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

Long About Midnight By Roy Brown

Other #1 songs on December 17, 1948

#1 Hit Song

Buttons and Bows
Dinah Shore

#1 Country Song

One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
Jimmy Wakely

Notable December 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Eugene Levy
Movie Actor
Born December 17, 1946

Stanley Stewart Davis
Pharmacologist
Born December 17, 1942

Carlo Croce
Doctor
Born December 17, 1944

Beth Levin
Pianist
Born December 17, 1950

Robert Dornhelm
Director
Born December 17, 1947

Ernie Hudson
Movie Actor
Born December 17, 1945

Paul Rodgers
Rock Singer
Born December 17, 1949