Other #1 songs on May 1, 1949
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Lovesick Blues

Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

#1 song

Cruising Down the River

Russ Morgan and His Orchestra with the Skylarks

Notable May 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Rita Coolidge

Singer

Born May 1, 1945

Patricia Hill Collins

Scholar

Born May 1, 1948