ling" by Chuck Berry
1971 ... "Maggie May/ Reason to Believe" by Rod Stewart
1970 ... "I'll Be There" by The Jackson 5

THE 1960s

1969 ... "I Can't Get Next to You" by The Temptations
1968 ... "Hey Jude" by The Beatles
1967 ... "To Sir, with Love" by Lulu
1966 ... "Reach Out I'll Be There" by The Four Tops
1965 ... "Yesterday" by The Beatles
1964 ... "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann
1963 ... "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs
1962 ... "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt Kickers
1961 ... "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles
1960 ... "Save the Last Dance for Me" by The Drifters

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin
1958 ... "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards
1957 ... "Jailhouse Rock/ Treat Me Nice" by Elvis Presley
1956 ... "Don't Be Cruel/ Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" by The Four Aces
1954 ... "Hey There" by Rosemary Clooney
1953 ... "St. George and the Dragonet" by Stan Freberg
1952 ... "I Went to Your Wedding" by Patti Page
1951 ... "Because of You" by Tony Bennett
1950 ... "Goodnight Irene" by Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers

THE 1940s

1949 ... "That Lucky Old Sun" by Frankie Laine
1948 ... "A Tree in the Meadow" by Margaret Whiting
1947 ... "Near You" by Francis Craig
1946 ... "Rumors Are Flying" by Frankie Carle
1945 ... "Till the End of Time" by Perry Como
1944 ... "You Always Hurt the One You Love" by The Mills Brothers
1943 ... "Sunday, Monday or Always" by Bing Crosby
1942 ... "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" by Glenn Miller
1941 ... "Piano Concerto in B Flat" by Freddy Martin
1940 ... "Only Forever" by Bing Crosby

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Day In, Day Out" by Bob Crosby
1938 ... "Change Partners" by Jimmy Dorsey
1937 ... "You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming" by Teddy Wilson
1936 ... "When Did You Leave Heaven?" by Guy Lombardo
1935 ... "Truckin'" by Fats Waller
1934 ... "One Night of Love" by Grace Moore
1933 ... "The Last Round-Up" by George Olsen
1932 ... "Please" by Bing Crosby
1931 ... "Good Night, Sweetheart" by Wayne King
1930 ... "Body and Soul" by Paul Whiteman

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Tip Toe Through the Tulips" by Nick Lucas
1928 ... "Sonny Boy" by Al Jolson
1927 ... "Charmaine!" by Guy Lombardo
1926 ... "Baby Face" by Jan Garber
1925 ... "Yes Sir! That's My Baby" by Gene Austin
1924 ... "Memory Lane" by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
1923 ... "Yes! We Have No Bananas" by Billy Jones
1922 ... "Hot Lips" by Paul Whiteman
1921 ... "All by Myself" by Ted Lewis
1920 ... "The Love Nest" by Art Hickman

THE 1910s

1919 ... "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" by John Steel
1918 ... "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" by Al Jolson
1917 ... "Over There" by American Quartet
1916 ... "If I Knock the 'L' Out of Kelly (It Would Still Be Kelly to Me)" by Marguerite Farrell
1915 ... "Hello, Frisco!" by Olive Kline & Reinald Werrenrath
1914 ... "Cohen on the Telephone" by Joe Hayman
1913 ... "Last Night Was the End of the World" by Henry Burr
1912 ... "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" by Heidelberg Quintet
1911 ... "Alexander's Ragtime Band" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1910 ... "Every Little Moment" by Harry MacDonough & Lucy Isabelle Marsh

THE 1900s

1909 ... "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" by Henry Burr
1908 ... "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
1907 ... "Harrigan" by Billy Murray
1906 ... "Love Me and the World Is Mine" by Albert Campbell
1905 ... "In My Merry Oldsmobile" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Alexander" by Billy Murray
1903 ... "Harrah for Baffin's Bay" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1902 ... "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" by Harry MacDonough
1901 ... "The Tale of the Bumble Bee" by Harry MacDonough
1900 ... "Because" by Haydn Quartet

THE 1890s

1899 ... "A Picture No Artist Can Paint" by Steve Porter
1898 ... "She Was Happy Till She Met You" by Dan Quinn
1897 ... "There's a Little Star Shining for You" by Dan Quinn
1896 ... "On the Benches in the Park" by George J. Gaskin
1895 ... "The Band Played On" by Dan Quinn
1894 ... "My Pearl Is a Bowery Girl" by Dan Quinn
1893 ... "Daisy Bell" by Dan Quinn
1892 ... "Michael Casey Taking the Census" by Russell Hunting
1891 ... "Turkey in the Straw" by Billy Golden
1890 ... "Washington Post" by U.S. Marine Band