‘Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)’ by Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 14 1949)

May 14, 20191940s, Popular Music 1940sadmin

(Saturday, May 14, 1949) — “Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” by Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for 11 consecutive weeks (May 14/21/28, June 4/11/18/25, July 2/9/16/23, 1949).

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2004: +George W. Bush-Dick Cheney
1994: Bill Clinton-Al Gore
1984: Ronald Reagan-George H.W. Bush
1974: #Gerald Ford-@Nelson Rockefeller
1964: >Lyndon B. Johnson-(vacant)
1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard Nixon
1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt-Henry A. Wallace
1934: Franklin D. Roosevelt-John N. Garner
1924: >Calvin Coolidge-(vacant)
1914: Woodrow Wilson-Thomas R. Marshall
1904: >Theodore Roosevelt-(vacant)
1894: Grover Cleveland-Adlai Stevenson I
1884: >Chester A. Arthur-(vacant)
1874: Ulysses S. Grant-Henry Wilson
1864: Abraham Lincoln-Hannibal Hamlin
1854: Franklin Pierce-(vacant)
1844: >*John Tyler-(vacant)
1834: *Andrew Jackson-Martin Van Buren
1824: *James Monroe-Daniel D. Tompkins
1814: *James Madison-(vacant)
1804: *Thomas Jefferson-Aaron Burr
1794: *George Washington-John Adams

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‘Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)’ by Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra peaks at #1 in USA 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 14 1949)

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