Other #1 songs on August 16, 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 16 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Barbara George

R&B Singer and Songwriter

Born August 16, 1942

Woody Peoples

Football Player

Born August 16, 1943

Bob Balaban

Actor

Born August 16, 1945

Lesley Ann Warren

Singer-Actress

Born August 16, 1946

Carol Moseley Braun

Politician and Lawyer

Born August 16, 1947

Earl Blumenauer

Politician

Born August 16, 1948

Scott Asheton

Drummer

Born August 16, 1949

Robert Squirrel Lester

Musician

Born August 16, 1942

Suzanne Farrell

Ballerina

Born August 16, 1945