The #1 country song on May 26, 1949

Lovesick Blues

By Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

Other #1 songs on May 26, 1949
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

The Huckle-Buck

Paul Williams and his Hucklebuckers

#1 song

Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)

Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra

Notable May 26 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay

Politician

Aldrich Ames

CIA Analyst and Soviet Spy

Phil Edmonston

Consumer Advocate

Dayle Haddon

Dancer, Model, Actress

Levon Helm

Drummer and Vocalist

Sam Posey

Racing Driver, Author, Artist, Architect