The #1 country song on April 13, 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 April 13, 1948

#1 Hit Song

Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me)
Peggy Lee

#1 R&B Song

King Size Papa
Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends

Notable April 13 birthdays in the 1940s

Christopher Hitchens

Born April 13, 1949

Rae Armantrout

Born April 13, 1947

Al Green

Born April 13, 1946

Susan Davis

Born April 13, 1944

Bill Conti

Born April 13, 1942

Michael Stuart Brown

Born April 13, 1941

Lester Chambers

Born April 13, 1940