The #1 country song on July 18, 1958

Guess Things Happen That Way By Johnny Cash

Other #1 songs on July 18, 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 18 birthdays in the 1950s

Ricky Skaggs

Born July 18, 1954

Margo Martindale

Born July 18, 1951

Jack Dongarra

Born July 18, 1950