| Number One on American Top 40... |
| If AT40 had been around, here's the songs that would have been #1 on this date in... (EDITOR'S NOTE: DUE TO SIGNIFICANTLY DECLINING INTEREST IN THIS WEB SITE, IT'S NOT BEING UPDATED FOR A WHILE. THUS, THE FEATURE HERE IS PROBABLY OUTDATED AND INCORRECT. SORRY...BUT THAT'S THE WAY THINGS ARE. IF YOU WANT ME TO GET BACK TO DAILY UPDATING THIS FEATURE AND ELSEWHERE ON THIS WEB SITE, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AT ROCKSTER2746@GMAIL.COM) (NOTE: For on this day in AT40 history, please check under "Rob's Blog")
1941: Frenesi -- Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
1942: A String Of Pearls -- Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
1943: I Had The Craziest Dream -- Harry James
1944: My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart)? -- Glen Gray
1945: Rum And Coca Cola -- the Andrews Sisters
1946: I Can't Begin To Tell You -- Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro's Orchestra
1947: To Each His Own -- Freddy Martin and His Orchestra
1948: Ballerina -- Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
1949: A Little Bird Told Me -- Evelyn Knight and the Stardusters
1950: Rag Mop -- the Ames Brothers
1951: The Tennessee Waltz -- Patti Page
1952: Cry -- Johnnie Ray
1953: Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes -- Perry Como
1954: Oh! My Papa -- Eddie Fisher
1955: Sincerely -- the McGuire Sisters
1956: Memories Are Made Of This -- Dean Martin
1957: Don't Forbid Me -- Pat Boone
1958: At The Hop -- Danny & The Juniors
1959: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -- the Platters
1960: Running Bear -- Johnny Preston
1961: (Will You Love Me) Tomorrow -- the Shirelles
1962: The Peppermint Twist -- Joey Dee And the Starliters
1963: Walk Right In -- the Rooftop Singers
1964: I Want To Hold Your Hand -- the Beatles
1965: Downtown -- Petula Clark
1966: My Love -- Petula Clark
1967: I'm A Believer -- the Monkees
1968: Green Tambourine -- the Lemon Pipers
1969: Crimson And Clover -- Tommy James and the Shondells
1970: I Want You Back -- The Jackson Five
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| These were the #1 songs on this date in AT40 history... ***
1971: Knock Three Times -- Dawn
1972: American Pie -- Don McLean
1973: Crocodile Rock -- Elton John
1974: The Way We Were -- Barbra Streisand
1975: Laughter In The Rain -- Neil Sedaka
1976: Love Rollercoaster -- the Ohio Players
1977: Torn Between Two Lovers -- Mary MacGregor
1978: Stayin' Alive--The Bee Gees
1979: Too Much Heaven -- The Bee Gees
1980: Rock With You -- Michael Jackson
1981: The Tide Is High -- Blondie
1982: I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) -- Hall and Oates
1983: Africa -- Toto
1984: Karma Chameleon-- Culture Club
1985: I Want To Know What Love Is -- Foreigner
1986: That's What Friends Are For -- Dionne (Warwick) And Friends
1987: At This Moment -- Billy Vera And the Beaters
1988: Need You Tonight -- INXS
1989: When I'm With You -- Sherriff
1990: How Am I Supposed To Live Without You -- Michael Bolton
1991: The First Time -- Surface
1992: I Love Your Smile -- Shanice
1993: I Will Always Love You -- Whitney Houston
1994: All For Love -- Bryan Adams / Sting / Rod Stewart
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HAD AT40 BEEN AROUND, THESE SONGS WOULD HAVE BEEN #1 ON THIS DAY IN...
1995: Another Night -- Real McCoy
1996: One Sweet Day -- Mariah Carey / Boyz II Men
1997: Don't Speak -- No Doubt
1998: My Heart Will Go On -- Celine Dion
#1 ON THIS DAY IN AT40 HISTORY....
1999: Save Tonight -- Eagle-Eye Cherry
2000: I Knew I Loved You -- Savage Garden
2001: Independent Women, Part I -- Destiny's Child
2002: How You Remind Me -- Nickelback
2003: Beautiful -- Christina Aguilera
2004: Hey Ya -- Outkast
2005: Let Me Love You -- Mario
2006: Stickwitu -- The Pussycat Dolls
2007: Irreplaceable -- Beyonce
2008: No One -- Alicia Keys
2009: Just Dance -- Lady Gaga/Colby O'Dois
2010: Bad Romance -- Lady Gaga
2011: We R Who We R -- Ke$ha
2012: It Will Rain -- Bruno Mars
2013: Locked Out Of Heaven --Bruno Mars
2014: Counting Stars -- OneRepublic
2015: Sorry -- Justin Bieber
2016: Same Old Love -- Selena Gomez
2017: Scars To Your Beautiful -- Alessia Cara
2018: Perfect -- Ed Sheeran
2019: thank u, next -- Ariana Grande
2020: Good As Hell -- Lizzo
2021: Positions -- Ariana Grande
2022: Heat Waves -- Glass Animals
2023: Anti-Hero -- Taylor Swift
2024: greedy -- Tate McRae
*--Denotes first day at #1
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