Other #1 songs on January 5, 1950
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 January 5 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Pamela Sue Martin

Actress

Born January 5, 1953

Alex English

Basketball Player/coach

Born January 5, 1954

Ron Kittle

Baseball Player

Born January 5, 1958

Clancy Brown

Actor

Born January 5, 1959

Nancy Delahunt

Curler

Born January 5, 1959