The #1 R&B song on December 27, 1947

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

Other #1 songs on December 27, 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 27 birthdays in the 1940s

Lenny Kaye

Born December 27, 1946
Cokie Roberts

Born December 27, 1943
Byron Browne

Born December 27, 1942
Miles Aiken

Born December 27, 1941