The #1 R&B song on December 9, 1947

(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It By Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends

Other #1 songs on December 9, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Ballerina
Vaughn Monroe

#1 Country Song

I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable December 9 birthdays in the 1940s

Gioconda Belli
Poet
Born December 09, 1948

Andrew P. Ordon
Doctor
Born December 09, 1950

David Harsent
Poet
Born December 09, 1942

Beau Bridges
Movie Actor
Born December 09, 1941

Tom Kite
Golfer
Born December 09, 1949

Neil Innes
Comedian
Born December 09, 1944

Sonia Gandhi
Political Wife
Born December 09, 1946

Michael Nouri
TV Actor
Born December 09, 1945

Kenny Vance
Pop Singer
Born December 09, 1943