Other #1 songs on August 16, 1959
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Thank You Pretty Baby

Brook Benton

#1 song in the UK

Living Doll

Cliff Richard and the Drifters

#1 song

A Big Hunk o' Love

Elvis Presley

Notable August 16 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Marshall Manesh

Actor

Born August 16, 1950

Reginald VelJohnson

Actor

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

Actor

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

Born August 16, 1953

Angela Bassett

Actress

Born August 16, 1958