The #1 R&B song on July 4, 1949

Trouble Blues By The Charles Brown Trio

Other #1 songs on July 4, 1949

#1 Hit Song

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

#1 Country Song

Lovesick Blues
Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

Notable July 4 birthdays in the 1940s

Ron Kovic

Born July 04, 1946
Emerson Boozer

Born July 04, 1943
Hal Lanier

Born July 04, 1942
Sam Farr

Born July 04, 1941
Pat Stapleton

Born July 04, 1940