The #1 song on August 26, 1948

Twelfth Street Rag By Pee Wee Hunt

Other #1 songs on August 26, 1948

#1 R&B Song

I Can't Go on Without You
Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats

#1 Country Song

Bouquet of Roses
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable August 26 birthdays in the 1940s

Candy Moore
TV Actress
Born August 26, 1947

Annette Badland
TV Actress
Born August 26, 1950

Akiko Wakabayashi
Movie Actress
Born August 26, 1941

Maureen Tucker
Drummer
Born August 26, 1944

Valerie Simpson
R&B Singer
Born August 26, 1946

John Blaha
Astronaut
Born August 26, 1942