The #1 song on January 20, 1948

Ballerina By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on January 20, 1948

#1 R&B Song

I Love You Yes I Do
Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats

#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 20 birthdays in the 1940s

Serena Miller
Novelist
Born January 20, 1950
Fazle Hussain
Physicist
Born January 20, 1943
Robert Olen Butler
Novelist
Born January 20, 1945
Margaret Avery
Movie Actress
Born January 20, 1944
Tedd Arnold
Young Adult Author
Born January 20, 1949
David Lynch
Director
Born January 20, 1946
Linda Moulton Howe
Journalist
Born January 20, 1942