The #1 song on October 23, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on October 23, 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 23 birthdays in the 1940s

Ernie Watts
Saxophonist
Born October 23, 1945
Mike Harding
Folk Singer
Born October 23, 1944
Pele
Soccer Player
Born October 23, 1940
Douglas Dunn
Poet
Born October 23, 1942
Michael Walsh
Screenwriter
Born October 23, 1949