The #1 song on May 31, 1949

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on May 31, 1949

#1 R&B Song

Trouble Blues
The Charles Brown Trio

#1 Country Song

Lovesick Blues
Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

Notable May 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Duncan Hunter

Born May 31, 1948

Ted Baehr

Born May 31, 1946

Bernard Goldberg

Born May 31, 1945

Sharon Gless

Born May 31, 1943

Louis Ignarro

Born May 31, 1941

Augie Meyers

Born May 31, 1940