The #1 song on October 23, 1948

Twelfth Street Rag By Pee Wee Hunt

Other #1 songs on October 23, 1948

#1 R&B Song

Am I Asking Too Much
Dinah Washington

#1 Country Song

Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable October 23 birthdays in the 1940s

Douglas Dunn
Poet
Born October 23, 1942
Robert Lipsett
Violinist
Born October 23, 1947
Ernie Watts
Saxophonist
Born October 23, 1945
Pele
Soccer Player
Born October 23, 1940
Michael Walsh
Screenwriter
Born October 23, 1949
Mike Harding
Folk Singer
Born October 23, 1944