Other #1 songs on December 31, 1947
Across genres and charts

I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) by Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

#1 country song

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

Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable December 31 Birthdays
Born in the 1940s

Taylor Hackford

Film Director

Born December 31, 1944

Connie Willis

Science Fiction Writer

Born December 31, 1945

Cliff Richey

Tennis Player

Born December 31, 1946

Ellen Datlow

Editor and Anthologist

Born December 31, 1949

Susan Shwartz

Author

Born December 31, 1949