The #1 song on October 16, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on October 16, 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 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Bruce Fleisher

Born October 16, 1948
Suzanne Somers

Born October 16, 1946
Roger Hawkins

Born October 16, 1945
Elizabeth Loftus

Born October 16, 1944
Fred Turner

Born October 16, 1943
Mel Counts

Born October 16, 1941
Barry Corbin

Born October 16, 1940