The #1 song on December 17, 1948

Buttons and Bows By Dinah Shore

Other #1 songs on December 17, 1948

#1 R&B Song

Long About Midnight
Roy Brown

#1 Country Song

One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
Jimmy Wakely

Notable December 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Jayne Eastwood
Movie Actress
Born December 17, 1946

Dennis McKenna
Pharmacologist
Born December 17, 1950

Paul Rodgers
Rock Singer
Born December 17, 1949

Chris Matthews
TV Show Host
Born December 17, 1945

Robert Dornhelm
Director
Born December 17, 1947

Bernard Hill
Movie Actor
Born December 17, 1944

Stanley Stewart Davis
Pharmacologist
Born December 17, 1942