The #1 R&B song on October 17, 1948

Am I Asking Too Much By Dinah Washington

Other #1 songs on October 17, 1948

#1 Hit Song

Twelfth Street Rag
Pee Wee Hunt

#1 Country Song

Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable October 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Bill Hudson

Born October 17, 1949
Gene Green

Born October 17, 1947
Ronni Chasen

Born October 17, 1946
Steve Jones

Born October 17, 1942
Earl Thomas Conley

Born October 17, 1941