The #1 song on November 16, 1947

Near You By Francis Craig

Other #1 songs on November 16, 1947

#1 R&B Song

(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It
Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends

#1 Country Song

I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys

Notable November 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Chi Coltrane

Born November 16, 1948
Terence McKenna

Born November 16, 1946
Teenie Hodges

Born November 16, 1945
Joanna Pettet

Born November 16, 1942
Dan Penn

Born November 16, 1941
Donna McKechnie

Born November 16, 1940