The #1 song on August 17, 1943

In the Blue of Evening By Tommy Dorsey

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1943

#1 R&B Song

Don't Cry Baby
Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra

Notable August 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Norm Coleman

Born August 17, 1949
Gary Talley

Born August 17, 1947
Martha Coolidge

Born August 17, 1946
Rachel Pollack

Born August 17, 1945
Larry Ellison

Born August 17, 1944
Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Born August 17, 1941