The #1 song on March 17, 1944

Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) By Jimmy Dorsey

Other #1 songs on March 17, 1944

#1 R&B Song

Do Nothing till You Hear from Me
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra

#1 Country Song

They Took the Stars Out of Heaven
Floyd Tillman

Notable March 17 birthdays in the 1940s

William Gibson

Born March 17, 1948
Yury Chernavsky

Born March 17, 1947
Michael Hayden

Born March 17, 1945
Andrew Brook

Born March 17, 1943
Paul Kantner

Born March 17, 1941
Mark White

Born March 17, 1940