The #1 song on October 22, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on October 22, 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 22 birthdays in the 1940s

Stiv Bators

Born October 22, 1949
Debbie Macomber

Born October 22, 1948
Claude Charron

Born October 22, 1946
Eddie Brigati

Born October 22, 1945
Allen Coage

Born October 22, 1943
Bobby Fuller

Born October 22, 1942