The #1 song on August 8, 1949

Some Enchanted Evening

By Perry Como with Orchestra conducted by Mitchell Ayres

Other #1 songs on August 8, 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 R&B song

Trouble Blues

Charles Brown Trio

Notable August 8 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Dennis Tito

Engineer and Entrepreneur, Also the First Space Tourist

James Blanchard

Politician

John C. Holmes

Pornographic Actor

Joe Bethancourt

Folk Musician

Ken Dryden

Hockey Player and Politician

Margaret Urban Walker

Feminist Philosopher

Michael Johnson

Musician and Singer

Larry Wilcox

Actor and Producer