The #1 country song on April 16, 1950

Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy By Red Foley

Other #1 songs on April 16, 1950

#1 Hit Song

If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)
Eileen Barton

#1 R&B Song

Double Crossing Blues
Johnny Otis Quintette, The Robins, and Little Esther

Notable April 16 birthdays in the 1950s

David M. Brown

Born April 16, 1956

Ellen Barkin

Born April 16, 1954