The #1 country song on October 23, 1962

Mama Sang a Song By Bill Anderson

Other #1 songs on October 23, 1962

#1 Hit Song

Monster Mash
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers

UK #1 Song

Telstar
The Tornados

#1 R&B Song

Green Onions
Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Notable October 23 birthdays in the 1960s

Bill O'Brien

Born October 23, 1969
Dale Crover

Born October 23, 1967
Augusten Burroughs

Born October 23, 1965
Eddy Cue

Born October 23, 1964
Gordon Korman

Born October 23, 1963
Laurie Halse Anderson

Born October 23, 1961
Randy Pausch

Born October 23, 1960