The #1 R&B song on March 26, 1959
By Brook Benton
Other #1 songs on March 26, 1959Across genres and charts
#1 country song
Don't Take Your Guns To Town
Johnny Cash
#1 song in the UK
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
The Platters
#1 song
Venus
Frankie Avalon
Notable March 26 BirthdaysBorn in the 1950s
Teddy Pendergrass
Soul and R&B Singer-Songwriter
Born March 26, 1950
Carl Wieman
Physicist
Born March 26, 1951
Lincoln Chafee
Politician
Born March 26, 1953
Curtis Sliwa
Politician and Talk Radio Show Host
Born March 26, 1954
Charly McClain
Singer
Born March 26, 1956
Leeza Gibbons
Broadcaster
Born March 26, 1957
Martin Short
Comedian and Actor
Alan Silvestri
Composer, Conductor, and Music Producer
Elaine Chao
Businesswoman and Government Official