1940: Only Forever -- Bing Crosby

1941: Chattanooga Choo Choo -- Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

1942: White Christmas -- Bing Crosby

1943: Pistol Packin' Mama -- Al Dexter and His Troopers

1944: I'll Walk Alone -- Dinah Shore

1945: It's Been A Long, Long Time -- Harry James And His Orchestra with vocal by Kitty Kallen

1946: To Each His Own -- Freddy Martin and His Orchestra

1947: Near You -- Francis Craig and His Orchestra

1948: Buttons And Bows -- Dinah Shore br>

1949: Mule Train -- Frankie Laine

1950: Harbor Lights -- Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra with vocal by Don Cornell

1951: Cold Cold Heart -- Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and His Orchestra

1952: Why Don't You Believe Me -- Joni James *

1953: Rags To Riches -- Tony Bennett

1954: I Need You Now -- Eddie Fisher

1955: Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing -- the Four Aces

1956: Love Me Tender -- Elvis Presley

1957: Jailhouse Rock -- Elvis Presley

1958: It's Only Make Believe -- Conway Twitty

1959: Mack The Knife -- Bobby Darin

1960: Georgia On My Mind -- Ray Charles

1961: Big Bad John -- Jimmy Dean

1962: Big Girls Don't Cry -- the Four Seasons

1963: Deep Purple -- Nino Tempo/April Stevens

1964: Baby Love -- The Supremes

1965: I Hear A Symphony -- the Supremes

1966: You Keep Me Hanging On -- the Supremes

1967: To Sir With Love -- Lulu

1968: Hey Jude -- the Beatles

1969: Wedding Bell Blues -- the 5th Dimension

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1970: I Think I Love You -- The Partridge Family starring Shirley Jones and featuring Dacid Cassidy

1971: Theme From 'Shaft' -- Isaac Hayes

1972: I Can See Clearly Now -- Johnny Nash

1973: Keep On Truckin' (Part I) -- Eddie Kendricks

1974: Whatever Gets You Through The Night -- John Lennon

1975: That's The Way (I Like It) -- KC and the Sunshine Band *

1976: Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be All Right) -- Rod Stewart

1977: You Light Up My Life -- Debby Boone

1978: MacArthur Park -- Donna Summer

1979: Still -- the Commodores

1980: Lady -- Kenny Rogers

1981: Physical -- Olivia Newton-John

1982: Who Can It Be Now? -- Men At Work

1983: All Night Long (All Night) -- Lionel Richie

1984: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go -- Wham!

1985: We Built This City -- Starship

1986: Human -- The Human League *

1987: Mony Mony -- Billy Idol

1988: Bad Medicine --  Bon Jovi

1989: When I See You Smile -- Bad English

1990: Love Takes Time -- Mariah Carey

1991: Cream -- Prince and the N.P.G.

1992: I'd Die Without You -- P.M. Dawn

1993: All That She Wants -- Ace Of Base

1994: All I Wanna Do -- Sheryl Crow

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HAD AT40 BEEN AROUND, THESE SONGS WOULD HAVE BEEN #1 ON THIS DAY IN...

1995: Fantasy -- Mariah Carey

1996: It's All Coming Back To Me Now -- Celine Dion

1997: Fly -- Sugar Ray

#1 ON THIS DAY IN AT40 HISTORY....

1998: One Week -- Barenaked Ladies

1999: Smooth -- Santana featuring Rob Thomas

2000: With Arms Wide Open -- Creed

2001: I'm Real -- Jennifer Lopez

2002: Underneath It All -- No Doubt featuring Lady Saw

2003: Baby Boy -- Beyonce with Sean Paul

2004: Over And Over -- Nelly with Tim McGraw

2005: Since U Been Gone -- Kelly Clarkson

2006: Sexyback -- Justin Timberlake

2007: Apologize -- Timbaland featuring OneRepublic

2008: So What -- Pink

2009: Paparazzi -- Lady Gaga

2010: Just A Dream -- Nelly (nice to see him remaking Jimmy Clanton)

2011: Someone Like You -- Adele

2012: One More Night -- Maroon 5

2013: Wake Me Up! -- Avicii

2014: Bang Bang -- Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj *

2015: Stitches -- Shawn Mendes

2016: Closer -- the Chainsmokers featuring Halsey

2017: Sorry Not Sorry -- Demi Lovato

2018: God Is A Woman – Ariana Grande

2019: Someone You Loved -- Lewis Capaldi

2020: Mood - 24kGold f/ iann dor

2021: Stay -- The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber

2022: Vegas -- Doja Cat

2023: Paint The Town Red -- Doja Cat

*--Denotes first day at #1