The #1 song on December 15, 1947

Ballerina By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on December 15, 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 15 birthdays in the 1940s

Art Howe
Baseball Manager
Born December 15, 1946
Dave Clark
Drummer
Born December 15, 1942
Jim Gates
Physicist
Born December 15, 1950
Jim Leyland
Baseball Manager
Born December 15, 1944
Lucien DenArend
Sculptor
Born December 15, 1943
Thaao Penghlis
TV Actor
Born December 15, 1945
Don Johnson
TV Actor
Born December 15, 1949
Melanie Chartoff
TV Actress
Born December 15, 1948