The #1 R&B song on August 16, 1945

Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well By Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra

Other #1 songs on August 16, 1945

#1 Hit Song

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Johnny Mercer

#1 Country Song

Oklahoma Hills
Jack Guthrie

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
Woody Peoples

Born August 16, 1943
Barbara George

Born August 16, 1942