The #1 song on June 22, 1949

Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)

By Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra

Other #1 songs on June 22, 1949
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Lovesick Blues

Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

#1 R&B song

Trouble Blues

Charles Brown Trio

Notable June 22 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Ed Bradley

Journalist

Brit Hume

Political Commentator

Octavia E. Butler

Science Fiction Writer

Todd Rundgren

Musician

Pete Maravich

Basketball Player