The #1 country song on August 17, 1944

Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby By Louis Jordan

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1944

#1 Hit Song

Swinging on a Star
Bing Crosby

#1 R&B Song

Till Then
The Mills Brothers

Notable August 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Norm Coleman

Born August 17, 1949

Gary Talley

Born August 17, 1947

Martha Coolidge

Born August 17, 1946

Rachel Pollack

Born August 17, 1945

Robert De Niro

Born August 17, 1943

Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Born August 17, 1941