Other #1 songs on March 17, 1944
Across genres and charts

Do Nothing till You Hear from Me by Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra

#1 R&B song

Do Nothing till You Hear from Me

Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra

Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen

#1 song

Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen

Notable March 17 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Mark White

Politician

Born March 17, 1940

Paul Kantner

Rock Musician

Born March 17, 1941

John Wayne Gacy

Serial Killer

Born March 17, 1942

Andrew Brook

Philosopher, Author and Academic

Born March 17, 1943

Michael Hayden

General

Born March 17, 1945

William Gibson

Speculative Fiction Novelist

Born March 17, 1948