The #1 song on October 17, 1955

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing By The Four Aces

Other #1 songs on October 17, 1955

UK #1 Song

The Man from Laramie
Jimmy Young

#1 R&B Song

Maybellene
Chuck Berry

#1 Country Song

That Do Make It Nice
Eddy Arnold

Notable October 17 birthdays in the 1950s

Wally Lamb
Novelist
Born October 17, 1950
John Moody
Journalist
Born October 17, 1953
Guy Henry
TV Actor
Born October 17, 1960
Fred Hickman
Sportscaster
Born October 17, 1956
Pino Palladino
Bassist
Born October 17, 1957
Alan Jackson
Country Singer
Born October 17, 1958
Patti Cohenour
Stage Actress
Born October 17, 1952