The #1 R&B song on December 16, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on December 16, 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 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Billy Gibbons

Born December 16, 1949
Charles Dennis

Born December 16, 1946
Jeff Kanew

Born December 16, 1944
Steven Bochco

Born December 16, 1943
Donald Carcieri

Born December 16, 1942
Lesley Stahl

Born December 16, 1941