Other #1 songs on August 4, 1953
Across genres and charts

It's Been So Long by Webb Pierce

#1 country song

It's Been So Long

Webb Pierce

The Clock by Johnny Ace

#1 R&B song

The Clock

Johnny Ace

I Believe by Frankie Laine

#1 song in the UK

I Believe

Frankie Laine

Notable August 4 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Caldwell Jones

Basketball Player

Born August 4, 1950

Alberto Gonzales

Lawyer

Born August 4, 1955

Brooks D. Simpson

Historian

Born August 4, 1957

Allison Hedge Coke

Poet and Editor

Born August 4, 1958

Robbin Crosby

Guitarist

Born August 4, 1959

Billy Bob Thornton

Actor, Filmmaker, and Singer-Songwriter

Born August 4, 1955

Mary Decker

Middle-Distance Runner

Born August 4, 1958

Brian Voss

Professional Ten-Pin Bowler

Born August 4, 1958