Billboard Hot 100’s 60th Anniversary

I had a much longer post planned, but I realized that more professional writers with more to gain for doing the footwork will probably do that.

I just think it’s cool we have 60 Years of Popular Music cataloged somewhere.  I HIGHLY recommend checking out the Billboard Hot 100 Website (link below) to check out dates that you find memorable to see what songs were popular at the time.  I use it quite frequently when coming up with playlist ideas.

And in appreciation, I compiled a YouTube Playlist of the Number One songs that charted the first week in August for each year the Hot 100 have been published.  Check it out here:

It would be interesting (to me) to see if there was a way to compile a Top 10 of these particular songs.  What makes these interesting is that while these are all Number Ones, only one of them has ever been awarded Song of the Year Grammy Award (that privilege went to The Police’s ‘Every Breath You Take’).

Leave a comment below of your Top 10 from this list.  Here is a full text copy if you don’t have the time to watch them all.

Number Ones for the First Week of August each year since the beginning of the Billboard Hot 100, in chronological order

Year	Artist	Song
1958	Ricky Nelson	Poor Little Fool
1959	Paul Anka	Lonely Boy
1960	Brenda Lee	I’m Sorry
1961	Bobby Lewis	Tossin’ and Turnin’
1962	Bobby Vinton	Roses Are Red (My Love)
1963	The Tymes	So Much In Love
1964	The Beatles	A Hard Day’s Night
1965	Herman’s Hermits	I’m Henry VIII, I Am
1966	The Troggs	Wild Thing
1967	The Doors	Light My Fire
1968	The Doors	Hello, I Love You
1969	Zager and Evans	In The Year 2525
1970	The Carpenters	(They Long To Be) Close To You
1971	The Bee Gees	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
1972	Gilbert O’Sullivan	Alone Again (Naturally)
1973	Maureen McGovern	The Morning After
1974	John Denver	Annie’s Song
1975	Eagles	One of These Nights
1976	Elton John and Kiki Dee	Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
1977	Andy Gibb	I Just Want To Be Your Everything
1978	The Rolling Stones	Miss You
1979	Donna Summer	Bad Girls
1980	Olivia Newton-John	Magic
1981	Rick Springfield	Jessie’s Girl
1982	Survivor	Eye Of The Tiger
1983	The Police	Every Breath You Take
1984	Prince	When Doves Cry
1985	Tears For Fears	Shout
1986	Peter Cetera	Glory Of Love (Theme From “The Karate Kid Part II”)
1987	Bob Seger	Shakedown (From “Beverly Hills Cop II”)
1988	Steve Winwood	Roll With It
1989	Prince	Batdance (from “Batman”)
1990	Mariah Carey	Vision Of Love
1991	Bryan Adams	(Everything I Do) I Do It For You
1992	Sir Mix-A-Lot	Baby Got Back
1993	UB40	Can’t Help Falling In Love (From “Sliver”)
1994	Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories	Stay (I Missed You) (From “Reality Bites”)
1995	TLC	Waterfalls
1996	Los Del Rio	Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
1997	Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112	I’ll Be Missing You
1998	Brandy & Monica	The Boy Is Mine
1999	Christina Aguilera	Genie In A Bottle
2000	N Sync	It’s Gonna Be Me
2001	Destiny’s Child	Bootylicious
2002	Nelly	Hot In Herre
2003	Beyonce Featuring Jay Z	Crazy In Love
2004	Juvenile Featuring Soulja Slim	Slow Motion
2005	Mariah Carey	We Belong Together
2006	Nelly Furtado Featuring Timbaland	Promiscuous
2007	Plain White T’s	Hey There Delilah
2008	Katy Perry	I Kissed A Girl
2009	The Black Eyed Peas	I Gotta Felling
2010	Eminem Featuring Rihanna	Love The Way You Lie
2011	LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock	Party Rock Anthem
2012	Carly Rae Jepsen	Call Me Maybe
2013	Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. + Pharrell	Blurred Lines
2014	MAGIC!	Rude
2015	OMI	Cheerleader
2016	Sia Featuring Sean Paul	Cheap Thrills
2017	Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber	Despacito
2018	Drake	In My Feelings

Source: Billboard Hot 100 website