The #1 country song on August 5, 1948

Bouquet of Roses By Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Other #1 songs on August 5, 1948

#1 Hit Song

Woody Wood-Pecker
Kay Kyser

#1 R&B Song

I Can't Go on Without You
Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats

Notable August 5 birthdays in the 1940s

Bernie Carbo

Born August 05, 1947
Bruce Coslet

Born August 05, 1946
Loni Anderson

Born August 05, 1945
Nelson Briles

Born August 05, 1943
Joe Boyd

Born August 05, 1942
Bob Clark

Born August 05, 1941