Other #1 songs on June 6, 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 6 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Richard Smalley

Chemist and Nobel Laureate

Born June 6, 1943

Phillip Allen Sharp

Geneticist and Molecular Biologist

Born June 6, 1944

Tony Levin

Bassist

Born June 6, 1946

Robert Englund

Actor and Director

Born June 6, 1947

Arlene Harris

Inventor

Born June 6, 1948

Holly Near

Singer-Songwriter, Activist and Actress

Born June 6, 1949

Tommie Smith

Track and Field Athlete

Born June 6, 1944

Keith Daniel Williams

Triple Murderer Executed in California

Born June 6, 1947