The #1 country song on April 17, 1950

Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy By Red Foley

Other #1 songs on April 17, 1950

#1 Hit Song

If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)
Eileen Barton

#1 R&B Song

Double Crossing Blues
Johnny Otis Quintette, The Robins, and Little Esther

Notable April 17 birthdays in the 1950s

Jimmy Mann

Born April 17, 1959
Laslo Babits

Born April 17, 1958
Teri Austin

Born April 17, 1957
Todd Lickliter

Born April 17, 1955
Roddy Piper

Born April 17, 1954
Joe Alaskey

Born April 17, 1952