The #1 country song on July 2, 1958

Guess Things Happen That Way By Johnny Cash

Other #1 songs on July 2, 1958

#1 Hit Song

The Purple People Eater
Sheb Wooley

UK #1 Song

All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette
The Everly Brothers

#1 R&B Song

Yakety Yak
The Coasters

Notable July 2 birthdays in the 1950s

Purvis Short
Basketball Player
Born July 02, 1957
Jere Fields
TV Actress
Born July 02, 1959
Jack Gantos
Children's Author
Born July 02, 1951
Jerry Hall
Model
Born July 02, 1956
Andrew Divoff
Movie Actor
Born July 02, 1955
Tony Armas
Baseball Player
Born July 02, 1953
Nickelson Wooster
Entrepreneur
Born July 02, 1960
Linda Godwin
Astronaut
Born July 02, 1952