Other #1 songs on May 19, 1949
Across genres and charts

Lovesick Blues by Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

#1 country song

Lovesick Blues

Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

The Huckle-Buck by Paul Williams and his Hucklebuckers

#1 R&B song

The Huckle-Buck

Paul Williams and his Hucklebuckers

Notable May 19 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Mickey Newbury

Singer-Songwriter

Born May 19, 1940

Nora Ephron

Writer, Journalist and Filmmaker

Born May 19, 1941

Gary Kildall

Computer Scientist and Microcomputer Entrepreneur

Born May 19, 1942

Shirrel Rhoades

Writer

Born May 19, 1943

Peter Mayhew

Actor

Born May 19, 1944