The 10 billionth song was downloaded on iTunes yesterday.  The song?  “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Johnny Cash, was bought for $.99 by Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia.  By winning the contest Louie is now the proud owner of a $10,000 iTunes card.

Reports say that Mr. Sulcer, a 71-year-old retired real estate broker, received a call from Steve Jobs on Wednesday and it was in fact Steve who explained to him that he had downloaded the 10 billionth song and was being given the $10,000 gift card.  It has also been reported that he also received a call from Rosanne Cash, Johnny Cash’s daughter, who thanked him for purchasing one of her father’s songs.  Rosanne Cash’s husband, John Leventhal, then sang the winning song to him over the phone.

I’m not sure how the 71 year old will ever use 10,000 dollars on iTunes…that is unless he has a lot of grandchildren.