Other #1 songs on April 1, 1944
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Main Stem

Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra

#1 song

Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen

Notable April 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Samuel R. Delany

Author, Critic, and Academic

Born April 1, 1942

Paul Manafort

Political Consultant

Born April 1, 1949

Richard D. Wolff

Marxian Economist

Born April 1, 1942

Gil Scott-Heron

Soul and Jazz Poet, Musician and Author

Born April 1, 1949