Other #1 songs on August 1, 1997
Across genres and charts

#1 alternative hit

Fly

Sugar Ray

#1 country song

Carrying Your Love with Me

George Strait

#1 dance track

The Way

Funky Green Dogs

#1 song in the UK

I'll Be Missing You

Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112

#1 song

I'll Be Missing You

Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112

The #1 Movie
At the box office on August 1, 1997

Air Force One

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen

Notable August 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1990s

Austin Rivers

Basketball Player

Born August 1, 1992

Leon Thomas III

Singer and Songwriter

Born August 1, 1993

Madison Cawthorn

Politician

Born August 1, 1995