The #1 R&B song on July 1, 1949

Trouble Blues By The Charles Brown Trio

Other #1 songs on July 1, 1949

#1 Hit Song

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

#1 Country Song

One Kiss Too Many
Eddy Arnold, the Tennessee Plowboy, and his Guitar

Notable July 1 birthdays in the 1940s

John Ford

Born July 01, 1948

Mike Burstyn

Born July 01, 1945

Philip Brunelle

Born July 01, 1943

Geneviève Bujold

Born July 01, 1942

Rod Gilbert

Born July 01, 1941