The #1 R&B song on August 12, 1959

Thank You Pretty Baby By Brook Benton

Other #1 songs on August 12, 1959

#1 Hit Song

A Big Hunk o' Love
Elvis Presley

UK #1 Song

Living Doll
Cliff Richard and The Shadows

#1 Country Song

Waterloo
Stonewall Jackson

Notable August 12 birthdays in the 1950s

Bruce Greenwood

Born August 12, 1956
Sam J. Jones

Born August 12, 1954
Daniel Biles

Born August 12, 1952
Jim Beaver

Born August 12, 1950