The #1 song on October 13, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on October 13, 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 13 birthdays in the 1940s

Tom Mees

Born October 13, 1949
Lacy J. Dalton

Born October 13, 1946
Robert Lamm

Born October 13, 1944
Rutanya Alda

Born October 13, 1942
Jim Price

Born October 13, 1941
Pharoah Sanders

Born October 13, 1940