Other #1 songs on August 2, 1945
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well

Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra

#1 song

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Notable August 2 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Doris Coley

Singer

Born August 2, 1941

Isabel Allende

Writer

Born August 2, 1942

Herbert M. Allison

Businessman

Born August 2, 1943

Joanna Cassidy

Actress

Born August 2, 1945

James Howe

Children's Writer

Born August 2, 1946

Lawrence Wright

Writer and Journalist

Born August 2, 1947

Dennis Prager

Conservative Activist

Born August 2, 1948

James Fallows

Writer and Journalist

Born August 2, 1949

Nell Irvin Painter

Historian

Born August 2, 1942