1972: Rock a Bye
1973: Tender Shepard
1974: The Tigger Song
1975: The Alphabet Song
1976: The Counting Song (sung to the tune of the alphabet song, but in Farsi)
1977: Kermit
1978: Kenny
1979: The Beatles
1980: Queen - The Game (I had no idea)
1981: Bette Davis Eyes
1982: Thriller
1983: Duran Duran
1984: Van Halen
1985: The Beastie Boys
1986: R.E.M.
1987: The Replacements
1988: The Grateful Dead
1989: The Beastie Boys
1990: The Pixies
1991: Nirvana
1992: The Grateful Dead
1993: Pavement
1994: The Beastie Boys
1995: John Coltrane (it was that kind of year)
1996: Mike Watt
1997: Radiohead
1998: Belle & Sebastian
1999: Neutral Milk Hotel
2000: Grandaddy
2001: Hamotam
2002: The Clash (Note where I was traveling)
2003: Sufjan Stevens
2004: Arcade Fire
2005: The Mountain Goats
2006: Kanye West
2007: LCD Soundsystem
2008: The Hold Steady
2009: We're still figuring this one out.