The #1 country song on February 17, 1948

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 February 17, 1948

#1 Hit Song

I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
Art Mooney

#1 R&B Song

I Love You Yes I Do
Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats

Notable February 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Dennis Green

Born February 17, 1949
Shahrnush Parsipur

Born February 17, 1946
Zina Bethune

Born February 17, 1945
Huey P. Newton

Born February 17, 1942
Gene Pitney

Born February 17, 1940