The #1 R&B song on October 10, 1947

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on October 10, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Near You
Francis Craig

#1 Country Song

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

Notable October 10 birthdays in the 1940s

Peter Coyote
Movie Actor
Born October 10, 1941
John Prine
Country Singer
Born October 10, 1946
William F Farley
Entrepreneur
Born October 10, 1942
Nora Roberts
Novelist
Born October 10, 1950
Frederick Barthelme
Novelist
Born October 10, 1943
Bob Sinnaeve
Darts Player
Born October 10, 1949