The #1 song on August 30, 1944

Swinging on a Star

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

Other #1 songs on August 30, 1944
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Soldier's Last Letter

Ernest Tubb

#1 R&B song

Hamp's Boogie Woogie

Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra

Notable August 30 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Jack Biondolillo

Professional Ten-Pin Bowler

Ben Jones

Actor, Politician, Playwright and Essayist

Robert Crumb

Illustrator and Cartoonist

Peggy Lipton

Actress

Allan Rock

Politician

Lewis Black

Comedian and Actor

Ted Ammon

Lawyer

David Maslanka

Composer

Fred Hampton

Activist

Don Boudria

Politician