The #1 song on December 8, 1947

Ballerina

By Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra with Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on December 8, 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 8 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Brant Alyea

Baseball Player

Ed Brinkman

Baseball Player

Bob Love

Basketball Player

Larry Martin

Paleontologist

Bertie Higgins

Singer-Songwriter

Julie Heldman

Tennis Player

John Rubinstein

Actor, Composer and Director

Mary Gordon

Writer and Scholar

Bob Brown

Football Player

Duke Cunningham

Politician and Jet Fighter Ace

Jim Morrison

Singer