The #1 country song on August 8, 1948

Bouquet of Roses By Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Other #1 songs on August 8, 1948

#1 Hit Song

You Call Everybody Darlin'
Al Trace

#1 R&B Song

I Can't Go on Without You
Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats

Notable August 8 birthdays in the 1940s

Alurista
Poet
Born August 08, 1947
Keith Carradine
Movie Actor
Born August 08, 1949
Sarah Dunant
Novelist
Born August 08, 1950
Brooke Bundy
Movie Actress
Born August 08, 1944