The #1 song on December 7, 1947

Ballerina

By Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on December 7, 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

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Notable December 7 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Gerry Cheevers

Ice Hockey Player

Melba Pattillo Beals

Journalist and College Educator

Harry Chapin

Singer-Songwriter and Activist

Susan Isaacs

Novelist

Daniel Chorzempa

Organist

Gary Morris

Musician

Tom Waits

Singer, Songwriter, Composer and Actor

Alex Johnson

Baseball Player

Reginald F. Lewis

Businessman

Peter Tomarken

Television Personality

Nick Katz

Mathematician