The #1 R&B song on June 17, 1949

Trouble Blues By The Charles Brown Trio

Other #1 songs on June 17, 1949

#1 Hit Song

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend
Vaughn Monroe

#1 Country Song

One Kiss Too Many
Eddy Arnold, the Tennessee Plowboy, and his Guitar

Notable June 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Sho Kosugi
Movie Actor
Born June 17, 1948
Eddy Merckx
Cyclist
Born June 17, 1945
Kit Wright
Children's Author
Born June 17, 1944
Burt Rutan
Engineer
Born June 17, 1943
Lee Tamahori
Director
Born June 17, 1950
Ishrat Hussain
Economist
Born June 17, 1941
Ron Padgett
Poet
Born June 17, 1942