The #1 song on August 17, 1943

In the Blue of Evening By Tommy Dorsey

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1943

#1 R&B Song

Don't Cry Baby
Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra

Notable August 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Isiah Robertson
Football Player
Born August 17, 1949
Shane Porteous
TV Actor
Born August 17, 1942
Martha Coolidge
Director
Born August 17, 1946
Rod Macdonald
Folk Singer
Born August 17, 1948
Larry Ellison
Entrepreneur
Born August 17, 1944
Boog Powell
Baseball Player
Born August 17, 1941
Sharat Saxena
Movie Actor
Born August 17, 1950