Other #1 songs on August 17, 1946
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

Stone Cold Dead in the Market

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

#1 song

To Each His Own

Eddy Howard and His Orchestra with Eddy Howard and Trio

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