Other #1 songs on August 8, 1955
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

I Don't Care

Webb Pierce

#1 song in the UK

Rose Marie

Slim Whitman

#1 song

Rock Around the Clock

Bill Haley & His Comets

Notable August 8 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Willie Hall

Drummer

Born August 8, 1950

Martin Brest

Film Director

Born August 8, 1951

Doug Melvin

Baseball Executive

Born August 8, 1952

Don Most

Actor

Born August 8, 1953

Deborah Norville

Journalist

Born August 8, 1958

Randy Shilts

Journalist and Writer

Born August 8, 1951

Robin Quivers

Radio Presenter

Born August 8, 1952