The #1 R&B song on May 12, 1947

I Want to Be Loved By Savannah Churchill and the Sentimentalists

Other #1 songs on May 12, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Heartaches
Ted Weems

#1 Country Song

New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)
Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys

Notable May 12 birthdays in the 1940s

Pepper Jay
TV Producer
Born May 12, 1949
Linda Dano
Soap Opera Actress
Born May 12, 1943
Billy Squier
Guitarist
Born May 12, 1950
Bernadette Mayer
Poet
Born May 12, 1945
Jim Treliving
Entrepreneur
Born May 12, 1941
Billy Swan
Country Singer
Born May 12, 1942
Steve Winwood
Pop Singer
Born May 12, 1948