The #1 R&B song on May 3, 1953

Hound Dog

By Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton

Other #1 songs on May 3, 1953
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Mexican Joe

Jim Reeves

#1 song in the UK

I Believe

Frankie Laine

#1 song

The Doggie in the Window

Patti Page with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Rael

Notable May 3 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Christopher Cross

Singer-Songwriter

Chuck Baldwin

Politician

Angela Bofill

R&B Singer

Rod Langway

Ice Hockey Player

Bill Sienkiewicz

Comic Book Artist

Joseph W. Tobin

Catholic Prelate