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

Good Rockin' Tonight By Wynonie Harris

Other #1 songs on June 17, 1948

#1 Hit Song

Nature Boy
King Cole

#1 Country Song

Bouquet of Roses
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable June 17 birthdays in the 1940s

William Lucking
TV Actor
Born June 17, 1941
Frank Ashmore
TV Actor
Born June 17, 1945
Andrew Weiner
Novelist
Born June 17, 1949
Chris Spedding
Guitarist
Born June 17, 1944
Burt Rutan
Engineer
Born June 17, 1943
Lee Tamahori
Director
Born June 17, 1950
Ron Padgett
Poet
Born June 17, 1942