The #1 R&B song on August 26, 1955

Maybellene By Chuck Berry

Other #1 songs on August 26, 1955

#1 Hit Song

Rock Around the Clock
Bill Haley & His Comets

UK #1 Song

Rose Marie
Slim Whitman

#1 Country Song

I Don't Care
Webb Pierce

Notable August 26 birthdays in the 1950s

Wanda De Jesus
TV Actress
Born August 26, 1958

Kathryn Hire
Astronaut
Born August 26, 1959

Branford Marsalis
Saxophonist
Born August 26, 1960

Tony Morley
Soccer Player
Born August 26, 1954

Rick Hansen
Paralympian
Born August 26, 1957

Dennis Perrin
Painter
Born August 26, 1950

Emiliano Diez
TV Actor
Born August 26, 1953

Donnie Shell
Football Player
Born August 26, 1952