The #1 R&B song on July 21, 1949

Trouble Blues By The Charles Brown Trio

Other #1 songs on July 21, 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 21 birthdays in the 1940s

Art Hindle

Born July 21, 1948
Ken Starr

Born July 21, 1946
Paul Wellstone

Born July 21, 1944
Edward Herrmann

Born July 21, 1943