The #1 R&B song on August 9, 1945

Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well

By Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra

Other #1 songs on August 9, 1945
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Oklahoma Hills

Jack Guthrie

#1 song

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Notable August 9 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Linda Keen

Mathematician

David Steinberg

Comedian, Actor, Director, and Writer

Ken Norton

Boxer

Sam Elliott

Actor

Barbara Mason

Soul Singer

Bill Campbell

Baseball Player

Jonathan Kellerman

Novelist

Patricia McKissack

Writer

John Varley

Science Fiction Author

Ted Simmons

Baseball Player and Coach