The #1 song on December 8, 1950

The Thing

By Phil Harris with Orchestra conducted by Walter Scharf

Other #1 songs on December 8, 1950
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

I'm Movin' On

Hank Snow

#1 R&B song

Teardrops from My Eyes

Ruth Brown

Notable December 8 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Bill Bryson

Author

Kim Basinger

Actress

Harold Hongju Koh

Lawyer and Legal Scholar

Warren Cuccurullo

Musician

James Cama

Martial Artist and Educator (died 2014)

Rob Byrnes

Novelist

Mark Steyn

Writer

Norman Finkelstein

Political Scientist

Roy Firestone

Sports Journalist