The #1 song on October 1, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on October 1, 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 October 1 birthdays in the 1940s

Isaac Bonewits

Born October 01, 1949
Cub Koda

Born October 01, 1948
Tim O'Brien

Born October 01, 1946
Rod Carew

Born October 01, 1945
Angèle Arsenault

Born October 01, 1943
Herb Fame

Born October 01, 1942
Phyllis Chesler

Born October 01, 1940