The #1 R&B song on May 17, 1948

Tomorrow Night By Lonnie Johnson

Other #1 songs on May 17, 1948

#1 Hit Song

Nature Boy
King Cole

#1 Country Song

Anytime
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable May 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Taj Mahal
Blues Singer
Born May 17, 1942

Grace Zabriskie
TV Actress
Born May 17, 1941

Halima Xudoyberdiyeva
Poet
Born May 17, 1947

BS Chandrasekhar
Cricket Player
Born May 17, 1945

Bill Bruford
Drummer
Born May 17, 1949

Udo Lindenberg
Rock Singer
Born May 17, 1946