The #1 song on October 19, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on October 19, 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 19 birthdays in the 1940s

Lynn Dickey

Born October 19, 1949
James Howard Kunstler

Born October 19, 1948
Angus Deaton

Born October 19, 1945
George McCrae

Born October 19, 1944