Other #1 songs on August 17, 1944
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby

Louis Jordan

#1 R&B song

Till Then

The Mills Brothers

Notable August 17 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Boog Powell

Baseball Player

Born August 17, 1941

Robert De Niro

Actor

Born August 17, 1943

Larry Ellison

Businessman

Born August 17, 1944

Rachel Pollack

Writer

Born August 17, 1945

Martha Coolidge

Filmmaker

Born August 17, 1946

Gary Talley

Songwriter

Born August 17, 1947

Norm Coleman

Lobbyist, Attorney, and Politician

Born August 17, 1949

Dave "Snaker" Ray

Blues Singer and Guitarist

Born August 17, 1943

Sue Draheim

Fiddler

Born August 17, 1949