The #1 song on January 17, 1948

Ballerina By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on January 17, 1948

#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 January 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Ita Buttrose
Entrepreneur
Born January 17, 1942

Mick Taylor
Guitarist
Born January 17, 1949

Ken Morley
TV Actor
Born January 17, 1943

Preston Pearson
Football Player
Born January 17, 1945

Lounis Ait Menguellet
World Music Singer
Born January 17, 1950