Other #1 songs on January 2, 1953
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

Hank Williams

#1 R&B song

I Don't Know

Willie Mabon and his Combo

#1 song

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Jimmy Boyd with The Norman Luboff Choir

Notable January 2 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Wendy Phillips

Actress

Born January 2, 1952

Henry Bonilla

Journalist

Born January 2, 1954