The #1 song on May 31, 1948

Nature Boy By King Cole

Other #1 songs on May 31, 1948

#1 R&B Song

Tomorrow Night
Lonnie Johnson

#1 Country Song

Bouquet of Roses
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable May 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Steven Kampmann
Screenwriter
Born May 31, 1947

Maeve Kinkead
Soap Opera Actress
Born May 31, 1946

Helen Fisher
Anthropologist
Born May 31, 1945

Joe Namath
Football Player
Born May 31, 1943

Louis Ignarro
Pharmacologist
Born May 31, 1941

Gregory Harrison
TV Actor
Born May 31, 1950