Other #1 songs on April 17, 1947
Across genres and charts

So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed by Merle Travis

#1 country song

So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed

Merle Travis

Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

#1 R&B song

Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Notable April 17 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Chuck Menville

Screenwriter

Born April 17, 1940

Buster Williams

Jazz Bassist

Born April 17, 1942

Richard Allen Epstein

Legal Scholar

Born April 17, 1943

Jan Hammer

Musician

Born April 17, 1948

Alice Harden

Politician

Born April 17, 1948