The #1 country song on August 17, 1951

I Want to Play House With You By Eddy Arnold

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1951

#1 Hit Song

Come on-a My House
Rosemary Clooney

#1 R&B Song

Sixty Minute Man
The Dominoes

Notable August 17 birthdays in the 1950s

Jonathan Franzen
Novelist
Born August 17, 1959
Sharat Saxena
Movie Actor
Born August 17, 1950
Guillermo Vilas
Tennis Player
Born August 17, 1952
Belinda Carlisle
Pop Singer
Born August 17, 1958
Anatoly Kudryavitsky
Poet
Born August 17, 1954
Tim Bagley
TV Actor
Born August 17, 1957
Richard Hilton
Entrepreneur
Born August 17, 1955
Mick Malthouse
Soccer Coach
Born August 17, 1953