Can you name the one-word #1 hit song by each artist given the first letter and year?

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* = technically released before it became the Hot 100.

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Year/Letter	Song	Artist
1958 - T		The Champs*
1959 - V		Frankie Avalon
1960 - S		Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
1961 - R		Del Shannon
1962 - S		The Four Seasons
1963 - D		The Singing Nun
1964 - R		Lorne Greene
1965 - D		Petula Clark
1966 - C		The Association
1967 - R		Aretha Franklin
1968 - H		Bobby Goldsboro
1969 - D		Tommy Roe
1970 - W		Edwin Starr
1972 - B		Michael Jackson
1973 - S		Stevie Wonder
1974 - S		Gordon Lightfoot
1975 - M		Barry Manilow
1976 - C		C.W. McCall
1977 - D		Fleetwood Mac
1978 - G		Frankie Valli
1979 - R		Peaches & Herb
1980 - F		Lipps Inc
1981 - P		Olivia Newton-John
1982 - M		Toni Basil
1983 - A		Toto
1984 - H		Lionel Richie

Year/Letter	Song	Artist
1985 - H		Bryan Adams
1986 - K		Mr. Mister
1987 - F		George Michael
1988 - K		The Beach Boys
1989 - B		Prince
1990 - V		Madonna
1991 - U		EMF
1992 - J		Kris Kross
1993 - I		Snow
1994 - H		Mariah Carey
1995 - W		TLC
1996 - M		Los Del Rio
1997 - M		Hanson
1998 - L		Divine
1999 - B		Cher
2000 - S		Santana (feat. Rob Thomas)
2001 - F		Alicia Keys
2002 - D		Nelly (feat. Kelly Rowland)
2004 - Y		Usher (feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris)
2006 - S		Justin Timberlake
2007 - U		Rihanna (feat. Jay-Z)
2008 - L		Flo Rida (feat. T-Pain)
2009 - F		Owl City
2010 - O		Usher (feat. will.i.am)
2011 - G		Bruno Mars

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One-Word #1 Songs Quiz

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Created by: sproutcm -
Contributed: July 19th, 2010
Published: July 30th, 2010
Category: Music
Plays: 67,144

Tags: Artist Quizzes, Song Quizzes, Letter Quizzes, hit, one-word, Editor Pick

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	kdmw:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 04:13 GMT	9 points
	@Booger. Actually, I don't think you could. I didn't get a single song from after I was born.

	MovieDynamic:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 04:14 GMT	29 points
	Oh my, just look at those ones from the last six or seven years. BLECH!

	bcflorida:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 04:15 GMT	22 points
	Not only did Justin Timberlake bring SexyBack but he combined them in one word.

	shibbyhibby:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 04:39 GMT	-2 points
	Maneater?

	juviejay:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 04:49 GMT	9 points
	I was just using some of these words the other day. I'm like, "OMG, mom, you've got quite a sexyback. Why don't you mmmbop on over here and batdance for me.

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	p337:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 05:01 GMT	10 points
	As painful as the hits from the past few years have been, we should all be thankful the Macarena hasn't made a comeback.

	BiloxiSean:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 05:38 GMT	1 point
	1. I actually have to give movie dynamic a point for his first comment. 2. Great quiz, can't wait for part 2.

	cmkeller:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 06:00 GMT	35 points
	Tequila was not just a song with a one-word title like the others in this quiz, but was literally a one-word song.

	BamaRainbow:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 06:00 GMT	-1 points
	Point of technicality: The Mariah Carey "H" song hit #1 in 1993 (the week ending Dec 25, to be exact).

	sproutcm:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 06:09 GMT	4 points
	@BamaRainbow And it continued and it was the #1 on the Hot 100 for the first three weeks of 1994, being the only hit song that was one-word long for that whole year.

	MarcM:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 06:33 GMT	35 points
	OMG is considered one word? WTF?

	Jimh:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 07:23 GMT	17 points
	Yeah, I remember when musicians could put out hit singles all by themselves, without needing to feature someone else.

	rockgolf:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 10:52 GMT	10 points
	No, you remember a time when only a single artist was given credit. Outside of possibly Bobby McFerrin and Lenny Kravitz, I can't think of any solo acts having actually singing all parts, playing all instruments, writing the song, and producing a hit record.

	rockgolf:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 10:54 GMT	1 point
	This raises the rarely-asked question of whether SexyBack and Bootylicious are synonymous.

	ArrogantDuck:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 11:09 GMT	3 points
	My Billboard Book of Number One Hits has finally paid for itself! I can't believe Macarena was #1 in the US for 16+ weeks, didn't hit #1 in the UK, was kept off by The Spice Girls. SHIVER ME TIMBERS

	Penny:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 11:43 GMT	0 points
	Was hoping (not very hard) for a bonus on other one-word Fleetwood Mac hit titles! Rhiannon... nope. Landslide... nope. Tusk... nope. Sarah... nope. Gypsy... nope! Just couldn't come up with Dreams!

	superpole2000:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 11:49 GMT	4 points
	Olivia Newton-John = Still hot

	MorningBell411:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 11:53 GMT	6 points
	@rockgolf: But even in those "feat." songs, there's a lot of uncredited people. It would be a bit dumb to add them all to the "feat." list, though. I think it's usually a marketing strategy, having "important" people featured in your song.

	frimbo:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 11:56 GMT	2 points
	So sad that Lorne Greene's classic "Ringo" has been all but forgotten. It was so popular in its day that Greene released a second version in French!

	HoosierDaddy:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 12:37 GMT	7 points
	@rockgolf, Owl City is just one person by the name of Adam Young who who does absolutely every part of producing his own music.

	y2jdilemma:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 12:47 GMT	2 points
	What I learned today: Theres 3 Ms in MMMBop. I tried it with 4 and when it didnt work, actually thought that it might have been 2 words and MAYBE they had another #1. Seeing some other songs on this list (i. Macarena) it didnt seem quite as ridiculous a proposition as it otherwise would.

	shel99:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 13:22 GMT	-1 points
	well, it's clear that I'm a child of the 80s and 90s...got very few from before I was born and none from the last decade...

	turd_sandwich:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 13:47 GMT	10 points
	did The Champs "Tequila" conjure up an image of dancing in Pee Wee's Big Adventure? Just me?

	jali:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 13:54 GMT	4 points
	I cna't believe that Help! by The Beatles wasn't part of this. OMG is not a word.

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	MrGrieves:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 15:24 GMT	5 points
	Thanks, Sporcle, now I'm gonna have Kokomo in my head for another week.