The #1 song on October 18, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on October 18, 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 18 birthdays in the 1940s

George Hendrick

Born October 18, 1949

Ntozake Shange

Born October 18, 1948

James Robert Baker

Born October 18, 1946

Huell Howser

Born October 18, 1945

Christine Charbonneau

Born October 18, 1943

Martha Burk

Born October 18, 1941

Cynthia Weil

Born October 18, 1940