The #1 song on August 17, 1950

Goodnight Irene

By Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and The Weavers

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1950
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

I'm Movin' On

Hank Snow

#1 R&B song

Hard Luck Blues

Roy Brown

Notable August 17 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Richard Hunt

Puppeteer

Eric Johnson

Guitarist and Composer

Gail Berman

Producer and Television Executive

Ken Kwapis

Director and Scriptwriter

Belinda Carlisle

Singer

Jonathan Franzen

Writer

Robert Joy

Actor

Laurence Overmire

Dramatist

Eric Schlosser

Journalist and Author

David Koresh

Religious Cult Leader