The #1 R&B song on August 17, 1943

Don't Cry Baby By Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1943

#1 Hit Song

In the Blue of Evening
Tommy Dorsey

Notable August 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Shane Briant
TV Actor
Born August 17, 1946

Shane Porteous
TV Actor
Born August 17, 1942

Lady Colin Campbell
Non-Fiction Author
Born August 17, 1949

Jennifer Rhodes
TV Actress
Born August 17, 1947

Boog Powell
Baseball Player
Born August 17, 1941

Sharat Saxena
Movie Actor
Born August 17, 1950

Larry Ellison
Entrepreneur
Born August 17, 1944

Rod Macdonald
Folk Singer
Born August 17, 1948