The #1 R&B song on January 1, 1948

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

Other #1 songs on January 1, 1948

#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 January 1 birthdays in the 1940s

Max Julien
Movie Actor
Born January 01, 1945
Mark Beyer
Cartoonist
Born January 01, 1950
Ronald Perelman
Entrepreneur
Born January 01, 1943
FR David
Pop Singer
Born January 01, 1947
Leon Isaac Kennedy
Movie Actor
Born January 01, 1949
Parikshit Sahni
TV Actor
Born January 01, 1944
Roberto Rivellino
Soccer Player
Born January 01, 1946
Kornelije Kovac
Composer
Born January 01, 1942