The #1 song on June 6, 1949

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

Other #1 songs on June 6, 1949

#1 R&B Song

Trouble Blues
The Charles Brown Trio

#1 Country Song

Don't Rob Another Man's Castle
Eddy Arnold, the Tennessee Plowboy, and his Guitar

Notable June 6 birthdays in the 1940s

Arlene Harris

Born June 06, 1948
Robert Englund

Born June 06, 1947
Tony Levin

Born June 06, 1946
Phillip Allen Sharp

Born June 06, 1944
Richard Smalley

Born June 06, 1943