The #1 R&B song on April 17, 1981

Being with You By Smokey Robinson

Other #1 songs on April 17, 1981

#1 Hit Song

Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates

UK #1 Song

Making Your Mind Up
Bucks Fizz

#1 Country Song

Old Flame
Alabama

#1 Dance Track

Breaking and Entering
Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble

Notable April 17 birthdays in the 1980s

Rooney Mara

Born April 17, 1985
Jed Lowrie

Born April 17, 1984
Brad Boyes

Born April 17, 1982