The #1 R&B song on July 16, 1949

Trouble Blues By The Charles Brown Trio

Other #1 songs on July 16, 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 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Alexis Herman

Born July 16, 1947

Louise Fréchette

Born July 16, 1946

Reinaldo Arenas

Born July 16, 1943