The #1 country song on August 17, 1948

Bouquet of Roses By Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1948

#1 Hit Song

You Call Everybody Darlin'
Al Trace

#1 R&B Song

I Can't Go on Without You
Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats

Notable August 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Kent Twitchell
Painter
Born August 17, 1942
Shane Briant
TV Actor
Born August 17, 1946
Jennifer Rhodes
TV Actress
Born August 17, 1947
Larry Ellison
Entrepreneur
Born August 17, 1944
Isiah Robertson
Football Player
Born August 17, 1949
John Humphrys
Journalist
Born August 17, 1943
Sharat Saxena
Movie Actor
Born August 17, 1950