The #1 R&B song on January 16, 1948

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

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

Anne F. Beiler

Born January 16, 1949

Laura Schlessinger

Born January 16, 1947

Jim Stafford

Born January 16, 1944

Ronnie Milsap

Born January 16, 1943

René Angélil

Born January 16, 1942