The #1 country song on October 8, 1944

Smoke on the Water By Red Foley

Other #1 songs on October 8, 1944

#1 Hit Song

I'll Walk Alone
Dinah Shore

#1 R&B Song

I'm Lost
Benny Carter and his Orchestra

Notable October 8 birthdays in the 1940s

Sigourney Weaver

Born October 08, 1949
Benjamin Cheever

Born October 08, 1948
Stephen Shore

Born October 08, 1947
Dennis Kucinich

Born October 08, 1946
Chevy Chase

Born October 08, 1943
Jesse Jackson

Born October 08, 1941
Fred Cash

Born October 08, 1940