The #1 R&B song on May 8, 1948

King Size Papa By Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends

Other #1 songs on May 8, 1948

#1 Hit Song

Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me)
Peggy Lee

#1 Country Song

I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable May 8 birthdays in the 1940s

H. Robert Horvitz

Born May 08, 1947

Keith Jarrett

Born May 08, 1945

Bill Lockyer

Born May 08, 1941

Peter Benchley

Born May 08, 1940