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

Trouble Blues By The Charles Brown Trio

Other #1 songs on July 5, 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 5 birthdays in the 1940s

Pierre-Marc Johnson

Born July 05, 1946
Michael Blake

Born July 05, 1945
Curt Blefary

Born July 05, 1943
Chuck Close

Born July 05, 1940