The #1 country song on October 8, 1949

Slipping Around By Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely

Other #1 songs on October 8, 1949

#1 Hit Song

That Lucky Old Sun
Frankie Laine

#1 R&B Song

Beans and Corn Bread
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Notable October 8 birthdays in the 1940s

Benjamin Cheever

Born October 08, 1948
Stephen Shore

Born October 08, 1947
Dennis Kucinich

Born October 08, 1946
Ed Kirkpatrick

Born October 08, 1944
Chevy Chase

Born October 08, 1943
Jesse Jackson

Born October 08, 1941
Fred Cash

Born October 08, 1940