The #1 R&B song on January 17, 1945

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall By The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

Other #1 songs on January 17, 1945

#1 Hit Song

Don't Fence Me In
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

#1 Country Song

I'm Wastin' My Tears on You
Tex Ritter

Notable January 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Chris Montez
Pop Singer
Born January 17, 1943

Indio Solari
Rock Singer
Born January 17, 1949

Anne Queffelec
Pianist
Born January 17, 1948

Lounis Ait Menguellet
World Music Singer
Born January 17, 1950

Ita Buttrose
Entrepreneur
Born January 17, 1942