The #1 R&B song on June 5, 1949

Trouble Blues By The Charles Brown Trio

Other #1 songs on June 5, 1949

#1 Hit Song

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend
Vaughn Monroe

#1 Country Song

Don't Rob Another Man's Castle
Eddy Arnold, the Tennessee Plowboy, and his Guitar

Notable June 5 birthdays in the 1940s

Laurie Anderson

Born June 05, 1947

John Carlos

Born June 05, 1945

Whitfield Diffie

Born June 05, 1944

Spalding Gray

Born June 05, 1941