The #1 R&B song on August 2, 1946

Stone Cold Dead in the Market By Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 2, 1946

#1 Hit Song

Surrender
Perry Como

#1 Country Song

New Spanish Two Step
Bob Wills

Notable August 2 birthdays in the 1940s

James Fallows

Born August 02, 1949

Dennis Prager

Born August 02, 1948

Lawrence Wright

Born August 02, 1947

Joanna Cassidy

Born August 02, 1945

Herbert M. Allison

Born August 02, 1943

Isabel Allende

Born August 02, 1942

Doris Coley

Born August 02, 1941