Other #1 songs on October 12, 1949
Across genres and charts

Slipping Around by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely

#1 country song

Slipping Around

Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely

Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II) by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

#1 R&B song

Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Notable October 12 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Melvin Franklin

Bass Singer

Born October 12, 1942

Dusty Rhodes

Professional Wrestler

Born October 12, 1945

Drew Edmondson

Lawyer

Born October 12, 1946

Chris Wallace

Journalist

Born October 12, 1947