The #1 country song on July 2, 1958

Guess Things Happen That Way By Johnny Cash

Other #1 songs on July 2, 1958

#1 Hit Song

The Purple People Eater
Sheb Wooley

UK #1 Song

All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette
The Everly Brothers

#1 R&B Song

Yakety Yak
The Coasters

Notable July 2 birthdays in the 1950s

Bret Hart

Born July 02, 1957
Jerry Hall

Born July 02, 1956
Wendy Schaal

Born July 02, 1954
Sylvia Rivera

Born July 02, 1952