Other #1 songs on June 5, 1949
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Lovesick Blues

Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

#1 song

Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)

Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra

Notable June 5 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Spalding Gray

Actor and Writer

Born June 5, 1941

Whitfield Diffie

Cryptographer

Born June 5, 1944

John Carlos

Track and Field Athlete

Born June 5, 1945

Laurie Anderson

Artist and Musician

Born June 5, 1947

André Lacroix

Ice Hockey Player

Born June 5, 1945

Freddie Stone

Musician

Born June 5, 1947