The #1 song on May 17, 1947

Heartaches By Ted Weems

Other #1 songs on May 17, 1947

#1 R&B Song

I Want to Be Loved
Savannah Churchill and the Sentimentalists

#1 Country Song

New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)
Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys

Notable May 17 birthdays in the 1940s

Keith

Born May 17, 1949
Jesse Winchester

Born May 17, 1944
Taj Mahal

Born May 17, 1942
David Cope

Born May 17, 1941
Alan Kay

Born May 17, 1940