JANUARY 12
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THE 2010s

2012 Sexy and I Know It LMFAO Vevo Rhapsody iTunes
2011 Firework Katy Perry YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2010 TiK ToK Ke$ha YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 2000s

2009 Just Dance Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2008 Low Flo Rida featuring T-Pain YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2007 Irreplaceable Beyoncé YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2006 Laffy Taffy D4L YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2005 Let Me Love You Mario YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2004 Hey Ya! OutKast YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2003 Lose Yourself Eminem YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2002 How You Remind Me Nickelback YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2001 Independent Women Part I Destiny's Child YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
2000 What a Girl Wants Christina Aguilera YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1990s

1999 Have You Ever? Brandy YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1998 Truly Madly Deeply Savage Garden YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1997 Un-Break My Heart Toni Braxton YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1996 One Sweet Day Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1995 On Bended Knee Boyz II Men YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1994 Hero Mariah Carey YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1993 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1992 Black or White Michael Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1991 Justify My Love Madonna YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1990 Another Day in Paradise Phil Collins YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1980s

1989 My Prerogative Bobby Brown YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1988 Got My Mind Set on You George Harrison YouTube   iTunes
1987 Shake You Down Gregory Abbott YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1986 That's What Friends Are For Dionne & Friends YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1985 Like a Virgin Madonna YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1984 Say, Say, Say Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1983 Down Under Men at Work YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1982 Physical Olivia Newton-John YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1981 (Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon YouTube Rhapsody iTunes
1980 Escape (The Piña Colada Song) Rupert Holmes YouTube Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1970s

1979 Too Much Heaven The Bee Gees Rhapsody iTunes
1978 Baby Come Back Player Rhapsody iTunes
1977 You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Leo Sayer   iTunes
1976 I Write the Songs Barry Manilow Rhapsody iTunes
1975 Mandy Barry Manilow Rhapsody iTunes
1974 The Joker The Steve Miller Band Rhapsody iTunes
1973 You're So Vain Carly Simon Rhapsody iTunes
1972 American Pie Don McLean Rhapsody iTunes
1971 My Sweet Lord/
Isn't It a Pity		 George Harrison   iTunes/
iTunes
1970 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head B.J. Thomas Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1960s

1969 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye Rhapsody iTunes
1968 Hello Goodbye The Beatles Amazon  
1967 I'm a Believer The Monkees   iTunes
1966 We Can Work It Out The Beatles Amazon  
1965 Come See About Me The Supremes Rhapsody iTunes
1964 There! I've Said It Again Bobby Vinton Rhapsody iTunes
1963 Go Away Little Girl Steve Lawrence Amazon  
1962 The Twist Chubby Checker Rhapsody iTunes
1961 Wonderland by Night Bert Kaempfert Amazon  
1960 Running Bear Johnny Preston Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1950s

1959 The Chipmunk Song David Seville & the Chipmunks Rhapsody iTunes
1958 At the Hop Danny & the Juniors Amazon  
1957 Singing the Blues Guy Mitchell Rhapsody iTunes
1956 Memories Are Made of This Dean Martin Rhapsody iTunes
1955 Mr. Sandman The Chordettes Rhapsody iTunes
1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa) Eddie Fisher Rhapsody iTunes
1953 Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes Perry Como Rhapsody iTunes
1952 Cry Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads Rhapsody iTunes
1951 The Tennessee Waltz Patti Page Rhapsody iTunes
1950 I Can Dream, Can't I? The Andrews Sisters Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1940s

1949 Buttons and Bows Dinah Shore Rhapsody iTunes
1948 Ballerina Vaughn Monroe Rhapsody iTunes
1947 The Old Lamp-Lighter Sammy Kaye   iTunes
1946 Symphony Freddy Martin Rhapsody iTunes
1945 Don't Fence Me In Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters Rhapsody iTunes
1944 Paper Doll The Mills Brothers Rhapsody iTunes
1943 There Are Such Things Tommy Dorsey Rhapsody iTunes
1942 Chattanooga Choo Choo Glenn Miller Rhapsody iTunes
1941 Frenesi Artie Shaw Rhapsody iTunes
1940 South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) Shep Fields   iTunes

THE 1930s

1939 Thanks for Ev'rything Artie Shaw Rhapsody iTunes
1938 Rosalie Sammy Kaye    
1937 Pennies from Heaven Bing Crosby Rhapsody iTunes
1936 The Music Goes Round and Round The Reilly-Farley Orchestra Wikipedia  
1935 Isle of Capri Ray Noble   iTunes
1934 The Old Spinning Wheel Ray Noble   iTunes
1933 Night and Day Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman Rhapsody iTunes
1932 River, Stay 'Way from My Door Kate Smith with Guy Lombardo Rhapsody iTunes
1931 The Peanut Vendor Don Azpiazu Rhapsody iTunes
1930 Chant of the Jungle Roy Ingraham    

THE 1920s

1929 Sonny Boy Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes
1928 My Blue Heaven Gene Austin Rhapsody iTunes
1927 In a Little Spanish Town Paul Whiteman Download  
1926 The Prisoner's Song Vernon Dalhart Rhapsody iTunes
1925 All Alone Al Jolson Download  
1924 Sleep Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians YouTube iTunes
1923 Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo'bye) Al Jolson   iTunes
1922 Wabash Blues Isham Jones Amazon  
1921 Whispering Paul Whiteman Rhapsody iTunes
1920 I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now Al Jolson Rhapsody iTunes

THE 1910s

1919 ... "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?" by Bert Williams
1918 ... "Over There" by American Quartet
1917 ... "The Sunshine of Your Smile" by John McCormack
1916 ... "Keep the Home Fires Burning (Till the Boys Come Home)" by Frederick J. Wheeler
1915 ... "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" by American Quartet
1914 ... "Peg O' My Heart" by Charles Harrison
1913 ... "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold" by Alan Turner
1912 ... "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" by Columbia Male Quartet (Peerless Quartet)
1911 ... "Play That Barber-Shop Chord" by Bert Williams
1910 ... "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet" by Haydn Quartet

THE 1900s

1909 ... "Sunbonnet Sue" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1908 ... "My Dear" by Harry MacDonough
1907 ... "Camp Meetin' Time" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1906 ... "Everybody Works But Father" by Billy Murray
1905 ... "Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart)" by Haydn Quartet
1904 ... "Bedelia" by Harry MacDonough & Haydn Quartet
1903 ... "Down Where the Wurzburger Flows" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
1902 ... "Good Morning, Carrie" by Bert Williams & George Walker
1901 ... "Ma Blushin' Rosie" by Albert Campbell
1900 ... "I'd Leave My Happy Home for You" by Arthur Collins

THE 1890s

1899 ... "My Old New Hampshire Home" by George J. Gaskin
1898 ... "On the Banks of the Wabash" by Steve Porter
1897 ... "A Hot Time in the Old Town" by Dan Quinn
1896 ... "The Sunshine of Paradise Alley" by George J. Gaskin
1895 ... "Little Alabama Coon" by Len Spencer
1894 ... "Casey as Insurance Agent" by Russell Hunting
1893 ... "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow" by Dan Quinn
1892 ... "Slide, Kelly, Slide" by George J. Gaskin