The #1 R&B song on January 5, 1948

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

Other #1 songs on January 5, 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 5 birthdays in the 1940s

Mike DeWine

Born January 05, 1947

Diane Keaton

Born January 05, 1946

Carolyn McCarthy

Born January 05, 1944

Charlie Rose

Born January 05, 1942

Chuck McKinley

Born January 05, 1941