The #1 R&B song on December 9, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on December 9, 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 9 birthdays in the 1940s

Tom Kite

Born December 09, 1949

Dennis Dunaway

Born December 09, 1946

Michael Nouri

Born December 09, 1945

Ki Longfellow

Born December 09, 1944

Pit Martin

Born December 09, 1943

Dick Butkus

Born December 09, 1942

Beau Bridges

Born December 09, 1941