NOVEMBER 17
The #1 song in the U.S.A. on this date in history, according to Billboard magazine.
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THE 2000s

2007 ... "Kiss Kiss" by Chris Brown featuring T-Pain
2006 ... "My Love" by Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.
2005 ... "Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
2004 ... "My Boo" by Usher and Alicia Keys
2003 ... "Baby Boy" by Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul
2002 ... "Lose Yourself" by Eminem
2001 ... "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige
2000 ... "Independent Women Part I" by Destiny's Child

THE 1990s

1999 ... "Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas
1998 ... "Doo Wop (That Thing)" by Lauryn Hill
1997 ... "Something About the Way You Look Tonight/ Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John
1996 ... "No Diggity" by BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre
1995 ... "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey
1994 ... "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men
1993 ... "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf
1992 ... "How Do You Talk to an Angel" by The Heights
1991 ... "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Michael Bolton
1990 ... "Love Takes Time" by Mariah Carey

THE 1980s

1989 ... "When I See You Smile" by Bad English
1988 ... "Bad Medicine" by Bon Jovi
1987 ... "Mony Mony" by Billy Idol
1986 ... "Human" by The Human League
1985 ... "We Built This City" by Starship
1984 ... "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!
1983 ... "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie
1982 ... "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
1981 ... "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John
1980 ... "Lady" by Kenny Rogers

THE 1970s

1979 ... "Still" by The Commodores
1978 ... "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer
1977 ... "You Light Up My Life" by Debby Boone
1976 ... "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" by Rod Stewart
1975 ... "That's the Way (I Like It)" by K.C. & the Sunshine Band
1974 ... "I Can Help" by Billy Swan
1973 ... "Keep On Truckin'" by Eddie Kendricks
1972 ... "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash
1971 ... "Theme from 'Shaft'" by Isaac Hayes
1970 ... "I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family

THE 1960s

1969 ... "Wedding Bell Blues" by The 5th Dimension
1968 ... "Hey Jude" by The Beatles
1967 ... "To Sir, with Love" by Lulu
1966 ... "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by The Supremes
1965 ... "I Hear a Symphony" by The Supremes
1964 ... "Baby Love" by The Supremes
1963 ... "I'm Leaving It Up to You" by Dale & Grace
1962 ... "Big Girls Don't Cry" by The Four Seasons
1961 ... "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean
1960 ... "Stay" by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin
1958 ... "Tom Dooley" by The Kingston Trio
1957 ... "Jailhouse Rock/ Treat Me Nice" by Elvis Presley
1956 ... "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "Autumn Leaves" by Roger Williams
1954 ... "I Need You Now" by Eddie Fisher
1953 ... "Rags to Riches" by Tony Bennett
1952 ... "It's in the Book (Parts 1 & 2)" by Johnny Standley
1951 ... "Cold, Cold Heart" by Tony Bennett
1950 ... "Harbor Lights" by Sammy Kaye

THE 1940s

1949 ... "That Lucky Old Sun" by Frankie Laine
1948 ... "Buttons and Bows" by Dinah Shore
1947 ... "Near You" by Francis Craig
1946 ... "Rumors Are Flying" by Frankie Carle
1945 ... "Chickery Chick" by Sammy Kaye
1944 ... "I'll Walk Alone" by Dinah Shore
1943 ... "Paper Doll" by The Mills Brothers
1942 ... "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby
1941 ... "Piano Concerto in B Flat" by Freddy Martin
1940 ... "Only Forever" by Bing Crosby

THE 1930s

1939 ... "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" by Shep Fields
1938 ... "Begin the Beguine" by Artie Shaw
1937 ... "Vieni, Vieni" by Rudy Vallee
1936 ... "You Turned the Tables on Me" by Benny Goodman
1935 ... "You Are My Lucky Star" by Eddy Duchin
1934 ... "Stars Fell on Alabama" by Guy Lombardo
1933 ... "The Last Round-Up" by Guy Lombardo
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 ... "My Blue Heaven" by Paul Whiteman
1926 ... "Baby Face" by Jan Garber
1925 ... "Manhattan" by The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin]
1924 ... "I Wonder What's Become of Sally?" by Al Jolson
1923 ... "That Old Gang of Mine" by Billy Murray & Ed Smalle
1922 ... "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean" by Gallagher & Shean
1921 ... "All by Myself" by Ted Lewis
1920 ... "Whispering" by Paul Whiteman

THE 1910s

1919 ... "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra
1918 ... "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" by Arthur Fields
1917 ... "Over There" by American Quartet
1916 ... "Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There" by Charles Harrison
1915 ... "They Didn't Believe Me" by Harry MacDonough & Olive Kline
1914 ... "The Aba Daba Honeymoon" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1913 ... "You Made Me Love You, I Didn't Want to Do It" by Al Jolson
1912 ... "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
1911 ... "Alexander's Ragtime Band" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1910 ... "In the Valley of Yesterday" by Harry MacDonough

THE 1900s

1909 ... "I've Got Rings on My Fingers" by Ada Jones
1908 ... "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1907 ... "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray
1906 ... "Love Me and the World Is Mine" by Henry Burr
1905 ... "In My Merry Oldsmobile" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart)" by Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "Good-Bye, Eliza Jane" by Arthur Collins
1902 ... "In the Good Old Summer Time" by J.W. Myers
1901 ... "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" by Harry MacDonough
1900 ... "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" by George J. Gaskin

THE 1890s

1899 ... "Curse of the Dreamer" by Dan Quinn
1898 ... "At a Georgia Camp Meeting" by Dan Quinn
1897 ... "On the Banks of the Wabash" by George J. Gaskin
1896 ... "In the Baggage Coach Ahead" by Dan Quinn
1895 ... "The Little Lost Child" by Dan Quinn
1894 ... "Casey at Denny Murphy's Wake" by Russell Hunting
1893 ... "The Fatal Wedding" by George J. Gaskin
1892 ... "Near It" by Len Spencer
1891 ... "Turkey in the Straw" by Billy Golden