The #1 R&B song on December 16, 1944

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

By The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

Other #1 songs on December 16, 1944
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Smoke on the Water

Red Foley

#1 song

I'm Making Believe

The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

Notable December 16 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Lesley Stahl

Journalist

Donald Carcieri

Politician and Corporate Executive

Steven Bochco

Television Writer and Producer

Charles Dennis

Actor

Vincent Matthews

Sprinter

Billy Gibbons

Rock Musician

Patti Deutsch

Actress

Tom Stern

Cinematographer