Other #1 songs on April 17, 1949
Across genres and charts

#1 R&B song

The Huckle-Buck

Paul Williams and his Hucklebuckers

#1 song

Cruising Down the River

Russ Morgan and His Orchestra with the Skylarks

Notable April 17 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Chuck Menville

Screenwriter

Born April 17, 1940

Buster Williams

Jazz Bassist

Born April 17, 1942

Richard Allen Epstein

Legal Scholar

Born April 17, 1943

Sherrie Levine

Photographer and Conceptual Artist

Born April 17, 1947

Jan Hammer

Musician

Born April 17, 1948

Alice Harden

Politician

Born April 17, 1948