The #1 song on August 17, 1944

Swinging on a Star By Bing Crosby

Other #1 songs on August 17, 1944

#1 R&B Song

Till Then
The Mills Brothers

#1 Country Song

Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
Louis Jordan

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
Robert De Niro

Born August 17, 1943
Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Born August 17, 1941