The #1 country song on August 31, 1944

Soldier's Last Letter By Ernest Tubb

Other #1 songs on August 31, 1944

#1 Hit Song

Swinging on a Star
Bing Crosby

#1 R&B Song

Hamp's Boogie Woogie
Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

Notable August 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Jim Fassel
Football Coach
Born August 31, 1949

Guy Rewenig
Children's Author
Born August 31, 1947

Itzhak Perlman
Violinist
Born August 31, 1945

Lowell Ganz
Screenwriter
Born August 31, 1948

Tom Coughlin
Football Coach
Born August 31, 1946

Isao Aoki
Golfer
Born August 31, 1942

William Dewitt Jr.
Entrepreneur
Born August 31, 1941