Other #1 songs on May 1, 1954
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Slowly

Webb Pierce

#1 R&B song

You'll Never Walk Alone

Roy Hamilton

#1 song

Wanted

Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

Notable May 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Sally Mann

Photographer

Born May 1, 1951

Ray Parker Jr.

Musician

Born May 1, 1954

Martin O'Donnell

Video Game Composer

Born May 1, 1955

Joel Rosenberg

American Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer

Born May 1, 1954