The #1 R&B song on December 7, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on December 7, 1947

#1 Hit Song

Ballerina
Vaughn Monroe

#1 Country Song

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

Notable December 7 birthdays in the 1940s

Tom Waits

Born December 07, 1949
Gary Morris

Born December 07, 1948
Daniel Chorzempa

Born December 07, 1944
Susan Isaacs

Born December 07, 1943
Harry Chapin

Born December 07, 1942