The #1 song on December 9, 1947

Ballerina By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on December 9, 1947

#1 R&B Song

(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It
Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends

#1 Country Song

I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable December 9 birthdays in the 1940s

Tom Kite
Golfer
Born December 09, 1949

Dick Butkus
Football Player
Born December 09, 1942

Joan Armatrading
Pop Singer
Born December 09, 1950

Susanna Moore
Memoirist
Born December 09, 1945

Beau Bridges
Movie Actor
Born December 09, 1941

Neil Innes
Comedian
Born December 09, 1944

Gioconda Belli
Poet
Born December 09, 1948

Kenny Vance
Pop Singer
Born December 09, 1943

Sonia Gandhi
Political Wife
Born December 09, 1946