The #1 R&B song on August 16, 1944

Till Then By The Mills Brothers

Other #1 songs on August 16, 1944

#1 Hit Song

Swinging on a Star
Bing Crosby

#1 Country Song

Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
Louis Jordan

Notable August 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Scott Asheton

Born August 16, 1949
Earl Blumenauer

Born August 16, 1948
Carol Moseley Braun

Born August 16, 1947
Lesley Ann Warren

Born August 16, 1946
Bob Balaban

Born August 16, 1945