The #1 R&B song on December 17, 1949

Saturday Night Fish Fry By Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Other #1 songs on December 17, 1949

#1 Hit Song

Mule Train
Frankie Laine

#1 Country Song

Slipping Around
Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely

Notable December 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Jacqueline Wilson
Children's Author
Born December 17, 1945

Wes Studi
Movie Actor
Born December 17, 1947

Dennis McKenna
Pharmacologist
Born December 17, 1950

Simon Bates
Radio Host
Born December 17, 1946

Stanley Stewart Davis
Pharmacologist
Born December 17, 1942

Bernard Hill
Movie Actor
Born December 17, 1944