Other #1 songs on April 1, 1949
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

The Huckle-Buck

Paul Williams and his Hucklebuckers

#1 song

Cruising Down the River

Russ Morgan and His Orchestra with the Skylarks

Notable April 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Samuel R. Delany

Author, Critic, and Academic

Born April 1, 1942

Paul Manafort

Political Consultant

Born April 1, 1949

Richard D. Wolff

Marxian Economist

Born April 1, 1942

Gil Scott-Heron

Soul and Jazz Poet, Musician and Author

Born April 1, 1949