The #1 country song on August 16, 1953
By Carl Smith
Other #1 songs on August 16, 1953Across genres and charts
#1 R&B song
Crying in the Chapel
The Orioles
#1 song in the UK
The Song from Moulin Rouge
Mantovani
#1 song
Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)
Les Paul and Mary Ford
Notable August 16 BirthdaysBorn in the 1950s
Marshall Manesh
Actor
Born August 16, 1950
Reginald VelJohnson
Born August 16, 1952
Kathie Lee Gifford
Entertainer
Born August 16, 1953
James Cameron
Filmmaker and Deep-Sea Explorer
Born August 16, 1954
Jeff Perry
Born August 16, 1955
Laura Innes
Actress and Television Director
Born August 16, 1957
Madonna
Singer and Actress
Born August 16, 1958
James "J.T." Taylor
Singer
Angela Bassett
Actress