The #1 R&B song on August 31, 1949

Trouble Blues

By Charles Brown Trio

Other #1 songs on August 31, 1949
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)

Eddy Arnold , the Tennessee Plowboy, and his Guitar

#1 song

You're Breaking My Heart

Vic Damone with Glenn Osser's Orchestra

Notable August 31 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Robbie Basho

Musician

William DeWitt

Businessman

Itzhak Perlman

Violinist

Jerome Corsi

Conservative Author

Lowell Ganz

Screenwriter

Wilton Felder

Saxophone and Bass Player

Larry Hankin

Actor

Bob Welch

Musician

Tom Coughlin

Football Coach and Executive