The #1 song on December 16, 1944

I'm Making Believe By The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

Other #1 songs on December 16, 1944

#1 R&B Song

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

#1 Country Song

Smoke on the Water
Red Foley

Notable December 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Billy Gibbons

Born December 16, 1949
Vincent Matthews

Born December 16, 1947
Charles Dennis

Born December 16, 1946
Steven Bochco

Born December 16, 1943
Donald Carcieri

Born December 16, 1942
Lesley Stahl

Born December 16, 1941