The #1 R&B song on January 5, 1945

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall By The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

Other #1 songs on January 5, 1945

#1 Hit Song

Don't Fence Me In
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

#1 Country Song

I'm Wastin' My Tears on You
Tex Ritter

Notable January 5 birthdays in the 1940s

Charlie Richmond
Entrepreneur
Born January 05, 1950
Charlie Hough
Baseball Player
Born January 05, 1948
Kathrine Switzer
Runner
Born January 05, 1947
Hayao Miyazaki
Director
Born January 05, 1941
Maurizio Pollini
Pianist
Born January 05, 1942
Diane Keaton
Movie Actress
Born January 05, 1946