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

I Can't Go on Without You By Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1948

#1 Hit Song

You Call Everybody Darlin'
Al Trace

#1 Country Song

Bouquet of Roses
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable August 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Boog Powell
Baseball Player
Born August 17, 1941
John Humphrys
Journalist
Born August 17, 1943
Sharat Saxena
Movie Actor
Born August 17, 1950
Larry Ellison
Entrepreneur
Born August 17, 1944
Kent Twitchell
Painter
Born August 17, 1942
Isiah Robertson
Football Player
Born August 17, 1949
George O'Leary
Football Coach
Born August 17, 1946
Jennifer Rhodes
TV Actress
Born August 17, 1947