The #1 R&B song on August 23, 1948

I Can't Go on Without You By Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats

Other #1 songs on August 23, 1948

#1 Hit Song

Twelfth Street Rag
Pee Wee Hunt

#1 Country Song

Bouquet of Roses
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable August 23 birthdays in the 1940s

Cris Morena
TV Producer
Born August 23, 1950

Rex Allen Jr.
Country Singer
Born August 23, 1947

Geoff Capes
Shot Putter
Born August 23, 1949

Lee Roy Reams
Movie Actor
Born August 23, 1942

Pino Presti
Bassist
Born August 23, 1943