The #1 R&B song on August 18, 1956

Fever By Little Willie John

Other #1 songs on August 18, 1956

#1 Hit Song

Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley

UK #1 Song

Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
Doris Day

#1 Country Song

I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash

Notable August 18 birthdays in the 1950s

Tom Prichard

Born August 18, 1959
Madeleine Stowe

Born August 18, 1958
Denis Leary

Born August 18, 1957
Bruce Benedict

Born August 18, 1955
Louie Gohmert

Born August 18, 1953
Elayne Boosler

Born August 18, 1952