The #1 R&B song on January 1, 1948

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

Other #1 songs on January 1, 1948

#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 January 1 birthdays in the 1940s

Jon Corzine

Born January 01, 1947

Claude Steele

Born January 01, 1946

Victor Ashe

Born January 01, 1945

Jimmy Hart

Born January 01, 1944

Tony Knowles

Born January 01, 1943

Dennis Archer

Born January 01, 1942