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: