The #1 song on December 2, 1947

Near You

By Francis Craig and His Orchestra with Bob Lamm

Other #1 songs on December 2, 1947
Across genres and charts

#1 country song

I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)

Eddy Arnold

#1 R&B song

(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It

Julia Lee and her Boy Friends

Notable December 2 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Willie Brown

Football Player, Coach and Administrator

Wayne Allard

Politician

Cathy Lee Crosby

Actress, Tennis Player

Penelope Spheeris

Film Director and Producer

Elizabeth Berg

Novelist

T. Coraghessan Boyle

Novelist and Short-Story Writer