I'm probably older than most of your, so you may not have ever heard of this song. I don't listen to much music from the 1950s, so nothing stood out for me. I went with a top song from my actual birthday so it was narrowed down quite a bit. I researched to find out something about the life of Ricky Nelson, so here it is:

Ricky Nelson (born Eric Hillard Nelson) started out as a star in the radio and TV series “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”. He started his singing career in 1957. This song was #1 on August 9, 1958, which is my birthday. When he came out with this song, “Poor Little Fool, it was the first #1 hit on Billboard magazine’s brand new Hot 100 Chart. In 1987 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Ricky life ended tragically at the early age of 45 in 1985, when the plane carrying his band crashed landed in a cow pasture less than 2 miles from a landing stip in Dallas, TX. Of the 9 passengers, 7 were killed in the crash.