The #1 song on August 5, 1948

Woody Wood-Pecker By Kay Kyser

Other #1 songs on August 5, 1948

#1 R&B Song

I Can't Go on Without You
Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats

#1 Country Song

Bouquet of Roses
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable August 5 birthdays in the 1940s

Bernie Carbo

Born August 05, 1947
Bruce Coslet

Born August 05, 1946
Loni Anderson

Born August 05, 1945
Nelson Briles

Born August 05, 1943
Joe Boyd

Born August 05, 1942
Bob Clark

Born August 05, 1941