The #1 song on January 20, 1947

The Old Lamp-Lighter

By Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams

Other #1 songs on January 20, 1947
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

Divorce Me C.O.D.

Merle Travis

#1 R&B song

Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Notable January 20 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Carol Heiss

Figure Skater and Actress

Linda Moulton Howe

Journalist

Pat Parker

Poet and Activist

David Lynch

Filmmaker

Nancy Kress

Science Fiction Writer