NOVEMBER 24
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 ... "Run It!" by Chris Brown
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 ... "Lately" by Divine
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 ... "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" by Whitney Houston
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 ... "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
1991 ... "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn
1990 ... "Love Takes Time" by Mariah Carey

THE 1980s

1989 ... "Blame It on the Rain" by Milli Vanilli
1988 ... "Bad Medicine" by Bon Jovi
1987 ... "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
1986 ... "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi
1985 ... "Separate Lives" by Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
1984 ... "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!
1983 ... "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie
1982 ... "Truly" by Lionel Richie
1981 ... "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John
1980 ... "Lady" by Kenny Rogers

THE 1970s

1979 ... "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" by Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer
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 ... "Fly, Robin, Fly" by Silver Convention
1974 ... "I Can Help" by Billy Swan
1973 ... "Photograph" by Ringo Starr
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 ... "Come Together/ Something" by The Beatles
1968 ... "Love Child" by Diana Ross & the Supremes
1967 ... "Incense and Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock
1966 ... "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by The Supremes
1965 ... "I Hear a Symphony" by The Supremes
1964 ... "Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las
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 ... "Are You Lonesome Tonight" by Elvis Presley

THE 1950s

1959 ... "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin
1958 ... "It's Only Make Believe" by Conway Twitty
1957 ... "Jailhouse Rock/ Treat Me Nice" by Elvis Presley
1956 ... "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley
1955 ... "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford
1954 ... "I Need You Now" by Eddie Fisher
1953 ... "Rags to Riches" by Tony Bennett
1952 ... "Why Don't You Believe Me" by Joni James
1951 ... "Cold, Cold Heart" by Tony Bennett
1950 ... "Harbor Lights" by Sammy Kaye

THE 1940s

1949 ... "Mule Train" by Frankie Laine
1948 ... "Buttons and Bows" by Dinah Shore
1947 ... "Near You" by Francis Craig
1946 ... "Rumors Are Flying" by Frankie Carle
1945 ... "It's Been a Long, Long Time" by Harry James
1944 ... "You Always Hurt the One You Love" by The Mills Brothers
1943 ... "Paper Doll" by The Mills Brothers
1942 ... "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby
1941 ... "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller
1940 ... "Only Forever" by Bing Crosby

THE 1930s

1939 ... "Scatter-Brain" by Frankie Masters
1938 ... "Begin the Beguine" by Artie Shaw
1937 ... "Once in a While" by Tommy Dorsey
1936 ... "Pennies from Heaven" by Bing Crosby
1935 ... "Red Sails in the Sunset" by Guy Lombardo
1934 ... "Stars Fell on Alabama" by Guy Lombardo
1933 ... "The Last Round-Up" by George Olsen
1932 ... "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" by Bing Crosby
1931 ... "Good Night, Sweetheart" by Wayne King
1930 ... "Three Little Words" by Duke Ellington

THE 1920s

1929 ... "Tip Toe Through the Tulips" by Nick Lucas
1928 ... "Sonny Boy" by Al Jolson
1927 ... "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider" by Red Nichols
1926 ... "Breezin' Along with the Breeze" by Johnny Marvin
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 ... "Say It with Music" by Paul Whiteman
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 ... "Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love in Hawaii)" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
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 ... "Down by the Old Mill Stream" by Arthur Clough & Brunswick Quartet
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 ... "Good Evening, Carrie" by Dan Quinn
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 ... "And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back" by Dan Quinn
1893 ... "The Fatal Wedding" by George J. Gaskin
1892 ... "Near It" by Len Spencer
1891 ... "Turkey in the Straw" by Billy Golden