The #1 song on September 15, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on September 15, 1947

#1 R&B Song

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

#1 Country Song

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Tex Williams 's Western Caravan

Notable September 15 birthdays in the 1940s

Joe Barton

Born September 15, 1949

Tommy Lee Jones

Born September 15, 1946

Jessye Norman

Born September 15, 1945

Lee Dorman

Born September 15, 1942

Signe Toly Anderson

Born September 15, 1941

Merlin Olsen

Born September 15, 1940