American Top 40 - Bicentennial Special "4th of July's Greatest Hits"

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For the American Top 40 episode of July 4, 1976, Casey counted down the #1 songs from each July 4 of the previous 40 years.

Year	Song	Artist
1937	It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane	Guy Lombardo
1938	Says My Heart	Ozzie Nelson
1939	Wishing Will Make It So	Glenn Miller
1940	I'll Never Smile Again	Tommy Dorsey
1941	Daddy	Sammy Kaye
1942	Sleepy Lagoon	Harry James
1943	Comin' in a Wing and a Prayer	Song Spinners
1944	I'll Be Seeing You	Bing Crosby
1945	Sentimental Journey	Les Brown
1946	The Gypsy	The Ink Spots
1947	Chi-Baba Chi-Baba	Perry Como
1948	Woody Woodpecker	Kay Kyser
1949	Riders in the Sky	Vaughn Monroe
1950	The Third Man Theme	Anton Karas
1951	Too Young	Nat King Cole
1952	Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart	Vera Lynn
1953	Song from Moulin Rouge	Percy Faith
1954	Little Things Mean a Lot	Kitty Kallen
1955	Rock Around the Clock	Billy Haley and His Comets
1956	The Wayward Wind	Gogi Grant

1957	Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear/Loving You	Elvis Presley
1958	The Purple People Eater	Sheb Wooley*
1959	The Battle of New Orleans	Johnny Horton
1960	Everybody's Somebody's Fool	Connie Francis
1961	Quarter to Three	Gary U.S. Bonds
1962	I Can't Stop Loving You	Ray Charles
1963	Easier Said Than Done	The Essex
1964	I Get Around	The Beach Boys
1965	I Can't Help Myself	The Four Tops**
1966	Strangers in the Night	Frank Sinatra***
1967	Windy	The Association
1968	This Guy's in Love with You	Herb Alpert
1969	Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet	Henry Mancini
1970	The Love You Save	The Jackson 5
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 the Boat	Hues Corporation
1975	Love Will Keep Us Together	Captain & Tennille
1976	Silly Love Songs	Wings

*Casey also played Yakety Yak by The Coasters as it placed at #1 the next week in 1958. He pointed out that both songs were novelty tunes.
**Casey also played (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones as it placed at #1 the next week and I think they just couldn't imagine airing a 40-year retrospective without including the Stones.
***Casey also played Paperback Writer by The Beatles as it placed at #1 the next week and, like the Rolling Stones, they just had to include The Beatles. And for that, I thank AT40 as I'm constantly amazed how rarely I hear The Beatles on classic rock stations. It's the freakin' Beatles ferchrissakes!

Just for fun, I did the next 40 years:

Year	Song	Artist
1977	Gonna Fly Now	Bill Conti
1978	Shadow Dancing	Andy Gibb
1979	Ring My Bell	Anita Ward
1980	Coming Up	Paul McCartney
1981	Bette Davis Eyes	Kim Carnes
1982	Don't You Want Me	The Human League
1983	Flashdance...What a Feeling	Irene Cara
1984	The Reflex	Duran Duran
1985	Heaven	Bryan Adams
1986	There'll Be Sad Songs	Billy Ocean
1987	I Wanna Dance With Somebody	Whitney Houston
1988	Dirty Diana	Michael Jackson
1989	Baby Don't Forget My Number	Milli Vanilli
1990	Step by Step	New Kids on the Block
1991	Rush Rush	Paula Abdul
1992	Baby Got Back	Sir Mix-A-Lot
1993	That's the Way Love Goes	Janet Jackson
1994	I Swear	All-4-One
1995	Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?	Bryan Adams
1996	Tha Crossroads	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

1997	I'll Be Missing You	Puff Daddy & Faith Evans (feat. 112)
1998	The Boy is Mine	Brandy & Monica
1999	If You Had My Love	Jennifer Lopez
2000	Be With You	Enrique Iglesias
2001	Lady Marmalade	Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink
2002	Hot in Herre	Nelly
2003	This is the Night	Clay Aiken
2004	Burn	Usher
2005	Inside Your Heaven	Carrie Underwood
2006	Do I Make You Proud	Taylor Hicks
2007	Umbrella	Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
2008	Viva la Vida	Coldplay
2009	Boom Boom Pow	The Black Eyed Peas
2010	California Gurls	Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg
2011	Rolling in the Deep	Adele
2012	Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen
2013	Blurred Lines	Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell
2014	Fancy	Iggy Azalea feat Charli XCX
2015	See You Again	Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth
2016	One Dance	Drake feat. Wizkid and Kyla