Other #1 songs on August 21, 1949
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)

Eddy Arnold , the Tennessee Plowboy, and his Guitar

#1 song

Some Enchanted Evening

Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres

Notable August 21 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Endre Szemerédi

Mathematician

Jackie DeShannon

Singer-Songwriter

Jonathan Schell

Author and Advocate Against Nuclear Weapons

Basil Poledouris

Composer

Carl Giammarese

Pop Band Formed in 1966

Loretta Devine

Actress

Lucius Shepard

Novelist

Hugh Wilson

Director, Writer and Actor

Jerry DaVanon

Baseball Player

Trouble Blues