The #1 song on September 17, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on September 17, 1947

#1 R&B Song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

#1 Country Song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Tex Williams 's Western Caravan

Notable September 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Bruce Spence
Movie Actor
Born September 17, 1945

Des Lynam
TV Show Host
Born September 17, 1942

Samuel T. Durrance
Astrologer
Born September 17, 1943

Sherrie Hewson
TV Actress
Born September 17, 1950

Reinhold Messner
Mountain Climber
Born September 17, 1944