The #1 country song on May 31, 1949

Lovesick Blues By Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

Other #1 songs on May 31, 1949

#1 Hit Song

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend
Vaughn Monroe

#1 R&B Song

Trouble Blues
The Charles Brown Trio

Notable May 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Lonnie Burr
TV Actor
Born May 31, 1943

Krishna Das
World Music Singer
Born May 31, 1947

Svetlana Alexievich
Journalist
Born May 31, 1948

Helen Fisher
Anthropologist
Born May 31, 1945

Maeve Kinkead
Soap Opera Actress
Born May 31, 1946

Gregory Harrison
TV Actor
Born May 31, 1950

Louis Ignarro
Pharmacologist
Born May 31, 1941