Birthday
Jams
The
#1 R&B song
on
October 16, 1947
Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Other #1 songs on
October 16, 1947
#1 Hit Song
Near You
Francis Craig
#1 Country Song
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Tex Williams 's Western Caravan
Notable October 16 birthdays in the 1940s
David Greenwalt
Screenwriter
Born
October 16, 1949
Michael Tylo
Soap Opera Actor
Born
October 16, 1948
Elinor Lipman
Novelist
Born
October 16, 1950
Robert Bringhurst
Poet
Born
October 16, 1946
Fred Turner
Bassist
Born
October 16, 1943