The #1 song on May 31, 1949

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on May 31, 1949

#1 R&B Song

Trouble Blues
The Charles Brown Trio

#1 Country Song

Lovesick Blues
Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

Notable May 31 birthdays in the 1940s

Svetlana Alexievich
Journalist
Born May 31, 1948
Helen Fisher
Anthropologist
Born May 31, 1945
Krishna Das
World Music Singer
Born May 31, 1947
Debbie Moore
Entrepreneur
Born May 31, 1946
Louis Ignarro
Pharmacologist
Born May 31, 1941
Joe Namath
Football Player
Born May 31, 1943