The #1 song on October 9, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on October 9, 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 October 9 birthdays in the 1940s

Brian Downing
Baseball Player
Born October 09, 1950

Nona Hendryx
R&B Singer
Born October 09, 1944

Brian Lamb
Entrepreneur
Born October 09, 1941

Ciaran Carson
Poet
Born October 09, 1948

Danny Miles
Basketball Coach
Born October 09, 1945