The #1 song on July 9, 1949

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

Other #1 songs on July 9, 1949

#1 R&B Song

Trouble Blues
The Charles Brown Trio

#1 Country Song

Lovesick Blues
Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

Notable July 9 birthdays in the 1940s

O. J. Simpson

Born July 09, 1947
Dean Koontz

Born July 09, 1945
John Cunniff

Born July 09, 1944
John Casper

Born July 09, 1943
Richard Roundtree

Born July 09, 1942
David B. Frohnmayer

Born July 09, 1940