The #1 song on January 12, 1947

The Old Lamp-Lighter By Sammy Kaye

Other #1 songs on January 12, 1947

#1 R&B Song

Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

#1 Country Song

Rainbow at Midnight
Ernest Tubb

Notable January 12 birthdays in the 1940s

Gordon Campbell

Born January 12, 1948
George Duke

Born January 12, 1946
Joe Frazier

Born January 12, 1944
Bernardine Dohrn

Born January 12, 1942
Long John Baldry

Born January 12, 1941
Ronald Shannon Jackson

Born January 12, 1940