The #1 song on December 16, 1947

Ballerina By Vaughn Monroe

Other #1 songs on December 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 December 16 birthdays in the 1940s

Billy Gibbons

Born December 16, 1949

Charles Dennis

Born December 16, 1946

Jeff Kanew

Born December 16, 1944

Steven Bochco

Born December 16, 1943

Donald Carcieri

Born December 16, 1942

Lesley Stahl

Born December 16, 1941