The #1 song on December 17, 1947

Ballerina By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on December 17, 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 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Jayne Eastwood
Movie Actress
Born December 17, 1946
Avi Katz
Cartoonist
Born December 17, 1949
Stanley Stewart Davis
Pharmacologist
Born December 17, 1942
Ernie Hudson
Movie Actor
Born December 17, 1945
Bernard Hill
Movie Actor
Born December 17, 1944
Beth Levin
Pianist
Born December 17, 1950