The #1 R&B song on January 12, 1945

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

Other #1 songs on January 12, 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 12 birthdays in the 1940s

Haruki Murakami
Novelist
Born January 12, 1949
Carlos Villagran
Comedian
Born January 12, 1944
Greg X. Volz
Rock Singer
Born January 12, 1950
Tom Dempsey
Football Player
Born January 12, 1947
John Etheridge
Guitarist
Born January 12, 1948
Roger Ewing
TV Actor
Born January 12, 1942