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

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on September 17, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Near You
Francis Craig

#1 Country Song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Tex Williams 's Western Caravan

Notable September 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Sherrie Hewson
TV Actress
Born September 17, 1950
Bruce Spence
Movie Actor
Born September 17, 1945
Reinhold Messner
Mountain Climber
Born September 17, 1944
Des Lynam
TV Show Host
Born September 17, 1942
Samuel T. Durrance
Astrologer
Born September 17, 1943