Other #1 songs on September 5, 1953
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

A Dear John Letter

Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky

#1 R&B song

Crying in the Chapel

The Orioles

#1 song

Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)

Les Paul and Mary Ford

Notable September 5 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Cathy Guisewite

Cartoonist

Born September 5, 1950

Michael Keaton

Actor

Born September 5, 1951

Victor Davis Hanson

Classicist and Military Historian

Born September 5, 1953

Debbie Turner

Actress

Born September 5, 1956

Jamie Oldaker

Drummer

Born September 5, 1951

Paul Piché

Singer-Songwriter

Born September 5, 1953