The #1 country song on August 17, 1945

Oklahoma Hills By Jack Guthrie

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1945

#1 Hit Song

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Johnny Mercer

#1 R&B Song

Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well
Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra

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
Larry Ellison

Born August 17, 1944
Robert De Niro

Born August 17, 1943
Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Born August 17, 1941