Other #1 songs on August 17, 1945
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well

Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra

#1 song

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

Notable August 17 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Boog Powell

Baseball Player

Born August 17, 1941

Robert De Niro

Actor

Born August 17, 1943

Larry Ellison

Businessman

Born August 17, 1944

Rachel Pollack

Writer

Born August 17, 1945

Martha Coolidge

Filmmaker

Born August 17, 1946

Gary Talley

Songwriter

Born August 17, 1947

Norm Coleman

Lobbyist, Attorney, and Politician

Born August 17, 1949

Dave "Snaker" Ray

Blues Singer and Guitarist

Born August 17, 1943

Sue Draheim

Fiddler

Born August 17, 1949