A Chart-Topping Playlist for "The Billboard Music Awards"

The Billboard Music Awards reminds me that sometimes the public actuallyright. Here then is my list of some of my favorite songs that all hit #1 on Billboard's's Hot 100 since that chart started in the late Fifties.
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I started reading Billboard well before my Bar Mitzvah, so I always enjoy being a writer for the Billboard Music Awards -- a show that's being hosted this year by the hilarious Modern Family parental units Ty Burrell and Julie Bowen. It airs this Sunday night on ABC. The show reminds me that sometimes the public actually is right. Here then is my list of some of my favorite songs that all hit #1 on Billboard's's Hot 100 since that chart started in the late Fifties. Please add your own favorite chart-topping songs below -- and don't forget to watch the show Sunday.

GEORGIA ON MY MIND - Ray Charles

YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING - The Righteous Brothers

MY GIRL - The Temptations

TICKET TO RIDE - The Beatles

(I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION - The Rolling Stones

GOOD VIBRATIONS - The Beach Boys

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - Marvin Gaye

SUSPICIOUS MINDS - Elvis Presley

I WANT YOU BACK - The Jackson 5

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS - Simon & Garfunkel

FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone

LET'S STAY TOGETHER - Al Green

LEAN ON ME - Bill Withers

FAME - David Bowie

HOTEL CALIFORNIA - The Eagles

HOT STUFF - Donna Summer

BILLIE JEAN - Michael Jackson

JUMP - Van Halen

KISS - Prince

WITH OR WITHOUT YOU - U2

SWEET CHILD O' MINE - Guns N' Roses

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Whitney Houston

MMMBOP - Hanson

FALLIN' - Alicia Keys

LOSE YOURSELF - Eminem

CRAZY IN LOVE - Beyonce featuring Jay-Z

HEY YA! - OutKast

WHAT GOES AROUND . . . COMES AROUND - Justin Timberlake

STRONGER - Kanye West

SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Adele

Listen to "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer:

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