The #1 country song on August 16, 1948

Bouquet of Roses By Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Other #1 songs on August 16, 1948

#1 Hit Song

You Call Everybody Darlin'
Al Trace

#1 R&B Song

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

Notable August 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Scott Asheton

Born August 16, 1949
Carol Moseley Braun

Born August 16, 1947
Lesley Ann Warren

Born August 16, 1946
Bob Balaban

Born August 16, 1945
Woody Peoples

Born August 16, 1943
Barbara George

Born August 16, 1942