The #1 country song on January 17, 1953

Back Street Affair By Webb Pierce

Other #1 songs on January 17, 1953

#1 Hit Song

Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
Perry Como

UK #1 Song

You Belong to Me
Jo Stafford

#1 R&B Song

I Don't Know
Willie Mabon and his Combo

Notable January 17 birthdays in the 1950s

Susanna Hoffs

Born January 17, 1959
Steve Harvey

Born January 17, 1957
Steve Earle

Born January 17, 1955
Robert F. Kennedy

Born January 17, 1954
Tom Deitz

Born January 17, 1952
Luis López Nieves

Born January 17, 1950