1941: Daddy -- Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra

1942: Jingle, Jangle, Jingle -- Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

1943: You'll Never Know -- Dick Haymes and the Song Spinners

1944: I'll Be Seeing You -- Bing Crosby

1945: Sentimental Journey -- Les Brown And His Band of Renown with vocal by Doris Day

1946: The Gypsy -- the Ink Spots

1947: Chi-Baba Chi-Baba -- Perry Como

1948: Woody Woodpecker -- Kay Kyser And His Orchestra

1949: Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) -- Vaughn Monroe

1950: Mona Lisa -- Nat King Cole

1951: Too Young -- Nat King Cole

1952: Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart -- Vera Lynn

1953: Song From Moulin Rouge -- Percy Faith And His Orchestra with vocal by Felicia Sanders

1954: Little Things Mean A Lot -- Kitty Kallen

1955: (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock -- Bill Haley And His Comets

1956: The Wayward Wind -- Gogi Grant

1957: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear -- Elvis Presley

1958: Yakety Yak -- The Coasters

1959: The Battle Of New Orleans -- Johnny Horton

1960: Everybody's Somebody's Fool -- Connie Francis

1961: Tossin' And Turnin' -- Bobby Lewis *

1962: Roses Are Red (My Love) -- Bobby Vinton

1963: Easier Said Than Done -- the Essex

1964: I Get Around -- the Beach Boys

1965: Hanky Panky -- Tommy James and the Shondells *

1966: Strangers In The Night -- Frank Sinatra

1967: Windy -- the Association

1968: This Guy's In Love With You -- Herb Alpert

1969: In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus) -- Zager And Evans

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1970: Mama Told Me (Not To Come) -- Three Dog Night

1971: It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move -- Carole King

1972: Lean On Me -- Bill Withers

1973: Will It Go Round In Circles -- Billy Preston

1974: Rock Your Baby -- George McCrae

1975: Love Will Keep Us Together -- the Captain And Tennille

1976: Afternoon Delight -- the Starland Vocal Band

1977: Da Doo Ron Ron -- Shaun Cassidy *

1978: Shadow Dancing -- Andy Gibb

1979: Bad Girls -- Donna Summer

1980: Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) -- Paul McCartney and Wings

1981: Bette Davis Eyes -- Kim Carnes

1982: Don't You Want Me -- The Human League

1983: Every Breath You Take -- The Police

1984: When Doves Cry -- Prince

1985: A View To A Kill -- Duran Duran

1986: Holding Back The Years -- Simply Red

1987: Alone -- Heart

1988: The Flame -- Cheap Trick

1989: If You Don't Know Me By Now -- Simply Red

1990: Step By Step -- New Kids On The Block

1991: Rush Rush -- Paula Abdul

1992: I'll Be There -- Mariah Carey

1993: Two Princes -- the Spin Doctors

1994: Don't Turn Around -- Ace Of Base

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

1995: I'll Be There for You (Theme From "Friends")--the Rembrandts

1996: You Learn -- Alanis Morissette

1997: MMMBop -- Hanson

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

1998: Uninvited -- Alanis Morissette

1999: Livin' La Vida Loca -- Ricky Martin

2000: It's Gonna Be Me -- N' Sync

2001: Lady Marmalade -- Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink

2002: Hot In Herre -- Nelly

2003: Miss Independent -- Kelly Clarkson

2004: The Reason -- Hoobastank

2005: Since U Been Gone -- Kelly Clarkson

2006: S.O.S. (Rescue Me) -- Rihanna

2007: Summer Love -- Justin Timberlake

2008: No Air -- Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown

2009: Boom Boom Pow -- the Black Eyed Peas

2010: Airplanes – B.o.B f/Hayley Williams

2011: Give Me Everything -- Pitbull *

2012: Payphone -- Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa

2013: Blurred Lines -- Robin Thicke

2014: Fancy -- Iggy Azalea featring Charli XCX

2015: Bad Blood -- Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar

2016: Don't Let Me Down -- The Chainsmokers

2017: Stay -- Zedd & Alessia Cara

2018: Psycho -- Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign

2019: Talk -- Khalid

2020: Intentions -- Justin Bieber featuring Quavo

2021: Levitating -- Dua Lupa f/DaBaby

2022: About Damn Time -- Lizzo *

2023: Sure Thing -- Miguel

*--Denotes first day at #1