The #1 country song on December 19, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on December 19, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Ballerina
Vaughn Monroe

#1 R&B Song

(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It
Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends

Notable December 19 birthdays in the 1940s

Claudia Kolb

Born December 19, 1949
Ken Brown

Born December 19, 1948
Robert Urich

Born December 19, 1946
John McEuen

Born December 19, 1945
William Christie

Born December 19, 1944
James L. Jones

Born December 19, 1943