Other #1 songs on May 1, 1946
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

#1 song

Prisoner of Love

Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra

Notable May 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Rita Coolidge

Singer

Born May 1, 1945

Patricia Hill Collins

Scholar

Born May 1, 1948