Other #1 songs on April 1, 1947
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed

Merle Travis

#1 R&B song

Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Notable April 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Samuel R. Delany

Author, Critic, and Academic

Born April 1, 1942

Paul Manafort

Political Consultant

Born April 1, 1949

Richard D. Wolff

Marxian Economist

Born April 1, 1942

Gil Scott-Heron

Soul and Jazz Poet, Musician and Author

Born April 1, 1949