The #1 song on October 21, 1955

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

By The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts

Other #1 songs on October 21, 1955
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Love, Love, Love

Webb Pierce

#1 R&B song

Maybellene

Chuck Berry

#1 song in the UK

The Man from Laramie

Jimmy Young

Notable October 21 Birthdays
Born in the 1950s

Ronald McNair

Astronaut and Physicist

Patti Davis

Actress and Author

Charlotte Caffey

Guitarist

Brian Tobin

Politician

Carrie Fisher

Actress and Writer

Steve Lukather

Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Arranger and Record Producer

Melora Walters

Actress

Allen Hoey

Journalist

Brent Mydland

Keyboardist, Songwriter and Singer

Keith Green

Contemporary Christian Musician and Songwriter

Marc Johnson

Jazz Bass Player, Composer and Band Leader