The #1 country song on July 17, 1958

Guess Things Happen That Way By Johnny Cash

Other #1 songs on July 17, 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 17 birthdays in the 1950s

Fern Britton
TV Show Host
Born July 17, 1957

Mark Burnett
TV Producer
Born July 17, 1960

David Hasselhoff
TV Actor
Born July 17, 1952

Joseph Michael Straczynski
Screenwriter
Born July 17, 1954

Margot Rose
TV Actress
Born July 17, 1956

Lucie Arnaz
Movie Actress
Born July 17, 1951