The #1 R&B song on August 11, 1944

G.I. Jive By Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 11, 1944

#1 Hit Song

Swinging on a Star
Bing Crosby

#1 Country Song

Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
Louis Jordan

Notable August 11 birthdays in the 1940s

Steve Wozniak
Entrepreneur
Born August 11, 1950

David Rubenstein
Entrepreneur
Born August 11, 1949

John Conlee
Country Singer
Born August 11, 1946

Stuart Gordon
Screenwriter
Born August 11, 1947

Kenneth Gamble
Film Producer
Born August 11, 1943