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

King Size Papa By Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends

Other #1 songs on April 1, 1948

#1 Hit Song

Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me)
Peggy Lee

#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 April 1 birthdays in the 1940s

Paul Manafort

Born April 01, 1949

Samuel R. Delany

Born April 01, 1942