The #1 R&B song on August 9, 1944

G.I. Jive

By Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on August 9, 1944
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby

Louis Jordan

#1 song

Swinging on a Star

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet

Notable August 9 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Linda Keen

Mathematician

David Steinberg

Comedian, Actor, Director, and Writer

Ken Norton

Boxer

Barbara Delinsky

Novelist

Barbara Mason

Soul Singer

Bill Campbell

Baseball Player

Jonathan Kellerman

Novelist

John Varley

Science Fiction Author

Ted Simmons

Baseball Player and Coach