The #1 R&B song on July 4, 1949

Trouble Blues By The Charles Brown Trio

Other #1 songs on July 4, 1949

#1 Hit Song

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

#1 Country Song

Lovesick Blues
Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

Notable July 4 birthdays in the 1940s

Floyd Little
Football Player
Born July 04, 1942
Michael Milken
Entrepreneur
Born July 04, 1946
Joe Berardo
Entrepreneur
Born July 04, 1944
Bruce French
Movie Actor
Born July 04, 1945
Digger Phelps
Basketball Coach
Born July 04, 1941