The #1 R&B song on January 17, 1947

Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on January 17, 1947

#1 Hit Song

The Old Lamp-Lighter
Sammy Kaye

#1 Country Song

Rainbow at Midnight
Ernest Tubb

Notable January 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Lounis Ait Menguellet
World Music Singer
Born January 17, 1950

Geoffrey Deuel
TV Actor
Born January 17, 1943

Indio Solari
Rock Singer
Born January 17, 1949

Javed Akhtar
Screenwriter
Born January 17, 1945

Francoise Hardy
Pop Singer
Born January 17, 1944