The #1 country song on May 17, 1947

New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde) By Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys

Other #1 songs on May 17, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Heartaches
Ted Weems

#1 R&B Song

I Want to Be Loved
Savannah Churchill and the Sentimentalists

Notable May 17 birthdays in the 1940s

BS Chandrasekhar
Cricket Player
Born May 17, 1945
Grace Zabriskie
TV Actress
Born May 17, 1941
Udo Lindenberg
Rock Singer
Born May 17, 1946
Al White
Movie Actor
Born May 17, 1942
Dick Gaughan
Folk Singer
Born May 17, 1948
Earl Hebner
Referee
Born May 17, 1949