The #1 country song on July 4, 1958

Guess Things Happen That Way By Johnny Cash

Other #1 songs on July 4, 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 4 birthdays in the 1950s

Jim Beattie

Born July 04, 1954

Paul Rogat Loeb

Born July 04, 1952

Ralph Johnson

Born July 04, 1951

David Jensen

Born July 04, 1950