The #1 song on December 22, 1947

Ballerina By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on December 22, 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 22 birthdays in the 1940s

Dick Parry
Saxophonist
Born December 22, 1942

Don Kardong
Runner
Born December 22, 1948

Ernest Moniz
Physicist
Born December 22, 1944

Sam Newman
Australian Rules Footballer
Born December 22, 1945

Graham Beckel
TV Actor
Born December 22, 1949

Martin Vargas
Boxer
Born December 22, 1946