The #1 country song on October 19, 1944

Smoke on the Water By Red Foley

Other #1 songs on October 19, 1944

#1 Hit Song

You Always Hurt the One You Love
Mills Brothers

#1 R&B Song

Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You
King Cole Trio

Notable October 19 birthdays in the 1940s

Lynn Dickey

Born October 19, 1949
James Howard Kunstler

Born October 19, 1948
Angus Deaton

Born October 19, 1945
L. E. Modesitt

Born October 19, 1943
Andrew Vachss

Born October 19, 1942